When the director of revenue issues a certificate of ownership for a motor vehicle or trailer in the names of two or more persons, it shall be presumed that ownership of the motor vehicle or trailer is held by the persons shown on the certificate as joint tenants with right of survivorship or as tenants by the entirety if the owners are husband and wife, unless at the time the application for a certificate of ownership is filed with the director of revenue, the application states that ownership of the motor vehicle or trailer is held as tenants in common.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.675
Certificate of ownership for motor vehicles or trailers in names of two or..
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Bellingroehr (2009)
Most recently applied in In Re Bellingroehr (March 2009)
Effective: 28 Aug 1987; (L. 1987 H.B. 605 § 1)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.