188.020 Nonresident owner or operator of motor vehicle makes Secretary of State process agent. - Kentucky Statutes

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188.020 Nonresident owner or operator of motor vehicle makes Secretary of State process agent. Any nonresident operator or owner of any motor vehicle who accepts the privilege
extended by the laws of this state to nonresidents to operate motor vehicles or have them
operated within state shall, by such acceptance and by the operation of such motor vehicle
within this state, make the Secretary of State the agent of himself or his personal
representative for the service of process in any civil action instituted in the courts of this
state against the operator or owner, or the personal representative of the operator or
owner, arising out of or by reason of any accident or collision or damage occurring within
this state in which the motor vehicle is involved. History: Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. sec. 12-1.