Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 303.150 (2026)

Vehicle registration suspended on suspension of license for conviction or bail forfeiture

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  303.150.  Vehicle registration suspended on suspension of license for conviction or bail forfeiture — proof required for reregistration. — 1.  Whenever the director, under any law of this state, suspends or revokes the license of any person upon receiving record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail, the director shall also suspend the registration for all motor vehicles registered in the name of such person, except that he shall not suspend such registration, unless otherwise required by law, if such person has previously given or shall immediately give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility with respect to all motor vehicles registered by such person.

  2.  Such license and registration shall remain suspended or revoked and shall not at any time thereafter be renewed, nor shall any license be thereafter issued to such person, nor shall any motor vehicle be thereafter registered in the name of such person, until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of this state, and not then unless and until he shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility.

  3.  If a person is not licensed, but by final order or judgment is convicted of or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for any offense requiring the suspension or revocation of license, or for operating a motor vehicle upon the highways without being licensed to do so, or for operating an unregistered motor vehicle upon the highways, no license shall be thereafter issued to such person and no motor vehicle shall continue to be registered or thereafter be registered in the name of such person, until he shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility.

  4.  Whenever the director suspends or revokes a nonresident's operating privilege by reason of a conviction or forfeiture of bail, such privilege shall remain so suspended or revoked unless such person shall have previously given or shall immediately give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility.

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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.170)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1990 · leading case: Hardware Mut. Cas. Co. v. Bearden, 528 S.W.2d 754 (Mo. 1975).
Hardware Mut. Cas. Co. v. Bearden, 528 S.W.2d 754 (Mo. 1975). · cites it 4× “) “When, following termination of the specified period of suspension, an operator complies with § 303.150(2), he is entitled to reinstatement of his driving privileges, but the burden is on the operator to furnish the proof of responsibility required by Chapter 303.”
Biersmith v. Schaffner, 477 S.W.2d 121 (Mo. 1972). · cites it 3× “Reference to Chapter 303 discloses that § 303.150(2) thereof provides as follows: “Such license and registration shall remain suspended or revoked and shall not at any time thereafter be renewed, nor shall any license be thereafter issued to such person, nor shall any motor…”
Farmers Ins. Co. v. Hertz Corp., 793 S.W.2d 178 (Mo. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “020(3), RSMo 1986 judgment); § 303.150, RSMo 1986 (suspension or revocation of license or vehicle registration; conviction of certain traffic offenses; forfeiture of bail); Gabler v.”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 303.150(2) — 2 cases
Hardware Mut. Cas. Co. v. Bearden, 528 S.W.2d 754 (Mo. 1975). “) “When, following termination of the specified period of suspension, an operator complies with § 303.150(2), he is entitled to reinstatement of his driving privileges, but the burden is on the operator to furnish the proof of responsibility required by Chapter 303.”
Biersmith v. Schaffner, 477 S.W.2d 121 (Mo. 1972). “Reference to Chapter 303 discloses that § 303.150(2) thereof provides as follows: “Such license and registration shall remain suspended or revoked and shall not at any time thereafter be renewed, nor shall any license be thereafter issued to such person, nor shall any motor…”
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