{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-288.035","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 288.035","heading":"Owner and operator leasing motor vehicle with driver to a for-hire common or contract carrier not deemed employed for unemployment compensation, exception.","body":"Notwithstanding the provisions of section 288.034, in the case of an individual who is the owner, as defined in section 301.010, and operator of a motor vehicle which is leased or contracted with a driver to a for-hire common or contract motor vehicle carrier operating within a commercial zone as defined in section 390.020 or 390.041, or operating under a certificate issued by the Missouri department of transportation or by the United States Department of Transportation or any of its subagencies, such owner/operator shall not be deemed to be an employee, provided, however, such individual owner and operator shall be deemed to be in employment if the for-hire common or contract vehicle carrier is an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or any governmental entity.","path":["Title XVIII - LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS","Chapter 288 - Employment Security"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=288.035","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"5c28cd1496c94b81c841dbddf37127dd34aa066857e8a8a0117950a1f434b829","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-288.034","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-288.036"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}