2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 186 - LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATORS, AND TRAILERS 186.073 Commercial trailer temporary registration placard -- Application process -- Uses -- Record of use -- Activation.
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186.073 Commercial trailer temporary registration placard -- Application
process -- Uses -- Record of use -- Activation.
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For the purposes of this section, "semitrailer" and "trailer" shall have the same
meaning as established in KRS 186.650.
Any manufacturer, dealer, or distributor engaged in the business of
manufacturing, selling, or customizing commercial semitrailers or commercial
trailers may obtain a commercial trailer temporary registration placard from the
Department of Vehicle Regulation. The fee for each placard shall be five
dollars ($5) per placard and each applicant shall specify the number of
placards to be issued. A company may make additional requests for temporary
placards at any time it exhausts the placards supplied by the department.
The commissioner shall prescribe the application form for the commercial
trailer temporary registration placard, require each applicant to submit proof of
eligibility to receive the placard, and certify that the applicant has need of the
placard in the ordinary course of business, and may request other information
as part of the application process.
The commercial trailer temporary registration placard shall be placed on a
semitrailer or trailer in the same manner as a regular trailer license plate. The
temporary placard shall be issued if a permanent registration issued pursuant
to KRS 186.655 cannot be obtained.
The use of a commercial trailer temporary registration placard shall be limited
to the following activities:
(a) A demonstration of the semitrailer or trailer to a prospective purchaser;
(b) The transportation of the semitrailer or trailer to a facility engaged in the
customizing of a motor vehicle for eventual use on the highway;
(c) The transportation of the semitrailer or trailer to a trade show or other
activity designed to promote the selling of the product;
(d) The transportation of the semitrailer or trailer by a purchaser to a location
outside Kentucky, provided that the semitrailer or trailer is not eligible to
be registered in Kentucky; or
(e) Transportation of a trailer or semitrailer from the manufacturer to a place
of business in Kentucky in order to obtain a permanent registration issued
pursuant to KRS 186.655.
Each manufacturer, dealer, or distributor receiving the temporary placards shall
maintain a record of use for each temporary placard to include the following:
(a) The make and model of each semitrailer or trailer and the vehicle
identification number or other identification number of each vehicle on
which a placard is used;
(b) The date the placard was issued and the registration number of the
placard; and
(c) The address of the final destination and reason for movement of the
semitrailer or trailer receiving the temporary placard.
A commercial trailer temporary registration placard shall not be activated until it
is placed upon the semitrailer or trailer and used in a manner as authorized by
subsection (5) of this section. The commercial trailer temporary registration
placard shall expire thirty (30) days after it is activated and placed in use on a
semitrailer or trailer and shall be designed in a manner that an expiration date
shall be noted clearly on the face of the placard.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 176, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). While the lead-in language
for this statute in 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 176, sec. 2 provided that "A NEW SECTION
OF KRS 186 (sic) IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:" it is clear that a new
statute was actually being created and the Reviser of Statutes has codified it as
such to effectuate that intent.
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