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Missouri: Is it legal to pump your own gas?
Self-serve allowed
Missouri allows self-service gas, and state rules even cover unattended stations where customers fuel up with no attendant present.
Missouri Department of Agriculture rules set requirements for unattended self-service stations, where people other than the owner or an employee refuel without an attendant. These stations must post instructions and warnings, such as a sign telling users to stay outside the vehicle in view of the nozzle. Card- or key-activated pumps and an on-site phone or other way to call for help are also required.
What the law says
This rule establishes requirements for service stations which allow or permit the refueling of motor vehicles with Class I, II, or III liquids by other than owner or employee without the presence of an attendant.
Sources
- 2 CSR 90-30.070 Unattended Self-Service Stations Official · sos.mo.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Missouri Department of Agriculture, Division of Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection
- Phone
- 573-751-4316
- Website
- agriculture.mo.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arkansas Self-serve allowedArkansas has no ban on self-service gas; its statewide fire code regulates self-service pumps, including unattended ones.
- Illinois Self-serve allowedIllinois allows drivers to pump their own gas at self-service stations supervised by an on-duty attendant.
- Iowa Self-serve allowedIowa allows drivers to pump their own gas. State law sets rules for self-service fuel dispensers at retail stations.
- Kansas Self-serve allowedKansas allows drivers to pump their own gas. State law and fire marshal rules expressly cover self-service stations.
- Kentucky Self-serve allowedKentucky allows drivers to pump their own gas. Its fire code adopts NFPA 1, which permits self-service stations.
- Nebraska Self-serve allowedNebraska has no ban on self-service gas; its fire code adopts the national motor fuel code, which covers self-service.
- Oklahoma Self-serve allowedOklahoma's statewide fire code covers self-service fuel stations, including unattended ones; no state ban on pumping your own gas was found.
- Tennessee Self-serve allowedTennessee allows self-service gas; the State Fire Marshal enforces the International Fire Code, which permits self-service stations.