The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is governed by the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, a six-member bipartisan group appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. MoDOT consists of more than 6,000 employees who are responsible for the seventh-largest highway system in the nation – more than 32,000 miles. MoDOT helps develop and improve airports, rail facilities, waterways, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities statewide. Decisions are made concerning highway location, design, construction, and maintenance.

For roadway development and maintenance, Missouri is divided into 10 districts, each responsible for maintaining approximately the same number of highway miles. General Headquarters is located in Jefferson City. Employees are divided into several units. Chief Counsel provides legal support for the commission and the department. Commission Secretary provides administrative support for the commission. Inspector General investigates employee grievances; monitors DBE contracts; and helps prevent fraud, waste, and abuse; reviews department operations for economy, efficiency, and compliance. Strategic Planning facilitates strategic and business planning, and coordinates performance measurements.

Planning Business Unit

The Planning Business Unit has responsibility for overseeing funding and administration of state and federal programs for aviation, railroad, transit, and waterway facilities; examining new product methods and equipment; handling long-range planning and managing the transportation improvement program. The Planning Business Unit consists of Multimodal Operations, Research, Development and Technology, and Transportation Planning.

Administrative Services Business Unit

The Administrative Services Business Unit is responsible for affirmative action and efforts to increase workforce diversity; purchasing and management of fleet and facilities management; provides registration, permits, inspections, and training for all over-the-road transporters; manages employment, policy development, training, career development, and salary administration. The director of administrative services oversees Equal Opportunity, General Services, Human Resources, and Motor Carrier Services units.

Project Development Business Unit

The Project Development Business Unit has overall responsibility for right-of-way; highway design; and bridge design functions; prepares construction plans and performs cultural, environmental, and location studies; prepares plans and specifications for bridge designs; and handles acquisition of real estate for highway construction. The director of project development oversees Bridge, Design, and Right of Way units.

Financial Services Business Unit

The Financial Services Business Unit has responsibility for business planning, accounting, reporting, expenditures, information systems, insurance and liability functions, as well as employee benefits. The chief financial officer oversees Controller’s Office, Employee Benefits, Information Systems, Resource Management, and Risk Management units.

Operations Business Unit

The Operations Business Unit supervises new highway and bridge construction projects; oversees material specifications; reviews accident data; implements signing, striping, and signal operations; administers motorist assist programs; and maintains Missouri’s highway systems, rest areas, and roadside parks. The director of operations oversees Construction and Materials, Maintenance, and Traffic units.

Communications Business Unit

The Communications Business Unit provides information to legislators, analyzes state and federal legislation that affects MoDOT operations and activities, manages information and education programs, and ensures MoDOT’s communications are clear and consistent. The director of communications oversees Governmental Affairs and Public Information and Outreach units.

Traffic & Road Conditions

Get real-time traffic and updates for Missouri locations.

• Traveler Information Map
  For work zone locations, road closings, flooding information and weather-related road conditions.
• Kansas City Traffic, real-time
• Springfield Traffic, real-time
• St. Louis Traffic, real-time
• Historic Traffic Volume

Safe Driving

Safety is the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) first priority. Further information on traffic volumes, bicycle and pedestrian information, motor carrier issues, accident statistics and even legislative topics can be found at MoDOT’s Safety Page.

Pay a Speeding Ticket

Learn how to pay a speeding ticket or other driving violations online.

Boating & Water Safety

For information on boating and water safety, visit the Water Patrol website.

Accidents

You must report accidents that happen in Missouri to the Driver License Bureau if:

• The accident happened less than one year ago,
• The accident involved an uninsured motorist, AND
• The accident caused property damage costing more than $500, or someone was injured or killed.

You can report an accident by downloading the Motor Vehicle Accident Report form.

Additional Accident Resources

• Traffic Accident Statistics
• Traffic Crash Reports
• Official Accident Reports
• Boating/Drowning Incidents

Laws

• Traffic Regulations: State Statutes
• Lake Safety Law
• Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Operators and the Law

Legislative Branch

The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government. Congress is composed of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate, and is responsible for making laws.

Senate

The Senate is made up of two senators from each state, regardless of population. There are 100 senators (two from each of the 50 states), who each serve six-year terms. Approximately one third of the Senate stands for election every two years.

Missouri’s U.S. Senators

U.S. House of Representatives

The House of Representatives consists of 435 voting members, each of whom represents a congressional district. Find your district and representative.

The number of representatives each state has in the House is based on each state’s population as determined in the most recent United States Census. All 435 representatives serve a two-year term.

Missouri’s U.S. Representatives

Executive Branch

The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The President is responsible for executing laws created by Congress, is elected to office every four years and cannot serve more than two terms.

Vice President
The executive functions of the Vice President include participation in Cabinet meetings and, by statute, membership on the National Security Council and the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

President’s Cabinet
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments.

Boards, Commissions, and Committees
These organizations were established by congressional or Presidential action, and their functions are not limited to supporting a parent agency. Examples include the Arctic Research Commission, the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Foundation, and the Social Security Advisory Board.

Judicial Branch

The Judicial Branch explains and applies the laws. This branch does this by hearing and eventually making decisions on various legal cases. Where the Executive and Legislative branches are elected by the people, members of the Judicial Branch are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

U.S. Supreme Court
The Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States.

U.S. Court portal
Your portal to the judicial branch of the Federal Government. Includes educational resources, rules and policies, statistics, forms, and a court locator.

Judicial Branch information
General links to lower courts, special courts (including military courts), and support organizations. Visit the Federal Judicial Center to learn about how the courts work, how they are organized, and how they fit into the U.S. system of government.

Courts of Appeal

The 94 U.S. judicial districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each of which has a United States court of appeals. Missouri is in the Eighth Circuit.

Missouri’s Executive Branch consists of all state elective and appointive employees and is responsible for executing the laws of the state. Headed by the Governor, the Executive Branch consists of seventeen executive departments and six statewide elected officials.

Visit the websites for executive departments and officials by selecting a link below, or learn more about the structure of the Executive Branch in the Guide to Government.

Executive Departments

Elected Officials

Missouri’s state government is organized into three branches: the Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch and the Executive Branch.

• The Legislative Branch, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, is responsible for creating and appealing state law.
• The Judicial Branch is responsible for interpreting the law and consists of the Missouri Courts, including the Missouri Supreme Court and appellate courts.
• The Executive Branch, headed by the Governor, consists of all state elective and appointive employees and is responsible for executing the laws of the state.

Within the Executive Branch are six statewide elected officials and sixteen executive departments. To learn more about Missouri’s elected officials and executive departments, please select one from the lists below.

Executive Departments

Elected Officials

Identification

Driver’s License

Learn how to obtain or renew a Missouri driver’s license, non-driver’s license or permit.

• Driver’s and non-driver’s licenses
• Changes to the Missouri driver license
• Driver Examination Testing – Take the driver’s license examination or commercial driver’s license examination.
• Required documents for getting a driver’s license
• Information for teen drivers

Visit our page for “Driving & Vehicles” for more information about driver’s licenses, titling and registration, automobile insurance and road conditions.

Voter Identification

Proper identification is required to vote in Missouri.

• Acceptable IDs to vote in Missouri
• Replace a voter identification card

Update your Mailing Address

• Change your mailing address with the U.S. Postal Service
• Update your address for Driver License, Motor Vehicle, or Individual Income Tax records
• Change your address with the Internal Revenue Service
• Change your address with the Social Security Administration

Updating your address for voting

If you have moved to a different address within the same county, you are permitted to change your registration address on Election Day at your new polling place or the central polling location. If you have moved to a different county, you need to fill out a new voter registration application.

Passports

A United States passport, issued by the U.S. Department of State, is often required for Americans traveling abroad. A passport is often an acceptable form of identification.

• Passport Photo Requirements
• Renew a passport
• Lost or stolen passports
• Passport changes or corrections
• More about U.S. passports

Social Security Card

You need a Social Security number to get a job, collect Social Security benefits and receive some other government services. But you don’t often need to show your Social Security card. Do not carry your card with you. Keep it in a safe place with your other important papers.

The U.S. Social Security Administration can help you get a new or replacement social security card.

Marriage, Divorce, Birth & Death Certificates

Many Missouri residents can quickly obtain their birth, death, marriage, and divorce records at the local level. However, while there are some types of vital records available at the county level, there are other types of records that are only available from the Bureau of Vital Records in Jefferson City. For a listing of all available vital records and their availability, contact the Bureau of Vital Records.

Locally, marriage licenses can be obtained from the Recorder of Deeds Office in the county where the license was obtained. Divorce decrees can be obtained from the Circuit Clerk in the county where the divorce was granted.

Driver Licenses

Learn how to obtain or renew a Missouri driver license, non-driver license or permit.

• Driver Licensing
• Missouri Driver Guide
• Teen Drivers
• Commercial Drivers
• Motorcycle Operator Manual
• Tickets and Points
• License Reinstatement
• Organ/Tissue donation and registry

Locations

• License Offices
• Driver Examination Testing – Take the driver license examination or commercial driver license examination.

Vehicle Titling & Registrations

Information and services related to titling and registering a motor vehicle, trailer, boat/vessel, or all-terrain vehicle.

Road & Travel Conditions

Road Conditions in Other States

Tickets, Accidents & Insurance

Motor Vehicle Accidents

You must report accidents that happen in Missouri to the Driver License Bureau if:

• The accident happened less than one year ago,
• The accident involved an uninsured motorist, AND
• The accident caused property damage costing more than $500, or someone was injured or killed.

Report an Unsafe Driver

Use Form 4319 (Driver Condition Report) to report a driver who may be unable to operate a motor vehicle safely and responsibly. You must have personally observed or know the information about the driver you are reporting. Learn more about reporting an unsafe driver.

Senior & Disability Services

Help from the Department of Health & Senior Services for independent living, finding an advocate, nursing homes and long-term care, and more. Browse Senior and Disability Services.

Programs & Services

Elder Safety

• AARP driving safety course
• Elder abuse
• Missourians Stopping Adult Financial Exploitation

Assistance Programs & Prescriptions