Title XVI, Motor Vehicles
8 chapters · 518 sections in this title.
KRS § 187.290 Definitions for chapter
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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Cabinet" means the Transportation Cabinet; (2) "Highways" means every way or place of whatever nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, license, or privilege, for purpos…
KRS § 187.300 Administration of chapter -- Employment of personnel -- Expenses -- Action to vacate order or act of cabinet
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Action to vacate order or act of cabinet. (1) The cabinet shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and may make rules and regulations necessary for its administration. (2) The cabinet may employ additional persons, in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapt…
KRS § 187.310 Certified abstract of operating record of motorist
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(1) The cabinet shall, upon request, furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of KRS 187.290 to 187.620. The abstract shall designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of the person. If there is not a…
KRS § 187.400 Courts to report on unpaid judgments and convictions
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(1) Whenever any person fails within sixty (60) days to satisfy any judgment, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which any such judgment is rendered within this state to forward to the cabinet immediately after the expiration of said sixty (60) days a certified cop…
KRS § 187.410 Suspension for nonpayment of judgment -- Exception
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(1) Upon the receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, the cabinet shall forthwith suspend (except as provided in KRS 187.440) the license and registration and the nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered. (2) If the judgment credit…
KRS § 187.420 Duration of suspension
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Such license, registration and nonresident's operating privilege shall (except as provided in KRS 187.440) remain so suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license or registration be thereafter issued in the name of such person, including any such person not previ…
KRS § 187.430 What constitutes satisfaction of judgment
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Judgments in excess of the amounts specified in KRS 187.290(11) shall, for the purpose of KRS 187.290 to 187.620, be deemed satisfied when payments in the amount so specified have been credited thereon; provided, however, payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodil…
KRS § 187.440 Installment payment of judgment -- Default
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(1) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgmen…
KRS § 187.580 Transfer or reregistration of suspended registration
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If an owner's registration has been suspended hereunder, such registration shall not be transferred nor the motor vehicle in respect of which such registration was issued registered in any other name until the cabinet is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in…
KRS § 187.590 Surrender of license and registration certificates
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Any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended as provided in KRS 187.290 to 187.620, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under KRS 187.290 to 187.620, shall have been canceled or terminated, or who shall neglect to furnish other proof upon req…
KRS § 187.600 Self-insurance
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(1) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five (25) motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the cabinet as provided in subsection (2) of this section. (2) The cabinet may, in its discretion, upon the a…
KRS § 187.610 Government-owned vehicles
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KRS 187.290 to 187.620 shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state or any municipality therein; nor with respect to any motor vehicle which is subject to the requirements of KRS Chapter 281.
KRS § 187.620 Chapter is supplemental
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(1) KRS 187.290 to 187.620 shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of any other state motor vehicle laws but shall be construed as supplemental thereto. (2) Nothing in KRS 187.290 to 187.620 shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying fo…
KRS § 187.650 Insurance policy to show that public liability insurance not included
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Whenever an automobile dealer or bank or other lending institution which handles automobile loans procures a policy of insurance for the purchaser of an automobile, new or used, if such policy does not cover the insured as to public liability insurance, then such person or instit…
KRS § 187.990 Penalties
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(1) Any person whose license or registration or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended or revoked under KRS 187.290 to 187.620 and who, during such suspension or revocation drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by suc…