Missouri Laws 302.740 – License, manufacture of, requirements — driving information to be obtained ..
1. The commercial driver’s license shall be manufactured of materials and processes that will prohibit as nearly as possible the ability to reproduce, alter, counterfeit, forge, or duplicate any license without ready detection. Such license shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: a colored photograph of the person, the legal name and address of the person, a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight and eye color, the person’s driver’s license number or such other number or identifier deemed appropriate by the director or the Secretary, the date of birth, class or type of commercial motor vehicle or vehicles which the person is authorized to drive, the name of this state, and the words “COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE” or “CDL”, the dates of issuance and expiration, the person’s signature and such other information as the director prescribes.
2. Before issuing a commercial driver’s license, the director shall obtain driving record information from sources including, but not limited to, the national driver’s register, the commercial driver’s license information system, and any state driver’s licensing system in which the person has been licensed; except that the director shall only be required to obtain the complete driving record from each state the person has ever been licensed in when such person is issued an initial commercial driver’s license or renews his or her commercial driver’s license for the first time. The director shall maintain a notation in the driving record system of the date when he or she has obtained the driving records from all other states which the person has been licensed.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 302.740
- Commercial motor vehicle: a motor vehicle designed or regularly used for carrying freight and merchandise, or more than fifteen passengers. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- Director: the director of revenue acting directly or through the director's authorized officers and agents. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- License: a license issued by a state to a person which authorizes a person to operate a motor vehicle. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- Motor vehicle: any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks except motorized bicycles, as defined in section 307. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Record: includes , but is not limited to, papers, documents, facsimile information, microphotographic process, electronically generated or electronically recorded information, digitized images, deposited or filed with the department of revenue. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- Signature: any method determined by the director of revenue for the signing, subscribing or verifying of a record, report, application, driver's license, or other related document that shall have the same validity and consequences as the actual signing by the person providing the record, report, application, driver's license or related document. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Vehicle: any mechanical device on wheels, designed primarily for use, or used on highways, except motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, vehicles propelled or drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively on fixed rails or tracks, or cotton trailers or motorized wheelchairs operated by handicapped persons. See Missouri Laws 302.010
3. Within ten days after issuing a commercial driver’s license, the director shall notify the commercial driver’s license information system of such fact, providing all information required to ensure identification of the person. For the purpose of this subsection, the date of issuance shall be the date the commercial driver’s license is mailed to the applicant.
4. The commercial driver’s license shall indicate the class of vehicle the person may drive and any applicable endorsements or restrictions. Commercial driver’s license classifications, endorsements and restrictions shall be in compliance with the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (Title XII of Pub. Law 99-570) and those prescribed by the director. The commercial driver’s license driving record shall contain a complete history of the driver, including information and convictions from previous states of licensure.
5. The commercial driver’s instruction permit shall include but not be limited to the same data elements as a commercial driver’s license and the words “CDL PERMIT” or “COMMERCIAL LEARNER PERMIT” and such other information as the director or Secretary prescribes.