A. 
Unless otherwise provided for by law, it shall be unlawful for any person, except those expressly exempted by Section 380.050, to:
1. 
Operate any vehicle upon any highway in this City unless the person has a valid license;
2. 
Operate a motorcycle or motortricycle upon any highway of this City unless such person has a valid license that shows the person has successfully passed an examination for the operation of a motorcycle or motortricycle as prescribed by the Director. The Director may indicate such upon a valid license issued to such person, or shall issue a license restricting the applicant to the operation of a motorcycle or motortricycle if the actual demonstration, required by Section 302.173, RSMo., is conducted on such vehicle;
3. 
Authorize or knowingly permit a motorcycle or motortricycle owned by such person or under such person's control to be driven upon any highway by any person whose license does not indicate that the person has passed the examination for the operation of a motorcycle or motortricycle or has been issued an instruction permit therefor;
4. 
Operate a motor vehicle with an instruction permit or license issued to another person; or
5. 
Drive a commercial motor vehicle, except when operating under an instruction permit as provided in Section 302.720, RSMo.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1. 
Display or to permit to be displayed, or to have in his/her possession, any license knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been canceled, suspended, revoked, disqualified or altered;
2. 
Lend to or knowingly permit the use of by another any license issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof;
3. 
Display or to represent as one's own any license not issued to the person so displaying the same;
4. 
Fail or refuse to surrender to the Clerk of any Division of the Circuit Court or the Director, any license which has been suspended, canceled, disqualified or revoked, as provided by law;
5. 
Use a false or fictitious name or give a false or fictitious address on any application for a license, or any renewal or duplicate thereof, or knowingly to make a false statement;
6. 
Knowingly conceal a material fact, or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;
7. 
Authorize or consent to any motor vehicle owned by him/her or under his/her control to be driven by any person, when he/she has knowledge that such person has no legal right to do so, or for any person to drive any motor vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of Sections 302.010 to 302.780, RSMo.;
8. 
Employ a person to operate a motor vehicle in the transportation of persons or property, with knowledge that such person has not complied with the provisions of Sections 302.010 to 302.780, RSMo., or whose license has been revoked, suspended, canceled or disqualified; or who fails to produce his/her license upon demand of any person or persons authorized to make such demand;
9. 
Operate a motor vehicle in any manner in violation of the restrictions imposed in a restricted license; or
10. 
Fail to carry his/her instruction permit, operator's or chauffeur's license while operating a vehicle and to display instruction permit or said license upon demand of any Police Officer, Court Official or any other duly authorized person for inspection, when demand is made therefor. Failure to exhibit his/her instruction permit or license as aforesaid shall be presumptive evidence that said person is not a duly licensed operator or chauffeur.
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be operated or parked on any streets, roads and highways of this City unless it shall have displayed thereon the license plate or set of license plates issued by the Director of Revenue and authorized by Section 301.140, RSMo. Each such plate shall be securely fastened to the motor vehicle in a manner so that all parts thereof shall be plainly visible and reasonably clean so that the reflective qualities thereof are not impaired. License plates shall be fastened to all motor vehicles except trucks, tractors, truck tractors or truck-tractors licensed in excess of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds on the front and rear of such vehicles not less than eight (8) nor more than forty-eight (48) inches above the ground, with the letters and numbers thereon right side up. The license plates on trailers, motorcycles, motortricycles and motorscooters shall be displayed on the rear of such vehicles, with the letters and numbers thereon right side up. The license plate on trucks, tractors, truck tractors or truck-tractors licensed in excess of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds shall be displayed on the front of such vehicles not less than eight (8) nor more than forty-eight (48) inches above the ground, with the letters and numbers thereon right side up. The license plate or plates authorized by Section 301.140, RSMo., when properly attached, shall be prima facie evidence that the required fees have been paid.
A. 
The following persons are exempt from license hereunder:
1. 
Any person while operating any farm tractor or implement of husbandry temporarily operated or moved on a highway;
2. 
A non-resident who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and who has in his/her immediate possession a valid license issued to him/her in his/her home State or Country; or
3. 
A non-resident who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who has in his/her immediate possession a valid license issued to him/her in his/her home State or Country which allows such person to operate a motor vehicle in the transportation of persons or property as classified in Section 302.015, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 79 §6, 11-2-1995]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle on the public ways of this City at a time when such person's driving license or driving privilege is suspended, revoked, canceled or denied by the Director of Revenue or by the appropriate licensing agency of the jurisdiction within which such person resides or before an official reinstatement or termination of suspension notice has been issued by the appropriate licensing authority.
[Ord. No. 79 §7, 11-2-1995]
A. 
Proof of financial responsibility shall be carried in all motor vehicles registered in the State of Missouri and operated in the City. The operator of such a motor vehicle shall exhibit said proof on the demand of any Peace Officer who lawfully stops the operator while that officer is engaged in the performance of the duties of his/her office.
B. 
As used in this Section, "proof of financial responsibility" means proof of the ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of said proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle. Said proof shall exhibit the extent of financial responsibility in dollar amounts not less than those required by Chapter 303, RSMo.
C. 
The following items shall constitute proof of financial responsibility:
1. 
An insurance identification card furnished by an insurer issuing a liability policy insuring the motor vehicle subject to the Peace Officer's lawful stop. The insurance identification card shall include all of the following information:
a. 
The name and address of the insurer;
b. 
The name of the named insured;
c. 
The policy number;
d. 
The effective dates of the policy, including month, day and year;
e. 
A description of the insured motor vehicle including year and make or at least five (5) digits of the vehicle identification number or the word "fleet" if the insurance policy covers five (5) or more vehicles; and
f. 
The statement "THIS CARD MUST BE CARRIED IN THE INSURED MOTOR VEHICLE FOR PRODUCTION UPON DEMAND" prominently displayed on the card.
A motor vehicle liability insurance policy, a motor vehicle liability insurance binder, or a receipt which contains the policy information required in this Subsection shall be satisfactory evidence of insurance in lieu of an insurance identification card.
2. 
An insurance identification card furnished by the Missouri Director of Revenue to any self-insurer of each motor vehicle so insured, as provided for in Sections 303.024.4 and 303.220, RSMo., such an insurance identification card shall include all of the following information:
a. 
The name of the self-insurer;
b. 
The word "self-insured"; and
c. 
The statement "THIS CARD MUST BE CARRIED IN THE SELF-INSURED MOTOR VEHICLE FOR PRODUCTION UPON DEMAND" prominently displayed on the card.
3. 
A certificate furnished by the Missouri Treasurer, as provided for in Section 303.240, RSMo., establishing that the owner and/or operator of the motor vehicle subject to the Peace Officer's lawful stop has deposited with the Missouri Treasurer cash or marketable securities in an amount sufficient under said Statute to satisfy an execution on a judgment issued against such person making the deposit for damages resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of said motor vehicle after such deposit was made.
4. 
Evidence of a surety bond filed with the Missouri Director of Revenue as provided by Section 303.230, RSMo.
D. 
Any operator subject to a lawful stop who fails to exhibit proof of financial responsibility upon the demand of the attendant Peace Officer shall upon conviction be punished as provided in Section 100.140.
[Ord. No. 851, 8-21-2023]
Application for registration of a motor vehicle not previously registered in Missouri, operated for the first time on the public highways of this State, and previously registered in another State shall be made within thirty (30) days after the owner of such motor vehicle has become a resident of this State.
[Ord. No. 851, 8-21-2023]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate in this City a motor vehicle or trailer required to be registered as provided by law unless a certificate of ownership has been applied for as provided in Section 301.190, RSMo.