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State record · MO · 2026-09-01 · DOT instrument

Missouri

Live on this state’s named ALPR highway-occupancy instrument. No ALPR use-or-retention statute was retrieved as primary.

DOT instrument
Open the workbenchThe method
Highway system
Primary
State highway system under the general supervision and control of the state highways and transportation commission (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.030). MoDOT is the department that operates that system. Commission right of way in EPG 941.10 is this system — not county, city, or private roads.
Owner
Primary
Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission / Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). Construction and maintenance of the state highway system is under the commission’s general supervision and control (§ 227.030).
Right-of-way
Not retrieved
not packed. Missouri’s statutory ROW width/definition is not packed in this build. MoDOT EPG 941.10 regulates LPR/PTZ “on Commission right of way” without defining the term here. Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21).
Public records
Primary
Missouri Sunshine Law (public records) (Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 610.010 to 610.200; custodian § 610.023). Who may request: All public records of public governmental bodies shall be open to the public for inspection and copying as set forth in §§ 610.023 to 610.026, except as otherwise provided by law (§ 610.011.2). Each public governmental body has a custodian of records. Chapter 610 is both records AND meetings. The nickname “Sunshine Law” covers both. This field packs the records half (§§ 610.023–610.026). Do not treat Missouri Sunshine as records-only, and do not import Florida’s split (Ch. 119 records / Ch. 286 meetings) as if the nickname mapped the same way.

Chapter 610 is both records AND meetings. The nickname “Sunshine Law” covers both. This field packs the records half (§§ 610.023–610.026). Do not treat Missouri Sunshine as records-only, and do not import Florida’s split (Ch. 119 records / Ch. 286 meetings) as if the nickname mapped the same way.

Open meetings
Primary
Missouri Sunshine Law (open meetings) (Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 610.010 to 610.200; meetings § 610.020)
ALPR statute
None found
No Missouri statute that expressly regulates ALPR use or retention was retrieved. The 2022 NCSL ALPR list does not include Missouri. 2024 SB 1334 / SB 1377 and 2025 HB 658 were introduced; Stateline (Oct 2025) lists Missouri among states whose 2025 ALPR bills did not advance. Bills are not packed as law.
ROW permit
Primary
MoDOT permit to deploy LPR and PTZ devices on Commission right of way (EPG 941.10), after written approval from the Director of the Department of Public Safety. Who may apply: Law enforcement agencies. Written DPS approval first (agency letterhead to [email protected]); then the agency contacts MoDOT’s local permit specialist. This is not Florida GUP, not Minnesota OLPA, not Utah Special Use.. EPG 941.10 is on the official MoDOT Engineering Policy Guide Category 941 page retrieved 1 Sept 2026. Dedicated title URL 941.10_Automated_License_Plate_Readers_and_Pan-Tilt-Zoom_Cameras returned 404 the same day; the Category 941 article contains the 941.10 text.

EPG 941.10 is on the official MoDOT Engineering Policy Guide Category 941 page retrieved 1 Sept 2026. Dedicated title URL 941.10_Automated_License_Plate_Readers_and_Pan-Tilt-Zoom_Cameras returned 404 the same day; the Category 941 article contains the 941.10 text.

https://epg.modot.org/index.php/Category:941_Permits_and_Access_Requests

Install process in this state

  1. This is Commission / MoDOT state-highway right of way under § 227.030, not Florida SHS and not a city street. LPR/PTZ on Commission ROW shall only monitor traffic on MoDOT roadways and shall not be used to monitor off-system (county, city, or private) roads. Do not import FAC 14-20.010, MnDOT OLPA, or UDOT Special Use.
  2. No Missouri ALPR data-practices statute was retrieved. Chapter 610 (Sunshine Law) still applies to meetings and records of public governmental bodies; it is not the install permit.
  3. Law enforcement requests written approval from the Director of the Department of Public Safety (letterhead; [email protected]) before MoDOT permitting.
  4. After DPS approval, contact MoDOT’s local permit specialist. District traffic staff first look for acceptable locations off MoDOT ROW. If none, they work the Commission-ROW path. FHWA approval via Central Office Right of Way is required before the permit issues when that EPG step applies.
  5. Submittal on the EPG page includes: aerials of all locations; per-site aerials; PE-sealed drawings (Missouri P.E.) even for attachments to existing structures; a Roles and Responsibilities document; power and data plan; traffic-control plan; surety/performance bond.
  6. Permanent placement limits packed from EPG 941.10: right side outside the shoulder; MoDOT signal uprights (if they do not interfere); MoDOT overhead-sign-truss uprights; third-party non-breakaway structure with written permission; independent support behind barrier. Not in the median/left of a divided highway; not overhead; not on breakaway structures; not on bridges; not where a device is already installed. Speed trailers are the only non-permanent structure, and only when deployed for speed enforcement with the electronic speed message active.
  7. Applicant pays install and maintenance. Execute the Roles and Responsibilities document; it stays active after the construction permit is released.
  8. Do not copy Johnson City, TN dollar figures or FDOT EOM 26-01 into this pack.

Primary

Where to ask

  • Custodian of records of the public governmental body (Sunshine Law § 610.023)

    Public records of that body, including contracts if not closed under § 610.021

  • City or county clerk

    Minutes, votes, meeting notices (§ 610.020)

  • Missouri Department of Public Safety

    Written LPR/PTZ approval requests from law-enforcement agencies

  • MoDOT district permit specialist / Central Office Right of Way

    EPG 941.10 LPR/PTZ permit file, Roles and Responsibilities document, FHWA approval if required

SupportedEvidence
A law-enforcement agency that wants LPR or PTZ on Commission right of way needs written DPS approval and then a MoDOT permit under EPG 941.10.

mo-epg-941

SupportedEvidence
Missouri’s Sunshine Law, Chapter 610 RSMo, covers both public meetings and public records.

mo-610 · mo-ago-sunshine

SupportedEvidence
Missouri has no statute that expressly regulates ALPR use or retention.

Supported as none-found on the 1 Sept 2026 hunt. Later enrolled text would reopen this.

mo-ncsl · mo-stateline

Sources in this pack

What was checked

  1. 2026-09-01

    https://epg.modot.org/index.php/Category:941_Permits_and_Access_Requests

    Primary: EPG 941.10 LPR/PTZ process, DPS-then-MoDOT, placement limits packed.

  2. 2026-09-01

    https://epg.modot.org/index.php?title=941.10_Automated_License_Plate_Readers_and_Pan-Tilt-Zoom_Cameras

    404. Text was taken from the Category 941 article, not this title URL.

  3. 2026-09-01

    https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=610 and /OneSection.aspx?section=227.030

    Primary: Sunshine Law ch. 610 (meetings AND records); commission control of the state highway system.

  4. 2026-09-01

    NCSL 2022 ALPR list; Stateline Oct 2025 ALPR session wrap-up

    No packed MO ALPR statute. 2025 bills listed as not advancing.

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