186A.100 Application, procedure, and use for temporary motor vehicle registration. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 2 186A.100 Application, procedure, and use for temporary motor vehicle registration. (1) A motor vehicle dealer licensed under KRS 186.070 who sells a vehicle for use upon the highways of this state shall, unless the vehicle is bearing a license plate
issued therefor in the name of the purchaser at the time it is delivered to the
purchaser, equip the vehicle with a temporary tag executed in the manner prescribed
below, which shall be valid for sixty (60) days from the date the vehicle is delivered
to the purchaser. The cost of the tag shall be two dollars ($2), of which the clerk
shall retain one dollar ($1). A motor vehicle dealer licensed under KRS 186.070
shall apply to the county clerk of the county in which the dealer maintains his
principal place of business for issuance of temporary tags. Application shall be
made for such tags on forms supplied to the county clerk by the Transportation
Cabinet. (2) The county clerk of any county who receives a proper application for issuance of temporary tags shall record the number of each tag issued upon the application of
the dealer for such tags, or if a group of consecutively numbered temporary tags are
issued to a dealer in connection with a single application, record the beginning and
ending numbers of the group on the application. (3) The clerk shall retain, for a period of two (2) years, one (1) copy of the dealer's temporary tag application, and ensure that it reflects the numbers appearing on the
tags issued with respect to such application. (4) If the owner of a motor vehicle submits to the county clerk a properly completed application for Kentucky certificate of title and registration pursuant to KRS
186A.120, any motor vehicle required to be registered and titled in Kentucky, that is
not currently registered and titled in Kentucky, may be equipped with a temporary
tag, which shall be valid for thirty (30) days from the date of issuance, issued by the
county clerk for the purpose of operating the vehicle in Kentucky while assembling
the necessary documents in order to title and register the vehicle in Kentucky. The
Transportation Cabinet may establish administrative regulations governing this
section. (5) The county clerk may issue a temporary tag to the owner of a motor vehicle that is currently registered and titled in Kentucky. A temporary tag authorized by this
subsection shall be used for emergency or unusual purposes as determined by the
clerk for the purpose of maintaining the owner's current registration. A temporary
tag authorized by this subsection may only be issued by the county clerk and shall
be valid for a period of between twenty-four (24) hours and seven (7) days, as
determined is necessary by the clerk. A county clerk shall not issue a temporary tag
authorized by this subsection unless the owner of the motor vehicle applying for the
tag presents proof of motor vehicle insurance pursuant to KRS 304.39-080. On and
after January 1, 2006, if the motor vehicle is a personal motor vehicle as defined in
KRS 304.39-087, proof of insurance shall be determined by the county clerk as
provided in KRS 186A.042. A temporary tag issued pursuant to this subsection
shall not be reissued by the county clerk for the same owner and same motor vehicle
within one (1) year of issuance of a temporary tag. Page 2 of 2 Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 9, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts
ch. 53, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1988; and ch. 113, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1982
Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1982. Legislative Research Commission Note. Subsection (4) of this section was created in 1988 Acts Ch. 105, Section 1, to provide for the issuance of a fifteen-day temporary
tag by the county clerk for out-of-state vehicles being registered in Kentucky.
Although this conformed with the existing fifteen-day temporary tag issued by
dealers pursuant to (1), subsection (1) was later amended by 1988 Acts Ch. 113,
Section 3, to extend the temporary tag period to thirty days. Inadvertently, in the later
enactment, (4) was not amended to conform. Pursuant to KRS 7.136, the Reviser of
Statutes has made a technical correction in order to make the subsections consistent.