12 CSR 10-23.100 - Special License Plates
(1) For the purpose of this rule, "special
license plates" includes all personalized, military, collegiate, helping
schools, and special organizational license plates that contain letters and/or
numbers and may include one apostrophe ('), one space, or one dash
(-).
(2) All special license plates
are available in the following plate categories-
(A) Passenger;
(B) Recreational Vehicle (RV);
(C) Local 6;
(D) Local 12;
(E) Beyond Local 6;
(F) Beyond Local 12;
(G) Motorcycle/Motortricycle;
(H) Local and Beyond Local 18;
(I) Local and Beyond Local 24;
(J) Shuttle Bus-regular personalized plates
only;
(K) Van Pool-regular
personalized plates only; and
(L)
Historic-regular personalized plates only.
(3) No special license plate will be issued
which will conflict with any license number used or to be used in the regular
license plate numbering system.
(4)
Special license plates are not assigned to a particular vehicle until the
plates are actually issued to the owner of that vehicle by the Department of
Revenue.
(5) Special license plates
will not be transferred from one (1) owner to another unless provided by law,
except that the holder of a special plate may follow the procedures established
by the director in order to display his/her special plate on a vehicle leased
by the holder after approval by the director; and they will not be transferred
from one (1) vehicle category to another. This includes any request for
transfer by gift, trust, will, or judicial proceeding.
(6) The director of revenue reserves the
right to approve or disapprove any request for special license plates or the
transfer of license plates from one (1) vehicle to another in the same
category.
(7) Special license
plates issued to members of the United States Congress, Missouri State Senate,
and Missouri House of Representatives; honorary consulars; and the following
statewide elected officials: governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
state auditor, state treasurer, and attorney general, which are issued in
accordance with section
301.453, RSMo, will expire in
January of each year. Passenger, RV, 6,000 and 12,000 lb. Commercial Motor
Vehicle (CMV), Shuttle Bus, Van Pool, and Personalized Historic special license
plates will expire in July of each year. Registrations for special license
plates will be issued for a minimum of six (6) months except as otherwise
determined by the director. Applicants who purchase a biennial registration
will extend the registration another year with the total registration not to
exceed thirty (30) months.
(8)
Initial applications for special license plates will be made on appropriate
forms and accompanied by any special license plate fee and additional
documentation as required by law.
(9) Applicants who apply for a biennial
registration at the time they pick up or renew their special license plates
must submit a second fifteen-dollar ($15) fee and emblem-use authorization
statement indicating the minimum donation or the original emblem-use
authorization statement indicating twice the annual minimum donation, if
applicable.
(10) Special license
plates for which the Department of Revenue has not received a reapplication
(renewal) will be held for at least sixty (60) days from the date of expiration
before being issued to a new applicant.
(11) The director of revenue may recall any
special license plate erroneously issued under this rule.
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