2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 186 - Licensing of motor vehicles, operators, and trailers 186.410 Operators' licenses -- Requirements and issuance -- Personal identification cards, validity -- Driver training programs -- Application for travel ID or standard document.
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186.410 Operators' licenses -- Requirements and issuance -- Personal identification
cards, validity -- Driver training programs -- Application for travel ID or
standard document.
(1)
Every person except those exempted by KRS 186.420 and 186.430 shall, before
operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped upon a highway, secure an
operator's license as provided in this chapter.
(2)
Except as provided in KRS 186.4121, all original, renewal, and duplicate personal
identification cards and licenses for the operation of motor vehicles, motorcycles, or
mopeds shall be applied for with the Transportation Cabinet, or through alternative
technology, and issued by the Transportation Cabinet. Subject to the provisions of
KRS 186.4101, applications for renewal licenses and personal identification cards
shall be made every eight (8) years within the birth month of the applicant. A
license shall not be issued until the application has been certified by the cabinet and
the applicant has, if required under KRS 186.635, successfully completed the
examinations required under KRS 186.480.
All personal identification cards shall be issued under the provisions of KRS
186.4102, 186.4122, and 186.4123.
A person under the age of eighteen (18) years who applies for an instruction permit
shall, at any time between the age of sixteen (16) and before the person's eighteenth
birthday, enroll in one (1) of the following driver training programs:
(a) A driver's education course administered by a school district;
(b) A driver training school licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 332 which offers a
course meeting or exceeding the minimum standards established by the
Transportation Cabinet; or
(c) State traffic school. The person may seek to enroll in state traffic school
before the person's eighteenth birthday. Persons enrolling in state traffic
school pursuant to this paragraph shall not be required to pay a fee.
Any applicant for any initial or renewal instruction permit, operator's license, or
personal identification card under KRS 186.400 to 186.640 may apply for either:
(a) A voluntary travel ID document; or
(b) A standard document that does not meet standards for federal identification
purposes.
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Effective: March 27, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 2, effective March 27, 2020. -- Amended
2017 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2019. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts
ch. 173, sec. 29, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 264, sec. 3,
effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 535, sec. 2, effective July 14,
2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 198, sec. 3, effective October 1, 1996. -Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 267, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1982
Ky. Acts ch. 389, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 349,
sec. 3, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 434, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(7). -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch.
60, sec. 1. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 208, secs. 1, 2, and 3. -- Amended 1946
Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 1. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 1. -- Recodified
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739m34.
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