Titling your vehicle — Missouri Permit Test

When you buy a vehicle you must apply for a title within 30 days, or you will have to pay a penalty fee.

Thirty days is not long, and the penalty is what the state uses to make sure it is noticed.

When you buy a vehicle, you must apply for a title within 30 days.

A title is proof that you own your vehicle, and you should not keep it in the vehicle.

A title kept in the glovebox is a title that is stolen with the car.

A title is a very important personal document. Do NOT keep your title in your vehicle.

A properly assigned title has the buyer's name and address, the odometer reading if applicable, the sale price, the date of sale, any lienholder, and the signatures of all sellers.

Every blank left empty is a reason the license office will send you back to the seller.

Sale price of vehicle;

An odometer disclosure is required on the back of the title for vehicles of model year 2011 and newer, until the vehicle is twenty years old.

Two conditions together decide it: how new the model year is and how old the vehicle has become.

A proper odometer disclosure on the back of the title is required on vehicles that are model year 2011 and newer until the vehicle reaches the age of twenty years old.

When you buy or sell a vehicle, both the buyer and the seller must print and sign their names verifying the mileage.

Two signatures make the mileage a shared statement rather than one person's claim.

Both the buyer and the seller must print and sign their names verifying the mileage.

How long do you have to apply for a Missouri vehicle title after buying?

30 days. Thirty days is not long, and the penalty is what the state uses to make sure it is noticed. Missouri Driver Guide, p.75: “When you buy a vehicle, you must apply for a title within 30 days.”