MO SB1426

Missouri Department of Transportation must establish procedures to regulate nonconsensual towing, recovery, and cleanup of commercial vehicles (over 10,000 pounds gross weight), including a complaint process for owners, operators, or insurers

Law enforcement must honor a commercial vehicle owner's request for a specific towing company unless a traffic safety problem exists or the vehicle is disabled in the roadway and the requested company cannot arrive within 30 minutes

Towing companies are prohibited from using per-pound charging methods for nonconsensual tows, and storage charges stop accruing once a complaint is filed with the department

A seven-member Towing and Recovery Review Board may be established to review complaints and make recommendations, with representatives from law enforcement, motor carriers, towing companies, owner-operators, and insurers

Towing companies performing nonconsensual tows while prohibited face a civil penalty of $25,000 per violation, and nonconsensual tows cannot create a lien on the commercial vehicle or its cargo