17-07-2025
Department of Revenue speaks on Missouri temp tag issues
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The State of Missouri is fed up with abuse of temporary car license tags.
Lawmakers have approved a new system designed to crack down on abuse. The state's director of revenue wants to get out of the temp tag business entirely.
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Many Missouri drivers aren't renewing their car tags when they expire, including a large number of those using temporary paper tags. That leaves the Missouri Department of Revenue with millions of dollars that go uncollected.
'Temp tags should only be good for 30 days,' said Trish Vincent, who directs the State Department of Revenue.
Vincent knows many drivers are keeping their temp tags for much longer. In recent months, FOX4 spotted drivers with temp tags expired by more than a year.
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has approved a Senate bill, allowing DMVs to issue a 30-day license tag only for trade-in cars still under a loan. New technology the state plans to introduce will require drivers to pay their sales tax at the dealership before they're given a temp tag.
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'We are hopefully going to get out of the temp tag business in late 26 or early 27. Taxes will be paid on time, so that helps build roads out there in the state of Missouri,' Vincent said on Wednesday.
Also, under the new system, car dealers will be permitted to issue temporary tags that expire after 60 days only under special circumstances.
Law enforcement is doing the best it can to enforce these laws, according to Vincent, who adds that in the near future, Missouri license plates will go from using six digits to seven, meaning if a temp tag is seen with only six, patrol officers will know it's no good anymore.
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