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186.021 Issuance of replacement plate, decal, registration certificate, or renewal for motor vehicle on which ad valorem taxes are delinquent or which is uninsured -- Option of purchaser to pay delinq

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Page 1 of 1 186.021 Issuance of replacement plate, decal, registration certificate, or renewal for motor vehicle on which ad valorem taxes are delinquent or which is uninsured <br>-- Option of purchaser to pay delinquent taxes. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a county clerk shall not issue a replacement plate, decal, or registration certificate as provided in KRS 186.180, or a <br>registration for renewal to any person who on January 1 of any year owned a motor <br>vehicle on which state, county, city, urban-county government, school, or special <br>taxing district ad valorem taxes are delinquent. (2) Pursuant to KRS 134.810(4), the owner as defined in KRS 186.010(7)(a) and (c) on January 1 of any year shall be liable for taxes due on a motor vehicle. A person <br>other than the owner of record who applies to a county clerk to transfer the <br>registration of a motor vehicle may pay any delinquent ad valorem taxes due on the <br>motor vehicle to facilitate the county clerk's transferring registration of the motor <br>vehicle. The person applying shall not be required to pay delinquent ad valorem <br>taxes due on any other motor vehicle owned by the owner of record from which he <br>is purchasing his motor vehicle as a condition of registration. (3) A county clerk shall not issue a replacement plate, decal, or registration certificate as provided in KRS 186.180, or a registration renewal for any motor vehicle that is <br>not insured in compliance with KRS 304.39-080. Each applicant for registration <br>renewal shall present proof of compliance to the county clerk in a manner <br>prescribed in administrative regulations issued by the Department of Insurance. On <br>and after January 1, 2006, if the motor vehicle is a personal motor vehicle as <br>defined in KRS 304.39-087, proof of insurance shall be determined by the county <br>clerk as provided in KRS 186A.042. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 233, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 6, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 316, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, <br>effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 7, effective <br>December 31, 1988. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 8, effective January 1, <br>1985; ch. 129, sec. 1, effective January 1, 1985; and ch. 391, sec. 7, effective January <br>1, 1985. -- Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 264, sec. 14, effective January 1, 1984. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2002). The amendments made to subsection (2) of this statute in 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 316, sec. 1, &quot;shall apply for tax <br>assessments made on or after January 1, 2003.&quot; 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 316, sec. 5.