Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXIV. Business and Financial Institutions § 365.200. Additional time sale contracts

1. For any motor vehicle which is not subject to the Missouri motor vehicle time sales law as provided in sections 365.010 to 365.160, a seller is permitted to include in the contractual time sale of a motor vehicle the outstanding balance of a prior loan or lease of a motor vehicle used as a trade-in. For the purposes of this section, a “time sale contract” is a contract evidencing an installment transaction entered into in this state pursuant to which the title to or a lien upon the motor vehicle which is the subject of the installment transaction is retained or taken by the seller from the buyer as security for the buyer's obligation. The term includes a security agreement or a contract for the bailment or leasing of the motor vehicle by which the bailee or lessee contracts to pay as compensation for its use a sum substantially equivalent to or in excess of its value and by which it is agreed that the bailee or lessee is bound to become, or has the option of becoming, the owner of a motor vehicle upon satisfying the contract.“Motor vehicle” is any new or used automobile, mobile home, manufactured home as defined in section 700.010, excluding a manufactured home with respect to which the requirements of subsections 1 to 3 of section 700.111, as applicable, have been satisfied, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor or bus.

2. Any seller as provided in this section shall first qualify as a retail seller pursuant to sections 365.010 to 365.160.