When someone gets into a car accident, they have to file a report with the state. This law says that report — and anything the state did because of it — cannot be used in court to show who was careless or careful in the accident. The only time the report can be brought into court is to show whether someone had car insurance or not.
303.310. Report and decision to be no evidence of — may be evidence, when. — Neither the report required by section 303.040, the taken by the this chapter, the findings, if any, of the director upon which such action is based, nor the filed as provided in this chapter shall be referred to in any way, nor be any evidence of the negligence or of either , at the trial of any to recover ; however, the report required by section 303.040 may be and may be introduced into evidence solely for the purpose of establishing the existence or lack of insurance coverage where such is and relevant to the action being tried. A copy of the report by the director as a correct copy shall be received in any of the courts of this state as evidence of the contents of the original report.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.110, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1392) (1963) In action by releasee against releasor for damages arising from motor vehicle collision, release which was filed with safety responsibility unit was admissible as evidence over objection that it was confidential and inadmissible under this section. Farmer v. Arnold (Mo.), 371 S.W.2d 265.
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