2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 186A - AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM 186A.035 Motor vehicle registration by birth month of owner -- Joint tenancy with right of survivorship for motor vehicle jointly owned by husband and wife -- Clerk's fee -- Renewal of registration.
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186A.035 Motor vehicle registration by birth month of owner -- Joint tenancy
with right of survivorship for motor vehicle jointly owned by husband and
wife -- Clerk's fee -- Renewal of registration.
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All motor vehicles, including motorcycles, with a gross vehicular weight of six
thousand (6,000) pounds or less, first registered, or for which the registration is
renewed in this state on or after January 1, 1983, shall be placed in a system
of year-round registration based upon the birth month of the owner, in order to
distribute the work of registering motor vehicles as uniformly as practicable
throughout the twelve (12) months of the year.
If the owner of a motor vehicle is other than an individual, the month in which
the owning entity came into being shall be used for purposes of this section. If
a motor vehicle is jointly owned, the owners shall indicate to the county clerk
the birth month of one (1) of them to be used for purposes of this section. In
addition, if a motor vehicle is jointly owned by a husband and wife, the
ownership shall exist as a joint tenancy with right of survivorship, unless the
registration expressly states to the contrary and gives an alternative specific
status. Upon the death of one (1) of the spouses, the jointly-owned vehicle
shall transfer to the surviving spouse free from payment of any state-required
transferral fees.
The certificate of registration and license plate issued for a motor vehicle first
registered, renewed, or titled in this state on or after January 1, 1983, shall be
valid, unless revoked in accordance with KRS 186A.040 or canceled by the
cabinet in accordance with KRS Chapter 186 or this chapter, upon payment of
the required fee, for a period beginning on the first day of the month of the year
in which registration is applied for, and expiring on the last day of the next birth
month of the owner following the month during which registration is applied for.
Upon the owner's request, and after payment of the proper prorated fee, an
owner may obtain a certificate of registration and license plate valid through the
last day of his second birth month following the month and year in which he
applied for a certificate of registration. Any transaction relating to registration or
registration renewal which would cause an unexpired Kentucky motor vehicle
license plate to be surrendered shall have that unexpired fee prorated or
credited against any additional fee required by a subsequent registration.
After a motor vehicle has been initially placed in the system of year-round
registration, the owner shall renew the registration annually during the owner's
birth month, by making application to the county clerk and paying the fee
required for twelve (12) consecutive months of registration, which shall take
effect on the first day of the month succeeding the owner's birth month and
shall expire on the last day of the owner's next birth month. The county clerk
shall be entitled to a registration fee of two dollars ($2) for each registration, or
if the registration exceeds a twelve (12) month period, the clerk shall receive a
fee of three dollars ($3).
At least forty-five (45) days prior to the expiration of the registration of any
motor vehicle previously registered in the Commonwealth as provided by
subsection (1) of this section, the owner of the vehicle shall be notified by mail
on the same notice required by KRS 134.805(5) of the date of expiration.
Nonreceipt of the notice required by this subsection shall not constitute a
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defense to any registration-related offense.
Any owner who fails to renew the registration of a motor vehicle during the
month in which the previous registration expired shall, if he applies for renewal
of the registration in some later month, pay the same fees that would have
been required if the registration had been renewed in the month which the
previous registration expired.
Fees which must be prorated in carrying out the intent of this section shall be
prorated on the basis of twelfths of the annual registration fee. Any vehicle
which is registered at any time during a month shall pay the fee required for
that whole month plus any additional months of registration purchased
consistent with the intent of the section.
The county clerk shall ensure that the certificate of registration issued to an
owner displays the month and year in which the registration period begins and
the month and year of its expiration, and shall issue to the owner a decal or
decals corresponding to the month and year of expiration shown in the
certificate of registration which shall be placed upon the corresponding license
plate by the owner in the manner required by administrative regulations of the
Department of Vehicle Regulation.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 442, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1998; and
ch. 565, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 97,
sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 19, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 85, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky.
Acts ch. 363, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 37,
sec. 2, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 4,
effective July 15, 1982.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by
1998 Ky. Acts chs. 442 and 565 which do not appear to be in conflict and have
been codified together.
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