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Section: 301.0571 Mobility motor vehicle dealers, definitions, authority. RSMO 301.571


Published: 2015

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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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