Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations
Section 307.015 - Mud flaps required, certain motor vehicles — violation, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories
307.015. Mud flaps required, certain motor vehicles — violation, penalty. — 1. Trucks, semitrailers, and trailers, except utility trailers, without rear fenders, attached to a commercial motor vehicle registered for over twenty-four thousand pounds shall be equipped with mud flaps for the rear wheels when operated on the public highways of this state. If mud flaps are used, they shall be wide enough to cover the full tread width of the tire or tires being protected; shall be so installed that they extend from the underside of the vehicle body in a vertical plane behind the rear wheels to within twelve inches of the ground for dump trucks and within eight inches of the ground for all other vehicles required to be equipped with mud flaps under this section; and shall be constructed of a rigid material or a flexible material which is of a sufficiently rigid character to provide adequate protection when the vehicle is in motion. No provisions of this section shall apply to a motor vehicle in transit and in process of delivery equipped with temporary mud flaps, to farm implements, or to any vehicle which is not required to be registered.
2. For purposes of this section, "dump truck" means a truck whose contents can be emptied without handling, where the front end of the platform can be hydraulically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity.
3. Any person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction and, upon plea or finding of guilt, shall be punished as provided by law.
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(L. 1967 p. 417 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1991 S.B. 292, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1963)

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Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation

Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations

Section 307.005 - Light-emitting diodes deemed operating properly, when.

Section 307.010 - Loads which might become dislodged to be secured — failure, penalty.

Section 307.015 - Mud flaps required, certain motor vehicles — violation, penalty.

Section 307.020 - Definitions.

Section 307.025 - Exemptions.

Section 307.030 - Approval of lighting equipment — rules and regulations — fee — revocation or suspension of certificate, rulemaking procedure.

Section 307.035 - Director's decisions final, when — appeal to board — hearing and decisions.

Section 307.040 - When lights required — violation, penalty.

Section 307.045 - Headlamp on motor vehicles — violations, penalty.

Section 307.050 - Headlamps — permissible substitutes, speed limit.

Section 307.055 - Single-beam headlamps — intensity, adjustment — violation, penalty.

Section 307.060 - Multiple-beam headlamps — arrangement — violation, penalty.

Section 307.065 - New vehicles shall have beam indicator — violation, penalty.

Section 307.070 - Dimming of lights, when — violation, penalty.

Section 307.075 - Taillamps, reflectors — violations, penalty.

Section 307.080 - Auxiliary lamps — number — location — violation, penalty.

Section 307.085 - Cowl, fender, running board and backup lamps — violation, penalty.

Section 307.090 - Spotlamps — restrictions, penalty.

Section 307.095 - Colors of various lamps — restriction of red lights, penalty.

Section 307.100 - Limitations on lamps other than headlamps — flashing signals prohibited except on specified vehicles — penalty.

Section 307.105 - Limitation on total of lamps lighted at one time — violation, penalty.

Section 307.110 - Parked vehicles — how lighted — exception — violation, penalty.

Section 307.115 - Other vehicles — how lighted — violation, penalty.

Section 307.120 - Penalty for violations.

Section 307.122 - Electronic message devices, prohibited on vehicle, exceptions — penalty.

Section 307.125 - Animal-driven vehicles, lighting requirements — penalty — rulemaking authority.

Section 307.127 - Slow-moving equipment, emblem required on, when — emblem described — violation, penalty — alternative display, reflective material.

Section 307.128 - Motorcycle headlamp modulation permitted, when — labeling requirements — auxiliary lighting.

Section 307.130 - Safety glass defined.

Section 307.135 - Director not to license vehicle without safety glass.

Section 307.140 - Safety glass on vehicles for hire and school buses.

Section 307.145 - Sale of vehicles without safety glass prohibited.

Section 307.150 - List of approved glass.

Section 307.155 - Violation a misdemeanor.

Section 307.160 - Revocation of permit by public service commission.

Section 307.165 - Seat safety belts standard equipment, when — penalty.

Section 307.170 - Other equipment of motor vehicles — violations, penalty.

Section 307.171 - Studded tires, prohibited when — penalty.

Section 307.172 - Altering passenger motor vehicle by raising front or rear of vehicle prohibited, when — bumpers front and rear required, when, exemptions — violations not to pass inspection — penalty.

Section 307.173 - Specifications for sun-screening device applied to windshield or windows — permit required, when — exceptions — rules, procedure — violations, penalty.

Section 307.175 - Sirens and flashing lights, use of, when — permits — violation, penalty.

Section 307.177 - Transporting hazardous materials, equipment required — federal physical requirements not applicable, when — violations, penalty.

Section 307.178 - Seat belts required for passenger cars — passenger cars defined — exceptions — failure to comply, effect on evidence and damages, admissible as evidence, when — penalty — passengers in car exceeding number of seat belts not violatio...

Section 307.179 - Definitions — transporting children under sixteen years of age, restraint systems — penalty — exceptions — program of public information.

Section 307.180 - Bicycle and motorized bicycle, defined.

Section 307.183 - Brakes required.

Section 307.185 - Lights and reflectors, when required — standards to be met.

Section 307.188 - Rights and duties of bicycle, electric bicycle, and motorized bicycle riders.

Section 307.190 - Riding to right, required for bicycles and motorized bicycles.

Section 307.191 - Bicycle to operate on the shoulder adjacent to roadway, when — roadway defined.

Section 307.192 - Bicycle required to give hand or mechanical signals.

Section 307.193 - Penalty for violation.

Section 307.194 - Electric bicycles — rights and privileges — label, requirements — modifications require new label — product safety standards — authorized to ride, where, exceptions — class 3 electric bicycles, special provisions.

Section 307.195 - License required — operation on interstate highway prohibited — violation, penalty.

Section 307.196 - Equipment required.

Section 307.198 - All-terrain vehicles, equipment required — penalty.

Section 307.205 - Defined — requirements for operation.

Section 307.207 - Equipment required.

Section 307.209 - Roadway operation, requirements.

Section 307.211 - Violations, penalties.

Section 307.250 - Compact — entered into.

Section 307.255 - Legislative findings.

Section 307.260 - Rules not effective until approved by legislature.

Section 307.265 - Director of revenue to be state's commissioner.

Section 307.270 - State employees retirement system may agree with commission on coverage of employees.

Section 307.275 - State agencies to cooperate with commission.

Section 307.280 - Documents to be filed with secretary of state.

Section 307.285 - Commission to submit budget to commissioner of administration.

Section 307.290 - State auditor may inspect commission's accounts.

Section 307.295 - Executive head defined.

Section 307.350 - Motor vehicles, biennial inspection required, exceptions — authorization to operate vehicle to inspection station for inspection — violation, penalty.

Section 307.353 - No safety inspection required during registration period which exceeds two years.

Section 307.355 - Current inspection required for registration or transfer, exception — inspection valid, how long.

Section 307.360 - Permits and instructions furnished by superintendent — items to be inspected — inspection stations, permit fee, permit renewal — application contents — mechanic's examination — revocation of permits, hearing on.

Section 307.365 - Inspection station permit not transferable — approval to be on official form — report to superintendent — defects, correction of, who may make — inspection fee — sticker fee — inspection fund, created, purpose — discontinuation of s...

Section 307.370 - Prohibited acts.

Section 307.375 - Inspection of school buses — items covered — violations, when corrected, notice to patrol — spot checks authorized.

Section 307.380 - Accidents, reinspection required, when — certain sales exempt from inspection requirement — violation, penalty.

Section 307.385 - Director of revenue to suspend registration of unapproved vehicle on written notice of superintendent.

Section 307.390 - Penalty for violation — superintendent of highway patrol may assign persons to enforce inspections laws.

Section 307.400 - Commercial vehicles, equipment and operation, regulations, exceptions — violations, penalty — rulemaking authority.

Section 307.402 - Inspection of state-owned vehicles, responsibility for.