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Missouri lawmakers consider 5-year registration option for newer vehicles Vehicles with a model year less than six years old would be eligible for the five-year registration tag.
Higher license fees, fewer car inspections among slew of new laws taking effect in Missouri Among the laws are a prohibition on jailing people for not paying their 鈥榖oard bills,鈥 a practice that was highlighted by Post-Dispatch column…
Hate getting your car inspected? 1 million Missouri cars soon to be exempt. Proponents say newer cars are safer than older models, and that the inspections burden Missourians. Opponents of scrapping the inspections wor…
