304.39-117 Motor vehicle insurance card.
(1) Each insurer issuing an insurance contract which provides security covering a motor
vehicle shall provide to the insured, in compliance with administrative regulations <br>promulgated by the department, written proof in the form of an insurance card that <br>the insured has in effect an insurance contract providing security in conformity with <br>this subtitle.
(2) The owner shall keep the card in his or her motor vehicle as prima facie evidence,
except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, that the required security is <br>currently in full force and effect, and shall show the card to a peace officer upon <br>request.
(3) On and after January 1, 2006, as to personal motor vehicles as defined in KRS
304.39-087, the card and the database created by KRS 304.39-087 shall be evidence <br>to a peace officer who requests the card if the peace officer has access to the <br>database through AVIS. If AVIS does not list the vehicle identification number of <br>the personal motor vehicle as an insured vehicle, the peace officer may accept an <br>insurance card as evidence that the required security is currently in full force and <br>effect on the personal motor vehicle if the card was effective no more than forty-<br>five (45) days before the date on which the peace officer requests the card.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1528, effective July 15, 2010. --
Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 5, effective July 13, 2004. -- Created 1988 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 348, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.
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