Missouri · MO · Vehicles
Missouri: Do you need a front license plate?
Front and rear plates
Missouri requires passenger cars to display license plates on both the front and the rear.
The state issues a set of plates for most vehicles. Trailers and motorcycles get one rear plate. Buses and heavy trucks display their plate on the front. Plates must be 8 to 48 inches above the ground.
What the law says
License plates shall be fastened to all motor vehicles except trucks, tractors, truck tractors or truck-tractors ... on the front and rear of such vehicles
Sources
- RSMo § 301.130 Official · revisor.mo.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Missouri Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Bureau
- Phone
- 573-526-3669
- Website
- dor.mo.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arkansas Rear plate onlyArkansas issues one plate for passenger cars, and state law says a single plate goes on the rear.
- Illinois Front and rear platesIllinois requires passenger cars to display registration plates on both the front and the rear.
- Iowa Front and rear platesIowa requires passenger cars to display registration plates on both the front and the rear.
- Kansas Rear plate onlyKansas requires only a rear license plate on a passenger car, and generally bars a plate on the front.
- Kentucky Rear plate onlyKentucky requires only a rear license plate on a passenger car.
- Nebraska Front and rear platesNebraska requires front and rear plates on passenger cars through 2028. Starting January 1, 2029, only a rear plate is required.
- Oklahoma Rear plate onlyOklahoma requires a license plate only on the rear of a passenger car.
- Tennessee Rear plate onlyTennessee requires only a rear license plate on passenger cars.