Missouri
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Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XVI, Ch. 260, § 260.283. Paper or plastic bags, customers to have option, when – political subdivisions prohibited from imposing ban, fee, or tax on.
- Electronics Recycling Law – Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XVI, Ch. 260, § 260.1050 to § 260.1101. Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Equipment Collection and Recovery Act
- MO Dept. of Natural Resources – e-Cycle Missouri
- Metal Scrap Law – Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XXVI, Ch. 407 Merchandising Practices (as amended by 2023 Missouri SB 186; effective August 28, 2023)
- § 407.297. Copper property peddlers – license required (St. Louis City) – definitions – fee, application procedure, revocation.
- § 407.300. Copper wire or cable, catalytic converters, collectors and dealers to keep register, information required – penalty – exempt transactions.
- § 407.301. Metal beer keg, prohibition on purchase or possession by scrap metal dealer – violation, penalty.
- § 407.302. Metal belonging to various entities – scrap yard not to purchase – violation, penalty.
- § 407.303. Scrap metal dealers – payments in excess of $500 to be made by check – exceptions – violations, penalty.
- § 407.305. Bronze statuary, receptacles or memorials, record of purchase required of collectors and dealers – penalty.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XXXVIII, Ch. 570, § 570.030. Stealing – penalties.
- ReMA Summary of Missouri Metal Scrap Statute (August 30, 2023)
- Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XIV, Ch. 226. State Transportation Department
- § 226.650. Purpose of law.
- § 226.660. Definitions.
- § 226.670. Licenses – fee.
- § 226.680. Prohibited areas – exceptions.
- § 226.690. Preexisting junkyards – screening – removal.
- § 226.700. Rules authorized – injunctive relief.
- § 226.710. Unlicensed junkyard – penalty.
- § 226.720. Unscreened junkyards near state and county roads prohibited – penalty.
Mo. Rev. Stat. Title IV, Ch. 34, § 34.031. Recycled products, preference for products made from solid waste – elimination of purchase of products made from polystyrene foam – commissioner of administration, duties – report. (ReMA note: establishes state purchasing preference for recycled products)
Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XVI, Ch. 260, § 260.500 to 260.552 Hazardous Substance Cleanup
- Missouri DNR – Stormwater Industrial Permits
- Permit No. MO-R60A – Motor vehicle salvage yards and scrap metal recycling operations
Effective: 12/12/2018; Expires 12/11/2023 - Permit No. MO-R13 – paper-only recycling
Effective: 09/07/18; Expires: 09/06/23 - Permit No. MO-R23D – recycling plastic scraps or rubber scraps
Effective: 05/10/22; Expires: 05/09/27 - Permit No. MO-R80H – Solid waste transfer stations and solid waste recovery facilities. “Facilities recycling multiple types of materials (glass, wastepaper, plastic, rubber, metal, etc.) shall obtain this permit to operate.”
Effective: 09/01/19; Expires: 08/31/24
- Permit No. MO-R60A – Motor vehicle salvage yards and scrap metal recycling operations
- Applications for General Permit
- ePermitting
- Mo. Rev. Stat. Title IV, Ch. 34 State Purchasing and Printing
- § 34.031. Recycled products, preference for products made from solid waste – elimination of purchase of products made from polystyrene foam – commissioner of administration, duties – report. (ReMA note: includes retread tires)
- § 34.040. Purchases to be made on competitive bids, when, how – standard specifications, when – exception – failure to pay taxes, effect of. (ReMA note: includes contracts to abate illegal waste tire sites)
- Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XIV, Ch. 226, § 226.008. Responsibilities and authority of highways and transportation commission – transfer of authority to department of transportation. (ReMA note: includes permitting and compliance for waste tire haulers)
- Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XVI, Ch. 260 Environmental Control
- § 260.200. Definitions.
- § 260.250. Major appliances, waste oil, yard waste and batteries, disposal restricted – recycling of certain items, addressed in solid waste management plan.
- Waste and Scrap Tires
- § 260.269. In-state private entity disposal permitted, when.
- § 260.270. Scrap tires, prohibited activities – penalties – site owners, no new scrap tire sites permitted, when, exception – registration required, duty to inform department, contents – rules and regulations – permit fees – duties of department – inventory of processed scrap tires not to exceed limitation – auto dismantler, limited storage of tires allowed – recovered rubber, use by transportation department, how.
- § 260.272. Scrap tires and rubber chips may be used as landfill cover, department of natural resources to promulgate rules.
- § 260.273. Fee, sale of new tires, amount – collection, use of moneys – termination. (as amended by 2019 Missouri SB 134)
- § 260.275. Scrap tire site, closure plan, contents – financial assurance instrument, purpose, how calculated.
- § 260.276. Nuisance abatement activities, department may conduct – costs, civil action authorized, exception – resource recovery or nuisance abatement bids on contract, who may bid – content – nonprofits may be eligible for cleanup reimbursement, when.
- § 260.278. Performance bond or letter of credit required for transporter of scrap tires, when – provisions required – forfeiture of bond, when, procedure – bond requirement ceases, when.
- § 260.279. Preference and bonus points for contracts for the removal or clean up of waste tires, when.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XIX, Ch. 301 Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
- ReMA note: requirements for distinguishing numbers on motor vehicles, trailers, and tires
- § 301.380. Special numbers issued, when – fee – effect – trailers, special numbers issued, when – examination required – fee.
- § 301.390. Possession and sale of vehicles and equipment with altered identification numbers prohibited, penalties – duty of officers – procedure.
- § 301.400. Removal or defacing manufacturer’s numbers – penalty.
- § 301.401. Special mobile equipment and tires, defacing serial number prohibited – penalty.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XIX, Ch. 301. Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
- § 301.010. Definitions.
- § 301.190. Certificate of registration – application, contents – special requirements, certain vehicles – fees – failure to obtain within time limit, delinquency penalty – duration of certificate – unlawful to operate without certificate – certain vehicles brought into state in a wrecked or damaged condition or after being towed, inspection – certain vehicles previously registered in other states, designation – reconstructed motor vehicles, procedure.
- § 301.193. Abandoned property, titling of, privately owned real estate, procedure – inability to obtain negotiable title, salvage or junking certificate authorized.
- § 301.196. Transferors of interest in motor vehicles or trailers, notice to revenue, when, form – exceptions.
- § 301.210. Sale and transfer of vehicles, transfers within corporations not a sale – assignment of certificate – new certificate – notice of sale to nonresident – director of revenue to keep file – other sales void.
- § 301.216. Department investigators deemed peace officers while acting in scope of authority, when – limitation on power to arrest.
- § 301.217. Definitions – salvaged motor vehicle title may be issued, when, procedure.
- § 301.218. Licenses required for certain businesses – buyers at salvage pool or salvage disposal sale, requirements – records to be kept of sales by operator.
- § 301.219. Application to be submitted, contents – fee.
- § 301.221. Application to be submitted, contents, requirements to obtain license – fee.
- § 301.223. Suspension or revocation of license.
- § 301.225. Licensees to maintain records – inspection of premises.
- § 301.226. Department to provide information.
- § 301.227. Salvage certificate of title mandatory or optional, when – issuance, fee – junking certificate issued or rescinded, when.
- § 301.229. Penalties – director of revenue to enforce provisions.
- § 301.390. Possession and sale of vehicles and equipment with altered identification numbers prohibited, penalties – duty of officers – procedure.
- § 301.560. Application requirements, additional – bonds, fees, signs required – license number, certificate of numbers – duplicate dealer plates, issues, fees – test driving motor vehicles and vessels, use of plates – proof of educational seminar required, exceptions, contents of seminar.
- Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XIX, Ch. 304. Traffic Regulations
- § 304.154. Towing truck company requirements – access to towed vehicles by insurance adjusters – notice to vehicle owner of transfer from storage lot or facility – display of tow company address, when.
- § 304.155. Abandoned motor vehicles on public property, removal – hazards on land and water, removal, limited liability, when – towing of property report to highway or water patrol or crime inquiry and inspection report when, owner liable for costs – check for stolen vehicles procedure – reclaiming vehicle – lien for charges – record maintenance by towing companies – lienholder repossession, procedure.
- § 304.156. Notice to towing company, owner or lienholder, when – storage charges, when authorized – search of vehicle for ownership documents – petition, determination of wrongful taking – possessory lien, new title, how issued – sale of abandoned property by municipality or county – towing company, new title when.
- § 304.157. Vehicles left unattended or improperly parked on private property of another, procedure for removal and disposition – violation of certain required procedure, penalty.
- § 304.158. Notice to owner of abandoned property – duty of real property owner – liability of towing company – recovery for damages to real property, when – liability of real property owner for towing charges, when – information to be displayed on wrecker – towing charges – storage facility charges, method of payment – authorization of real property owner to tow, violation, penalty – ordinances specifying charges – violations of towing laws, penalties.