2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 301.170. — In transit tags--display--fee.

301.170. 1. Motor vehicles and trailers in the course of delivery from a manufacturer to a dealer, or from one dealer to another, may be operated on the highways without number plates being attached thereto, provided they bear on the front and on the rear, substantially as provided for number plates, a placard displaying the words "In Transit" and the number of the certificate issued as herein provided in letters and figures not less than three inches high with a stroke not less than three-eighths of an inch wide; and provided further, that the operator of each motor vehicle shall carry, and exhibit on request, a certificate bearing the seal of the director of revenue and his facsimile signature, countersigned with the genuine signature of the manufacturer or dealer selling such motor vehicle, or his authorized agent. Such certificate shall bear a number and shall show the date and place of issue and the destination of the motor vehicle, and shall be of such form as the director of revenue shall determine.

2. The manufacturer, dealer or authorized agent shall insert the correct date, place of issue and destination, and mail a duplicate copy of such certificate to the director of revenue at the time the original is issued; original and duplicate forms of certificates shall be furnished to manufacturers and dealers, and to no others, in books of ten sets of certificates each for a fee of five dollars, and in books of fifty sets of certificates each for a fee of twenty-five dollars. It shall be unlawful for any person to display such placard or to use such certificate except as herein provided.

(RSMo 1939 § 8377, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 380, A. 1949 S.B. 1110)

Prior revision: 1929 § 7770