Historic License Plates

To qualify for historic vehicle registration, a motor vehicle (passenger vehicle, truck, motorcycle, or RV) must be 25 years old or older, owned solely as a collector’s item, and used for exhibition and educational purposes. Click here if the vehicle is not already titled in your name in Missouri.

A vehicle that is registered as a historic vehicle may be driven:

  1. To and from exhibitions and educational events without any mileage limitation;
  2. To repair facilities within a 100 mile limit; and
  3. Up to 1,000 miles per year for personal use.

The owner is responsible for keeping a log of the miles driven for personal use each calendar year. The log must be kept in the vehicle when the vehicle is being driven on any state road.

Historic vehicle registration is a permanent registration and cannot be transferred. If you sell or dispose of the vehicle, you must remove the plates from the vehicle at that time. NOTE: See below for special guidelines for relinquishment of Year of Manufacture license plates.

There are three kinds of historic vehicle registrations (license plates):

Historic License Plates

To apply for Historic License Plates, you must submit the following items (by mail or in person) to our central office in Jefferson City:

  1. A completed Application for Missouri Historic or Personalized Historic License Plates (Form 570);
  2. A paid personal property tax receipt (original or copy) or a statement of non-assessment from your county of residence (or city of St. Louis) for the previous year;
  3. A current insurance identification card (original or copy) or other proof of financial responsibility;
  4. A copy of the vehicle's title or registration receipt;
  5. A registration fee of $25.25 (this is a one-time fee); and
  6. A $6 processing fee.

Personalized Historic License Plates

To apply for Personalized Historic License Plates, you must submit the following items (by mail or in person) to our central office in Jefferson City:

  1. A completed Application for Missouri Historic or Personalized Historic License Plates (Form 570);
  2. A paid personal property tax receipt (original or copy) or a statement of non-assessment from your county of residence (or city of St. Louis) for the previous year;
  3. A current insurance identification card (original or copy) or other proof of financial responsibility;
  4. A copy of the vehicle's title or registration receipt;
  5. A registration fee of $25.25 (this is a one-time fee);
  6. A $15 personalized plate fee; and
  7. A $6 processing fee.

Be sure to mark the "Personalized Historic" box on the Form 570 and enter your configuration choices. You may submit up to six choices. You may click here to check the availability of your chosen plate configurations before you submit your application. Currently, Personalized Historic license plates cannot be reserved online. Personalized Historic License Plates do expire (annual or biennial), and both the annual $15 personalized plate fee and annual $6 processing fee are charged at the time of renewal.

Year of Manufacture License Plates

The owner of any historic vehicle who possesses a license plate issued by the state of Missouri that is over 25 years old, in which the year of issuance of such plate is consistent with the model year of the vehicle, may register such plate as a Year of Manufacture historic vehicle license plate as set forth in Section 301.131, RSMo, provided the plate configuration does not conflict with the current numbering system.

In order to verify that the configuration (license plate number) on your vintage Missouri license plate(s) is available for a Year of Manufacture registration, please submit your inquiry to our central office staff using our Motor Vehicle Inquiries web form. Our staff will review and respond, accordingly.

To apply for Year of Manufacture license plates, you must submit the following items (by mail or in person) to our central office in Jefferson City:

  1. A completed Application for Missouri Historic or Personalized Historic License Plates (Form 570);
  2. A picture of the license plate you wish to use for the Year of Manufacture registration;
  3. A paid personal property tax receipt (original or copy) or a statement of non-assessment from your county of residence (or city of St. Louis) for the previous year;
  4. A current insurance identification card (original or copy) or other proof of financial responsibility;
  5. A copy of the vehicle's title or registration receipt;
  6. A registration fee of $25.25 (this is a one-time fee);
  7. A $6 processing fee.

Be sure to mark the "Year of Manufacture" box on the Form 570.

When selling a historic vehicle with a Year of Manufacture registration, the new owner may apply to use the Year of Manufacture license plate(s) on the vehicle if the previous owner provides a relinquishment letter, and standard Year of Manufacture requirements (above) are met. There is no limit to the number of times the plate may be re-used as long as a notarized relinquishment letter is provided.

If you have additional questions about historic vehicle registration, click here.