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186.174 Personalized license plates.
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(2)
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For purposes of this section, "personalized license plate" means a license plate
manufactured by the cabinet upon an applicant's request with specific letters or
numbers or combinations of letters and numbers significant to the applicant.
Any owner or lessee of a motor vehicle that is required to be registered under the
provisions of KRS 186.050(1), (3)(a), or (4)(a), or any owner or lessee of a
motorcycle required to be registered under the provisions of KRS 186.050(2) may
obtain a personalized license plate by submitting an application through a Web site
designated by the cabinet. The cabinet shall produce the requested license plate
upon approval and receipt of the fee required in subsection (4) of this section for a
special license plate, or the fee required in KRS 186.162 for a standard issue license
plate.
Personalized license plates shall expire on the last day of the birth month of the
person to whom the license plate is registered.
(a) A personalized license plate shall be replaced on the same schedule as regular
issue license plates unless it is damaged or unreadable.
(b) A standard issued license plate may be personalized for a forty-three dollar
($43) fee as provided in KRS 186.162(2)(m), in addition to all other fees
established in this section and in KRS 186.050.
(c) Any special license plate may be combined with a personalized license plate
for a twenty-five dollar ($25) state fee in addition to all other fees for the
particular special license plate established in this section and in KRS 186.164.
The twenty-five dollar ($25) fee required under this paragraph shall be divided
between the cabinet and the county clerk of the county where the applicant
resides with the cabinet receiving twenty dollars ($20) and the county clerk
receiving five dollars ($5).
(a) A personalized plate shall not be issued that would conflict with or duplicate
any current issued license plate.
(b) A personalized plate shall not be issued if the cabinet determines:
1.
The message to be placed on the license plate, if created, discriminates
against a race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;
2.
The plate message is the name of a trademarked or copyrighted product
or brand name; or
3.
The plate's lettering or message is obscene or profane, as determined by
the cabinet.
(c) Once an applicant obtains a personalized plate, he or she will have first
priority on that plate for each of the following years that he or she makes
timely renewal payments.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2022. -- Amended
2019 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 4, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts
ch. 148, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 8,
effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 347, sec. 2, effective July 15,
2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 543, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch.
428, sec. 22, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 296, sec. 4,
effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 498, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 143, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988; ch. 150, sec. 10, effective July
15, 1988; and ch. 241, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch.
203, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 335, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 9, effective June 17,
1978. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 3, effective January 1, 1977.
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