Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
186.174
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
186.174 empowers the Transportation Cabinet
to adopt administrative regulations to establish a program for the issuance of
a personalized license plate. This administrative regulation implement the
provisions of
KRS
186.174.
Section
1. An application for a personalized license plate shall be
submitted on the form and in the manner specified in Section 11 of
601 KAR
9:130.
Section
2.
(1) If more than one (1)
application is received by the cabinet requesting the same combination of
letters of the alphabet or Arabic numerals, the application received first is
the one which the cabinet shall accept and issue a personalized license plate
based thereon.
(2) In order to
establish the time of receipt each application shall immediately be
time-stamped. This time-stamp shall also be used by the cabinet to determine
whether the application was timely received.
Section 3. A personalized plate shall not be
placed on a motor vehicle other than the one for which it was issued.
Section 4.
(1) A personalized plate shall be obtained
from the county clerk of the county in which the applicant is required to
register his vehicle.
(2) If an
applicant moves to another county prior to the time he would be required to
obtain his personalized plate:
(a) The
applicant shall notify the cabinet of the new county of residence;
and
(b) The cabinet shall forward
his personalized plate to the clerk of his new county of residence.
(3) If an applicant moves to
another county after the time he would be required to obtain his personalized
plate, he shall notify the following:
(a) The
cabinet;
(b) The county clerk of
his new county of residence; and
(c) The county clerk of his former county of
residence.
(4) The
county clerk of the applicant's former county of residence shall, upon
notification, forward the plate to the applicant's new county of residence.
Section 5.
(1) If a personalized plate is issued through
oversight or any other reason which carries letter or number combinations
offensive to good taste and decency, it shall be recalled by the cabinet and a
regular registration license plate issued under
KRS
186.050(1) shall be obtained
by the owner of the motor vehicle and placed on the vehicle.
(2) If the personalized plate is recalled,
the twenty-five (25) dollar fee shall be refunded.
Section 6. If a personalized plate is not
renewed before September 1 of the year preceding that in which it was to be
issued, the cabinet shall not issue a plate bearing the same letter or number
combinations for one (1) year and then only upon proper application.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
186.174
