Effective - 28 Aug 2009
302.545. Expungement of records, when. — 1. Any person who is less than twenty-one years of age and whose driving privilege has been suspended or revoked, for a first determination under sections 302.500 to 302.540, that such person was driving with two-hundredths of one percent of blood alcohol content, shall have all official records and all recordations maintained by the department of revenue of such suspension or revocation expunged two years after the date of such suspension or revocation, or when such person attains the age of twenty-one, whichever date first occurs. Such expungement shall be performed by the department of revenue without need of a court order. No records shall be expunged if the person was found guilty or pled guilty to operating a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in section 302.700, or if the person was holding a commercial driver's license at the time of the offense, with a blood alcohol content of at least four-hundredths of one percent.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person whose license is suspended or revoked for a second or subsequent time pursuant to subsection 1 of this section or who is convicted of any alcohol-related driving offense before the age of twenty-one including, but not limited to:
(1) Driving while intoxicated pursuant to section 577.010; or
(2) Driving with excessive blood alcohol content pursuant to section 577.012.
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(L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 § 1 merged with S.B. 722 § 1, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683)
(2001) Expungement of records allowed for twenty-year-old motorist who had a blood alcohol content of .133% when stopped. Baldwin v. Director of Revenue, 38 S.W.3d 401 (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.