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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 390.270

  • Division: the division of motor carrier and railroad safety of the department of transportation. See Missouri Laws 390.020
  • Household goods: personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of such dwelling. See Missouri Laws 390.020
  • Intrastate commerce: commerce moving wholly between points within this state, whether such commerce moves wholly by motor vehicle or partly by motor vehicle and partly by any other means of transportation. See Missouri Laws 390.020
  • Motor vehicle: any vehicle, truck, truck-tractor, trailer, or semitrailer, motor bus or any self-propelled vehicle used upon the highways of the state in the transportation of property or passengers. See Missouri Laws 390.020
  • Person: any individual or other legal entity, whether such entity is a proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint-stock association, including the partners, officers, employees, and agents of the person, as well as any trustees, assignees, receivers, or personal representatives of the person. See Missouri Laws 390.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property carrier registration: a document issued by the division pursuant to sections 390. See Missouri Laws 390.250
  • Public highway: every public street, road, highway or thoroughfare of any kind used by the public, whether actually dedicated to the public. See Missouri Laws 390.020
  • 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

Except as otherwise provided in section 390.030, no person shall engage in the business of transporting property, except household goods, by motor vehicle for hire or compensation in intrastate commerce on any public highway in this state, unless there is in force with respect to that person a property carrier registration issued by the division pursuant to the provisions of sections 390.260 to 390.350, which authorizes such transportation.