302.080. Exemptions from license law. — 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 nonresident who is at least sixteen years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid license issued to him in his home state or country;
(3) A nonresident who is at least eighteen years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid license issued to him in his 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;
(4) Convicted offenders of the department of corrections who have not been convicted of a motor vehicle felony as follows driving while intoxicated, failing to stop after an accident and disclosing his or her identity, or driving a motor vehicle without the owner's consent may operate state-owned trucks for the benefit of the correctional facilities, provided that such offender shall be accompanied by a correctional officer or other staff person in such truck.
Notes of Decisions
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1 in the last 5 years), 1961–2024 · leading case:
State v. Rowe, 63 S.W.3d 647 (Mo. 2002).
State v. Rowe, 63 S.W.3d 647 (Mo. 2002).
· cites it 4× “Section 302.080. Missouri participates in the “Driver License Compact” with other states; the policy of the compact is to make “reciprocal recognition of licenses” and to help achieve compliance with motor vehicle laws of the participating states.”
City of St. Louis v. Carpenter, 341 S.W.2d 786 (Mo. 1961).
· cites it 2× “We are concerned in this case with the causes for which such licenses-can be suspended.”
State v. White, 556 S.W.3d 110 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 10× “issued to him in his home state or country" *117 under the exemptions of section 302.080. Section 302.080 provides certain exemptions to the requirement of section 302.”
Fred Watson v. Eddie Boyd, III, 119 F.4th 539 (8th Cir. 2024).
“at 22 (citing Mo. Rev. Stat. § 302.080 (2) (providing that “[a] nonresident who is at least sixteen years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid [driver’s] license issued to him in his home state or country” is “exempt” from Missouri’s license law (emphasis…”
State v. Joos, 120 S.W.3d 778 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 2× “2000, absent meeting one of the exceptions listed in § 302.080, RSMo.2000, it is unlawful for a person to “[o]perate any vehicle upon any highway in this state unless the person has a valid license.”
State v. Bray, 774 S.W.2d 555 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 3× “Bray’s argument is that his Kansas driver’s license had been revoked, as well as his driving privilege, insofar as the Kansas license conferred upon him an exemption (section 302.080, RSMo 1986) from the requirement that he have a Missouri driver’s license in order to drive upon…”
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