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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 301.481

  • director of revenue: the director of the department of revenue. See Missouri Laws 301.010
  • Gross weight: the weight of vehicle and/or vehicle combination without load, plus the weight of any load thereon. See Missouri Laws 301.010
  • Motor vehicle: any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks, except farm tractors and electric bicycles. See Missouri Laws 301.010
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. 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 301.010

Any person who is a member or a former member or whose child is a member of the Missouri 4-H may apply for motor vehicle license plates for any motor vehicle such person owns, either solely or jointly, other than a commercial or apportioned motor vehicle licensed in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds gross weight. Any such person shall make application for the license plates on a form provided by the director of revenue and furnish such proof as a member or member’s parent of the Missouri 4-H as the director may require. Upon payment of a fifteen dollar fee, presentation of all documents and payment of all other fees required by law, the director shall issue license plates bearing letters or numbers or a combination thereof as determined by the advisory committee established in section 301.129*, with the words “MISSOURI 4-H” in place of the words “SHOW-ME STATE”. Such license plates shall be made with fully reflective material with a common color scheme and design, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130. Such plates shall also bear an image of the Missouri 4-H emblem. No additional fee shall be charged for personalization of plates issued pursuant to this section. There shall be no limit on the number of plates any person qualified under this section may obtain so long as each set of license plates issued under this section is issued for vehicles owned solely or jointly by such person. License plates issued under this section shall not be transferable to any other person except that any registered co-owner of the motor vehicle may operate the motor vehicle for the duration of the year licensed in the event of the death of the qualified person.