Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law
Section 303.240 - Cash deposit as proof of responsibility.

Effective - 01 Jul 2019, 3 histories
303.240. Cash deposit as proof of responsibility. — 1. Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the state treasurer that the person named therein has deposited with him seventy-five thousand dollars in cash, or securities such as may legally be purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of seventy-five thousand dollars. The state treasurer shall not accept any such deposit and issue a certificate therefor and the director shall not accept such certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides.
2. Such deposit shall be held by the state treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against such person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle after such deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless such attachment or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages as aforesaid.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.250, A.L. 1965 p. 481, A.L. 1981 S.B. 201, A.L. 2018 S.B. 708)
Effective 7-01-19

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Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation

Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law

Section 303.010 - Title of law.

Section 303.020 - Definitions.

Section 303.022 - Applicability of certain state statutes to motor vehicle liability policies, when.

Section 303.024 - Insurance identification cards issued by insurer, contents — identification cards for self-insured issued by director, contents — exhibition of card to peace officers or commercial vehicle enforcement officers — failure to exhibit,...

Section 303.025 - Duty to maintain financial responsibility, residents and nonresidents — inoperable or stored vehicles, voluntary suspension of registration — misdemeanor penalty for violations — exception, methods — court to notify department of re...

Section 303.025 - Duty to maintain financial responsibility, residents and nonresidents, misdemeanor penalty for failure to maintain — exception, methods — court to notify department of revenue, additional punishment, right of appeal.

Section 303.026 - Director to notify owners who register vehicles, contents — affidavit certifying financial responsibility required for registration — director may use sampling techniques to verify — insurers required to submit policy information to...

Section 303.030 - Operator's license suspended on failure to give security for payment of damages after accident, burden of proof for challenging determination — exceptions — insurance accepted.

Section 303.039 - Effective date for sections 303.025 and 303.041.

Section 303.040 - All motor vehicle accidents to be reported — director to notify all other parties, contents — parties to furnish information — nonresident requirements.

Section 303.041 - Failure to maintain financial responsibility — notice, procedure, contents — suspension of license and registration — request for hearing, right, effect — subsequent acquisition of financial responsibility, effect — duration of susp...

Section 303.041 - Failure to maintain financial responsibility — notice, procedure, contents — suspension of license and registration — request for hearing, right, effect — subsequent acquisition of financial responsibility, effect — duration of susp...

Section 303.042 - Suspension, effective when — length of suspension, factors considered — false submission of proof of insurance, suspension, duration, fee.

Section 303.044 - Proof of financial responsibility required for reregistration.

Section 303.045 - Records, where kept — destroyed, when.

Section 303.050 - Security, form and amount — reduced, when.

Section 303.051 - Judgment-creditor entitled to notice of security held.

Section 303.060 - Security deposited with director of revenue — used to pay judgment — return.

Section 303.070 - Operator not subject to security and suspension provisions, when.

Section 303.080 - Where operator has no license or is nonresident, procedure.

Section 303.090 - Report of failure to satisfy judgment — procedure as to nonresident.

Section 303.100 - License suspended on receipt of judgment — creditor may consent to allowance of license.

Section 303.110 - Suspension not lifted or license renewed, when — effect of bankruptcy.

Section 303.120 - Judgments deemed satisfied, when.

Section 303.130 - License continued on order allowing installment payment of judgment, when.

Section 303.140 - License suspension lifted, when.

Section 303.150 - Vehicle registration suspended on suspension of license for conviction or bail forfeiture — proof required for reregistration.

Section 303.160 - Proof of financial responsibility, how given.

Section 303.170 - Proof of responsibility by insurance certificate.

Section 303.175 - Motor vehicle liability policy, minimum term, exceptions.

Section 303.178 - Display of false evidence of insurance, penalty, confiscation of false evidence, misdemeanor.

Section 303.179 - Alteration, production or sale of invalid insurance card, misdemeanor.

Section 303.180 - Proof of responsibility by nonresident by insurance certificate, accepted when.

Section 303.190 - Motor vehicle liability policy, contents.

Section 303.200 - Missouri automobile insurance plan for persons unable to procure insurance by ordinary means — approval, participation by companies — function — plan of operation — liability limitations.

Section 303.210 - Notice of cancellation of insurance to be given director.

Section 303.220 - Certificate of self-insurance — cancelled, when.

Section 303.230 - Surety bond as proof of responsibility.

Section 303.240 - Cash deposit as proof of responsibility.

Section 303.250 - Owner may give proof for employees or family members.

Section 303.260 - Substitution of one proof of responsibility for another.

Section 303.270 - Director may require different proof, when.

Section 303.280 - Release of proof and waiver of proof, when.

Section 303.290 - Director's duties — regulations — judicial review.

Section 303.300 - Driver's records available upon request.

Section 303.310 - Report and decision to be no evidence of negligence — may be evidence, when.

Section 303.315 - Copies of suspension orders, constitute evidence.

Section 303.320 - Vehicle not registered until bona fide transfer.

Section 303.330 - License and registration returned to director, when.

Section 303.340 - Law not to apply to certain automobile insurance policies.

Section 303.350 - Chapter not applicable to government or common carriers.

Section 303.360 - Not to operate retrospectively.

Section 303.370 - Offenses, penalties.

Section 303.390 - Uninsured motorist, waiver of ability to collect noneconomic damages, when — inapplicability, when.

Section 303.400 - Title.

Section 303.403 - Definitions.

Section 303.406 - Database and fund created, purpose, administration — disclosure, when, violations, penalties — review and report to general assembly.

Section 303.409 - Failure to maintain financial responsibility, notice, right to hearing — suspension, duration, factors, extension for failure to file proof of insurance, maintenance of proof — exception for inoperable or stored motor vehicles.

Section 303.412 - Reporting by insurance companies, frequency, required information — revenue to notify department of violation, penalty, exceptions.

Section 303.415 - Effective and expiration dates.