Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 301
Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
←301.570
Section 301.571.1
301.573→
August 28, 2015
Mobility motor vehicle dealers, definitions, authority.
301.571. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Mobility motor vehicle", a motor vehicle that is designed and
equipped to transport a person with a disability and:
(a) Contains a lowered floor or lowered frame, or a raised roof and/or
raised door;
(b) Contains an electronic or mechanical wheelchair, scooter, or
platform lift that enables a person to enter or exit the vehicle while
occupying a wheelchair or scooter; an electronic or mechanical wheelchair
ramp; or a system to secure a wheelchair or scooter to allow for a person to
be safely transported while occupying the wheelchair or scooter; and
(c) Is installed as an integral part or permanent attachment to the
motor vehicle chassis;
(2) "Mobility motor vehicle dealer", a dealer who is licensed as a new
or used motor vehicle dealer under this chapter who is engaged in the
business of buying, selling, or exchanging mobility motor vehicles and
servicing or repairing mobility motor vehicles at an established and permanent
place of business.
2. Notwithstanding any other law, a mobility motor vehicle dealer may:
(1) Purchase or otherwise acquire a new motor vehicle from a franchised
dealer to fit or equip the motor vehicle for retail sale as a mobility motor
vehicle from a franchised dealer wherever located;
(2) Display a new motor vehicle to a person with a disability to fit or
equip the vehicle as a mobility motor vehicle for the person; or
(3) Sell a new motor vehicle that has been fitted or equipped as a new
mobility motor vehicle with the resale occurring through or by a franchised
dealer.
3. A mobility motor vehicle dealer who purchased or acquired a new motor
vehicle from a franchised dealer to equip the vehicle as a mobility vehicle
shall not advertise the vehicle for resale until the vehicle is fitted or
equipped as a mobility motor vehicle.
4. A mobility motor vehicle dealer shall not, except as permitted by
subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section, display or offer to display
a new motor vehicle that is not a mobility motor vehicle to the public.
(L. 2009 H.B. 683)
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