Missouri Laws 301.707 – Registration required, exceptions
1. No person shall operate an all-terrain vehicle within the state unless the all-terrain vehicle has been registered with the department of revenue.
2. A registration is not required for the following:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 301.707
- All-terrain vehicle: any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for off-highway use, with an unladen dry weight of one thousand five hundred pounds or less, traveling on three, four or more nonhighway tires, with either:
(a) A seat designed to be straddled by the operator, and handlebars for steering control, but excluding an electric bicycle. See Missouri Laws 301.010
- 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
- Municipality: any city, town or village, whether incorporated or not. 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
- 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
- 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 301.010
(1) All-terrain vehicles owned and operated by the United States, another state, or a political subdivision thereof;
(2) All-terrain vehicles owned and operated by this state or by any municipality or political subdivision thereof;
(3) All-terrain vehicles covered by a valid registration of another state or country that have not been within this state for more than thirty days.
3. No person under sixteen years of age shall be allowed to register an all-terrain vehicle.