2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 189A - DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE 189A.085 Surrender and impoundment of motor vehicle license plates -- Hardship exception for affected individuals other than offender.
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189A.085 Surrender and impoundment of motor vehicle license plates -Hardship exception for affected individuals other than offender.
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Unless the court orders installation of an ignition interlock device under KRS
189A.340, upon the conviction of a second or subsequent offense of KRS
189A.010, a person shall have the license plate or plates on all of the motor
vehicles owned by him or her, either solely or jointly, impounded by the court of
competent jurisdiction in accordance with the following procedures:
(a) At the final sentencing hearing, the person who has been convicted of a
second or subsequent offense of KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e)
shall physically surrender any and all license plate or plates currently in
force on any motor vehicle owned either individually or jointly by him or
her to the court. The order of the court suspending the license plate or
plates shall not exceed the time for the suspension of the motor vehicle
operator's license of the second or subsequent offender as specified in
KRS 189A.070.
(b) The clerk of the court shall retain any surrendered plate or plates and
transmit all surrendered plate or plates to the Transportation Cabinet in
the manner set forth by the Transportation Cabinet in administrative
regulations promulgated by the Transportation Cabinet.
Upon application, the court may grant hardship exceptions to family members
or other individuals affected by the surrender of any license plate or plates of
any vehicle owned by the second or subsequent offender. Hardship exceptions
may be granted by the court to the second or subsequent offender's family
members or other affected individuals only if the family members or other
affected individuals prove to the court's satisfaction that their inability to utilize
the surrendered vehicles would pose an undue hardship upon the family
members or affected other individuals. Upon the court's granting of hardship
exceptions, the clerk or the Transportation Cabinet as appropriate, shall return
to the family members or other affected individuals the license plate or plates of
the vehicles of the second or subsequent offender for their utilization. The
second or subsequent offender shall not be permitted to operate a vehicle for
which the license plate has been suspended or for which a hardship exception
has been granted under any circumstances.
If the license plate of a jointly owned vehicle is impounded, this vehicle may be
transferred to a joint owner of the vehicle who was not the violator.
If the license plate of a motor vehicle is impounded, the vehicle may be
transferred.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 21, effective July 15, 2010. -Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 467, sec. 19, effective October 1, 2000.
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