Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Division 10 - Director of Revenue
Chapter 24 - Driver License Bureau Rules
Section 12 CSR 10-24.402 - Department of Revenue Instruction Permits

Universal Citation: 12 MO Code of State Regs 10-24.402

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule establishes the requirements necessary to obtain an instruction permit issued by the director of revenue.

(1) An applicant shall not be issued a restricted temporary instruction permit until his/her fifteenth birthday.

(2) Until his/her sixteenth birthday, the holder of a temporary permit shall be accompanied at all times while driving a motor vehicle by a grandparent, parent, guardian, driver training instructor certified by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or a qualified instructor of a private drivers' education program as defined in the following:

(A) Grandparent shall include a foster grandparent, step-grandparent or adoptive grandparent;

(B) Parent shall include a foster parent, stepparent or adoptive parent;

(C) Guardian shall be a court-appointed guardian, or, in the event the parent, grandparent or guardian of the person under sixteen (16) years of age has a physical disability which prohibits or disqualifies them from being a qualified licensed operator, the parent, grandparent or guardian may designate a maximum of two (2) individuals authorized to accompany the applicant for the purpose of giving instruction in driving the motor vehicle. The designee must meet the requirements outlined in section 302.130, RSMo. The parent, grandparent or guardian must complete a certified statement prescribed by the director of revenue and must provide the designee's full name and drivers license number. The name and drivers license number of the designee shall be displayed on a label affixed to the temporary permit;

(D) A certified driver trainer must hold a valid drivers license and an education endorsement on a teaching certificate issued by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and may be a driver trainer employed by a federal residential job training program; and

(E) A qualified private drivers' education program instructor must hold a valid drivers license.

(3) The temporary instruction permit form shall be the same form used for sixteen (16)-year old applicants, except such form shall state that the person until age sixteen (16) shall be accompanied by a grandparent, parent, guardian or designated person as specified in section (1) of this rule while driving a motor vehicle.

(4) In order for the temporary instruction permit to be used in driving the motorcycle or motortricycle, the M endorsement must be shown on the permit. The temporary instruction permit issued pursuant to section 302.130, RSMo, shall not entitle the holder to legally operate a motorized bicycle.

(5) The temporary instruction permit issued pursuant to section 302.130, RSMo, shall expire twelve (12) months from the date of application. An individual may renew such permit within one hundred eighty-four (184) days of the expiration date without being required to take the written examination.

(6) The temporary motorcycle instruction permit issued pursuant to section 302.132, RSMo, shall expire six (6) months (one hundred eighty-four (184) days) from the date of application. An individual may renew such permit within one hundred eighty-four (184) days of the expiration date without being required to take the written examination.

(7) A student instruction permit issued pursuant to section 302.130.3, RSMo, shall not entitle the holder to legally operate a motorcycle, motortricycle or motorized bicycle.

*Original authority: 302.130, RSMo 1939, amended 1951, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 302.132, RSMo 1995.

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