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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 302.260 (2026)

Unlicensed person operating motor vehicle prohibited

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  302.260.  Unlicensed person operating motor vehicle prohibited. — No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized hereunder or in violation of any of the provisions of sections 302.010 to 302.260.

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(RSMo 1939 § 8467)

(1958) In action by mother for death of decedent in one-car accident charging owner of automobile with wanton, willful and reckless conduct in permitting decedent, just under sixteen years of age, to drive, court held that submissible case had not been made since evidence would not justify finding that the owner knew, or circumstances were so strong as to charge him as reasonable man with anticipating, that serious injury would probably result. Thomasson v. Winsett (A.), 310 S.W.2d 33.

(1958) Person who "knowingly permits" driving by person under the age of sixteen is negligent as a matter of law.  Thomasson v. Winsett (A.), 310 S.W.2d 33.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1958–2015 · leading case: In the Interest of Daryl Sercl, Petitioner-respondent v. Dir., Dep't of Soc. Servs., Child.'s Div. of the State of Missouri, 477 S.W.3d 85 (Mo. Ct. App. 2015).
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In the Interest of Daryl Sercl, Petitioner-respondent v. Dir., Dep't of Soc. Servs., Child.'s Div. of the State of Missouri, 477 S.W.3d 85 (Mo. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 10× “5 Specifically, the Division argues that because Sercl was negligent by violating section 302.260, 6 citing Dinger v. Burnham, 360 Mo.”
Thomasson v. Winsett, 310 S.W.2d 33 (Mo. Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 4× “, no license shall be issued to an operator under sixteen years old, and under section 302.260, no person shall authorize or knowlingly permit a motor vehicle to be driven in violation of the preceding sections.”
State v. Moomey, 581 S.W.2d 899 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “The test for determining the legality of the defendant’s arrest, made without a warrant and for a misdemeanor, is whether the arresting officer had probable cause to believe that defendant committed the crime.”
Siess ex rel. Siess v. Layton, 417 S.W.2d 6 (Mo. 1967). · cites it 2× “) or owner (§ 302.260, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.). Whatever the significance of “incompetence as a matter of law” of an underage driver in such cases, we find no reason for concluding that such driver’s assumed incompetence must deprive him of a right of action for injuries received…”
Russell v. Bailey, 335 S.W.2d 520 (Mo. Ct. App. 1960). · cites it 2× “The court pointed out in the course of its opinion that § 302.260 RSMo 1949, V.A. M.S., makes it a misdemeanor to allow an unlicensed person to operate an automobile, but the matter was decided upon the question of agency, with the court concluding that the son’s acts were those…”
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