1. Any person or his agent licensed or registered as a manufacturer, motor vehicle dealer, wholesale motor vehicle dealer, boat dealer, wholesale motor vehicle auction or a public motor vehicle auction pursuant to the provisions of sections 301.550 to 301.580 shall permit an employee of the department of revenue or any law enforcement official to inspect, during normal business hours, any of the following documents which are in his possession or under his custody or control:

(1) Any title to any motor vehicle or vessel;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 301.564

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Dealer: any person, firm, corporation, association, agent or subagent engaged in the sale or exchange of new, used or reconstructed motor vehicles or trailers. See Missouri Laws 301.010
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Highway: any public thoroughfare for vehicles, including state roads, county roads and public streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways or alleys in any municipality. See Missouri Laws 301.010
  • Manufacturer: any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the business of manufacturing or assembling motor vehicles, trailers or vessels for sale. See Missouri Laws 301.010
  • Motor vehicle: any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks, except farm tractors and electric bicycles. See Missouri Laws 301.010
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Vehicle: any mechanical device on wheels, designed primarily for use, or used, on highways, except motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, vehicles propelled or drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively on fixed rails or tracks, or cotton trailers or motorized wheelchairs operated by handicapped persons. See Missouri Laws 301.010

(2) Any application for title to any motor vehicle or vessel;

(3) Any affidavit provided pursuant to sections 301.550 to 301.580 or chapter 407;

(4) Any assignment of title to any motor vehicle or vessel;

(5) Any disclosure statement or other document relating to mileage or odometer readings required by the laws of the United States or any other state;

(6) Any inventory and related documentation.

2. For purposes of this section, the term “law enforcement official” shall mean any of the following:

(1) Attorney general, or any person designated by him to make such an inspection;

(2) Any prosecuting attorney or any person designated by a prosecuting attorney to make such an inspection;

(3) Any member or authorized or designated employee of the Missouri state highway patrol;

(4) Any sheriff or deputy sheriff;

(5) Any peace officer certified pursuant to chapter 590 acting in his official capacity.

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