State Specific Policy Resources: Missouri

Auxiliary Containers

• 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

• 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
  

Materials Theft

• 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)

Scrap Yard / Junk Yard Zoning

• 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.

State / Municipal Programs

• 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)

State Superfund (no SREA equivalent)

• Mo. Rev. Stat. Title XVI, Ch. 260, § 260.500 to 260.552 Hazardous Substance Cleanup

Stormwater Permitting

• 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
• Applications for General Permit
• ePermitting

Tire / Rubber

• 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.

Vehicle Detitling / Dismantling

• 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.

Abandoned Vehicles

• 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.