Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 303

Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law

←303.040

Section 303.041.1

303.042→

August 28, 2015

Failure to maintain financial responsibility--notice, procedure, contents--suspension of license and registration--request for hearing, right, effect--subsequent acquisition of financial responsibility, effect--duration of suspension, fee.

303.041. 1. If the director determines that as a result of a

verification sample or accident report that the owner of a motor vehicle has

not maintained financial responsibility, or if the director determines as a

result of an order of supervision that the operator of a motor vehicle has not

maintained the financial responsibility as required in this chapter, the

director shall thirty-three days after mailing notice, suspend the driving

privilege of the owner or operator and/or the registration of the vehicle

failing to meet such requirement. The notice of suspension shall be mailed to

the person at the last known address shown on the department's records. The

notice of suspension is deemed received three days after mailing. The notice

of suspension shall clearly specify the reason and statutory grounds for the

suspension and the effective date of the suspension, the right of the person

to request a hearing, the procedure for requesting a hearing, and the date by

which that request for a hearing must be made. If the request for a hearing

is received by the department prior to the effective date of the suspension,

the effective date of the suspension will be stayed until a final order is

issued following the hearing.



2. Neither the fact that subsequent to the date of verification or

conviction, the owner acquired the required liability insurance policy nor

the fact that the owner terminated ownership of the motor vehicle, shall have

any bearing upon the director's decision to suspend. Until it is terminated,

the suspension shall remain in force after the registration is renewed or a

new registration is acquired for the motor vehicle. The suspension also

shall apply to any motor vehicle to which the owner transfers the

registration. Effective January 1, 2000, the department shall not extend any

suspension for failure to pay a delinquent late surrender fee pursuant to

this subsection.



(L. 1986 S.B. 424, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1797, A.L. 2001

S.B. 267)





2000



2000



303.041. 1. If the director determines that the operator or

owner of a motor vehicle has not maintained the financial

responsibility required in section 303.025 as a result of a

financial responsibility verification sample as provided for in

section 303.026, or as a result of an accident report as required

by section 303.040, or either, the director shall thirty-three

days after mailing notice to the owner or operator suspend the

license of the owner or operator, or both, and all registrations

of the owner's motor vehicles failing to meet such requirement.

The notice of suspension shall be mailed to the person at the

last known address shown on the department's records, and to the

address provided by the accident report if that address differs

from the address of record. The notice is deemed received three

days after mailing. The notice of suspension shall clearly

specify the reason and statutory grounds for the suspension and

the effective date of the suspension, the right of the person to

request a hearing, the procedure for requesting a hearing, and

the date by which that request for a hearing must be made.



2. If any person shall neglect or refuse to surrender his

license or registration within fifteen days of the suspension or

revocation date, a fee of twenty-five dollars shall be assessed

for each month or portion thereof that the license or

registration is not surrendered, not to exceed three hundred

dollars.



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