Boonville Defenses ordinance (§ 13-28)
Chapter 13: Nuisances · Article IV. Unlicensed, Dismantled,
In short: It is a defense if you had no legal right to control the place where the vehicle sat, or if an unlicensed vehicle had been licensed within the 90 days before the violation.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
(a) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of permitting, maintaining or allowing the creation or maintenance of a nuisance in violation of this division that the defendant did not have the legal right to control the location where the alleged violation occurred.
(b) In any prosecution or abatement action alleging that an unlicensed vehicle was unlawfully present within the city, it is an affirmative defense that the unlicensed vehicle had been licensed within 90 days prior to the alleged violation.
Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 13-28
Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.