2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 186 - LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, OPERATORS, AND TRAILERS 186.170 Display of registration plates, insignia -- Decals to cover corporation trademark -- Registration years.
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186.170 Display of registration plates, insignia -- Decals to cover corporation
trademark -- Registration years.
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Except as provided in this subsection and in KRS 186.045, the owner shall
have the receipt issued by the cabinet through the county clerk constantly in
his possession, and shall display the registration plate conspicuously upon the
rear of the motor vehicle, except that the registration plate upon a
semitrailer-tractor shall be displayed upon the front of the tractor. The owner's
copy, or a reproduced copy thereof, of the registration receipt of every motor
vehicle, except motorcycles, licensed under KRS 186.050 shall be kept in the
vehicle at all times and shall be available for inspection. Plates shall be kept
legible at all times and the rear plate shall be illuminated when being operated
during the hours designated in KRS 189.030. No rim, frame, or other covering
around the plate shall in any way obscure or cover any lettering or decal on the
plate; except that, any owner who objects to the display of a trademark of a
private corporation which appears on the registration plate shall be entitled to
receive a set of decals from the county clerk in his county of residence to cover
the trademark of the private corporation. The owner may apply for the decal by
presenting his certificate of registration either at the time of registration renewal
or later. The county clerk shall charge a three dollar ($3) clerk's fee for issuing
the decal set if it is applied for a time other than at registration renewal. If the
cabinet has prescribed that plates shall continue in use, it shall each year, in
addition to the registration receipt, select and give to the owner as further
evidence of registration some insignia which may conveniently be attached
permanently and conspicuously to the motor vehicle during each registration
year. It shall be the duty of the owner to attach the insignia in the prescribed
manner and no person may operate a motor vehicle unless the insignia is
affixed upon it. The cabinet shall have placed on the insignia either figures,
letters, writing, marks, or a combination thereof, which indicate that the motor
vehicle has been registered and which in conjunction with the records of the
cabinet make identity of the registrant readily ascertainable.
The registration year for commercial vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, mobile
homes, and recreational vehicles shall be from April 1 to March 31.
At the discretion of the vehicle owner, the title to a motor vehicle may be held
in the system and subsequently printed and mailed to the owner at the owner's
request.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 97, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1988 Ky.
Acts ch. 287, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 86,
sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986; and ch. 431, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1986. -Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 395, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 7, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky.
Acts ch. 133, sec. 9, effective June 19, 1976. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts
ch. 139, sec. 11, effective January 1, 1967. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 62,
sec. 9, effective June 1, 1963. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 5,
effective January 1, 1960. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 5. -Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 78, secs. 5 and 10. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-11.
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