2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 186 - Licensing of motor vehicles, operators, and trailers 186.435 Application for operator's license by driver who becomes Kentucky resident -- Verification of status in other jurisdiction -- Procedures for permanent residents -- Application of driver who becomes Kentucky resident.
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186.435
Application for operator's license by driver who becomes Kentucky
resident -- Verification of status in other jurisdiction -- Procedures for
permanent residents -- Application of driver who becomes Kentucky resident.
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Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a licensed driver who becomes
a Kentucky resident shall, within thirty (30) days of establishing residency, apply
for a Kentucky operator's license to the Transportation Cabinet.
The Transportation Cabinet shall, before issuing a person a Kentucky operator's
license, verify through the National Drivers Register that the person applying for a
Kentucky operator's license does not currently have his or her operator's license or
driving privilege suspended or revoked in another licensing jurisdiction.
A person who is not a United States citizen but who has been granted permanent
resident status by the United States Department of Homeland Security, United
States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, and who is a Kentucky
resident, shall follow the same procedures for applying for an original, renewal,
transfer, or duplicate operator's license as persons who are United States citizens.
A licensed driver from another jurisdiction who:
(a) Is not a United States citizen;
(b) Has not been granted permanent resident status by the United States
Department of Homeland Security, United States Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services;
(c) Becomes a Kentucky resident; and
(d) Wishes to operate a motor vehicle;
shall, within thirty (30) days of establishing residency, apply for a Kentucky
operator's license under the provisions of KRS 186.4121.
Effective: March 27, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 12, effective March 27, 2020. -Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 16, effective January 1, 2019. -- Created 2002
Ky. Acts ch. 264, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002.
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