Missouri Form 5747 is the Inspection and Certification for Missouri Salvage Business License — a one-page form that a uniformed law enforcement officer completes at your business location to certify that your site qualifies as a bona fide salvage operation.{1Missouri Department of Revenue. Inspection and Certification for Missouri Salvage Business License} You cannot fill it out yourself. The officer inspects the premises, signs the certification, and you submit the completed form together with your license application (Form 1879 or the online equivalent at mydmv.mo.gov). The Department of Revenue will not issue a salvage business license without it.
Who Completes Form 5747
The inspection has to be done by a uniformed member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol assigned to the troop area covering your business. In first-class counties, an officer from the metropolitan police department can perform the inspection if your business sits inside that metropolitan area.{2Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Missouri Code 301.221 – Application to Be Submitted, Contents, Requirements to Obtain License – Fee} No other officer or private inspector can sign the certification.
The form identifies which type of salvage business is being certified. Missouri recognizes four categories under RSMo 301.010 and 301.218: used parts dealer, salvage dealer and dismantler, body shop or rebuilder, and scrap processor.{1Missouri Department of Revenue. Inspection and Certification for Missouri Salvage Business License} The officer checks the box matching the activity you are applying for. If you are applying for more than one type of license, confirm with the inspecting officer whether one certification covers all your activities or whether each needs to be marked.
Get the Location Ready Before the Officer Arrives
The officer is looking for evidence that a real business operates at the address. Missouri law requires that your location be a place where the public can contact you in person or by telephone at any reasonable time, and where you keep the books, records, files, tools, and equipment needed to run the operation.{2Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Missouri Code 301.221 – Application to Be Submitted, Contents, Requirements to Obtain License – Fee} A vacant lot, a residential address without commercial infrastructure, or a paper office without inventory space will not pass.
Have the following in place before you schedule:
- An exterior sign showing your business name, clearly visible from the road and matching the name on your application.
- A working phone number the public can reach during reasonable business hours.
- The physical facility appropriate to the license type — dismantling space for a dismantler, body shop bays for a rebuilder, and so on.
- Space and materials for recordkeeping, since inventory and title records are part of what the license authorizes you to handle.
If you are filing online, you will also upload photographs of the building, lot, and sign as part of the application submission, so document the site at the same time you prepare for the inspection.{3Missouri Department of Revenue. Application for a Missouri Salvage Business License}
Scheduling the Inspection
Contact your local Highway Patrol troop headquarters (or the metropolitan police department if you qualify for that route) to request an inspection. Officer availability varies by area, and the inspection cannot be rushed to fit your filing deadline, so start this step early. The rest of your application waits on the signed form.
You can download Form 5747 from the Missouri Department of Revenue website and have it on hand when the officer arrives, or the officer may bring a copy. Either way, the form is filled out at the site during the inspection.
What the Officer Checks and Signs
During the visit, the officer verifies that the site matches the type of business claimed on the application and meets the place-of-business requirements in RSMo 301.221. Expect verification of your signage, that the public can reach the business by phone, that the premises are consistent with the licensed activity, and that you have the infrastructure to keep the records the state requires.{2Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Missouri Code 301.221 – Application to Be Submitted, Contents, Requirements to Obtain License – Fee}
If the site passes, the officer completes and signs the certification section of Form 5747. That signed form is your inspection approval — hold onto it, because you need to submit it with your application.
If the Officer Disapproves
An officer who finds the site deficient will note what is wrong rather than sign the certification. Common problems are missing or unreadable signage, a phone number that does not connect to the business, a site that does not physically support the licensed activity, or a lack of records infrastructure. Fix what the officer flagged and request a second inspection. Your license application cannot move forward until you have an approved Form 5747 in hand.
Submitting Form 5747 With Your Application
Once the form is signed, it goes to the Department of Revenue with the rest of your application package. If you file online at mydmv.mo.gov, you upload a copy of the approved Form 5747 through the portal along with your business photos, criminal background check information, and any mail-to letter that applies.{3Missouri Department of Revenue. Application for a Missouri Salvage Business License} If you file by mail, send Form 5747 with Form 1879, your fee, and supporting documents to:{4Missouri Department of Revenue. Application for Missouri Salvage Business License}
Motor Vehicle Bureau, Dealer Licensing Section
PO Box 43
301 West High Street, Room 370
Jefferson City, MO 65105-0043
The application itself must be signed by an owner, partner, or corporate officer under a perjury declaration.{1Missouri Department of Revenue. Inspection and Certification for Missouri Salvage Business License} The base license fee is $130 per business activity for a two-year term, though used parts dealer combined with salvage dealer/dismantler counts as a single fee.{5Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Missouri Code 301.219 – Application to Be Submitted, Contents – Fee}{6Legal Information Institute (LII) / Cornell Law School. Issuance of Biennial Salvage Business Licenses}
Form 5747 certifies one location. A license issued from that certification covers only the address listed. If you operate from a second site, that site needs its own inspection, its own Form 5747, and its own application.{2Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Missouri Code 301.221 – Application to Be Submitted, Contents, Requirements to Obtain License – Fee}
Renewals
Salvage business licenses run on a two-year cycle and expire on June 30 of the designated year, with the renewal window opening on April 1.{6Legal Information Institute (LII) / Cornell Law School. Issuance of Biennial Salvage Business Licenses} If you let the license lapse, your MyDMV account access, online temporary permit registration, and other system privileges are suspended starting the month after expiration until you reactivate.{3Missouri Department of Revenue. Application for a Missouri Salvage Business License} Confirm with the Motor Vehicle Bureau whether a fresh Form 5747 inspection is required for your renewal, since availability and expectations can vary by troop.