Effective - 28 Aug 1996
302.312. Department of revenue and department of health and senior services, bureau of vital statistics, records, admissible in evidence, when — computer terminal printout of individual driving record admissible as evidence, printout available to driver, when, fee. — 1. Copies of all papers, documents, and records lawfully deposited or filed in the offices of the department of revenue or the bureau of vital records of the department of health and senior services and copies of any records, properly certified by the appropriate custodian or the director, shall be admissible as evidence in all courts of this state and in all administrative proceedings.
2. A computer terminal printout of an individual driving record through the Missouri uniform law enforcement system from the department of revenue database, certified by an officer of the local law enforcement agency, shall be admissible in evidence in all courts of this state. A local law enforcement agency equipped with a computer terminal shall provide a motor vehicle driver with a copy of such printout relating to the license of such motor vehicle driver upon the execution of a written request. The local law enforcement agency may charge an administrative fee not to exceed five dollars per copy.
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(L. 1972 S.B. 651, A.L. 1987 S.B. 230, A.L. 1995 H.B. 717 merged with S.B. 24 merged with S.B. 374, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 merged with S.B. 722)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Vital statistics records, prima facie evidence, 193.255
1998) Copies of documents from the department of revenue are admissible so long as properly certified. Mills v. Director of Revenue, 964 S.W.2d 873 (Mo.App. E.D.).
(1998) 1996 amendment to statute governing the admissibility as evidence of copies of records filed with the department of revenue removed the requirement that copies of such records be served on the opposing party at least seven days before trial to be admissible. State v. Anders, 975 S.W.2d 462 (W.D.Mo.).
(2013) Admission of certified copies of records without testimony of records' creators did not violate motorists' due process right to confront and cross-examine witnesses. Doughty v. Director of Revenue, 387 S.W.3d 383 (Mo.banc).
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation
Chapter 302 - Drivers' and Commercial Drivers' Licenses
Section 302.010 - Definitions.
Section 302.011 - Lawfully present defined.
Section 302.015 - License classification system, director to establish — categories.
Section 302.025 - Driver training programs, instruction on traffic stops.
Section 302.041 - License by municipality not required.
Section 302.051 - Government-owned vehicles, who may operate.
Section 302.060 - License not to be issued to whom, exceptions — reinstatement requirements.
Section 302.067 - Lawful presence or citizenship, proof of to be presented once — exceptions.
Section 302.080 - Exemptions from license law.
Section 302.110 - List of licensed drivers.
Section 302.120 - Applications for license, accident reports and court convictions to be filed, how.
Section 302.133 - Definitions.
Section 302.140 - Instruction permit, fee.
Section 302.172 - Exchange of drivers' licenses, foreign countries, reciprocal agreements, content.
Section 302.176 - First-time licenses, information to receive — rulemaking authority.
Section 302.177 - Licenses, issuance and renewal, duration, fees.
Section 302.179 - Notice of expiration of license.
Section 302.185 - Duplicate license, REAL ID compliant license — how obtained — fee.
Section 302.187 - Municipalities and counties to pay replacement costs of driver's license, when.
Section 302.190 - Duration of suspension of license — new license, when.
Section 302.200 - Effect of revocation — penalty.
Section 302.220 - Prohibited uses of license.
Section 302.228 - Fees, how deposited.
Section 302.230 - Penalty for false statement or affidavit.
Section 302.233 - Fraud in obtaining a license or permit, penalty.
Section 302.250 - Children forbidden to operate motor vehicle.
Section 302.260 - Unlicensed person operating motor vehicle prohibited.
Section 302.273 - Federal rule compliance for bus drivers.
Section 302.281 - Suspension for unsatisfied judgment.
Section 302.301 - Restricted licenses.
Section 302.306 - Reduction of point value charged after period of safe driving.
Section 302.308 - Effect of conviction prior to enactment.
Section 302.311 - Suspension or revocation — appeals from — procedure.
Section 302.340 - Penalty for violations.
Section 302.345 - Diversion program participation prohibited, when.
Section 302.347 - Federal record-keeping rule to be adopted.
Section 302.415 - Failure to surrender licenses, certain law enforcement officer may seize.
Section 302.426 - Department of revenue — rules and regulations.
Section 302.440 - Devices, use of, when.
Section 302.441 - Employment exemption variance, permitted when — restrictions.
Section 302.454 - Use of device shall be required, when.
Section 302.456 - Court shall send order to department of revenue — record keeping required.
Section 302.460 - Manufacturer warning required.
Section 302.500 - Definitions.
Section 302.536 - Department to pay court costs and attorney fees, when.
Section 302.545 - Expungement of records, when.
Section 302.584 - Rules, effective, when — rules invalid and void, when.
Section 302.600 - Driver license compact.
Section 302.700 - Citation of law — definitions.
Section 302.710 - Suspension, revocation or cancellation of license, notice to employer, when.
Section 302.725 - Driving without commercial driver's license, penalty.
Section 302.727 - Driving a commercial motor vehicle while revoked, crime of, penalty.
Section 302.730 - Nonresident may operate commercial motor vehicles, when.
Section 302.750 - Refusal to consent to test, effect — procedures — hearing allowed, when.
Section 302.760 - Nonresidents, action against license, notice to licensing state, when.
Section 302.769 - Contingent effective date.
Section 302.770 - Cooperation with other jurisdictions.