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186.174 Personalized license plates.

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Page 1 of 1 186.174 Personalized license plates. (1) For purposes of this section, &quot;personalized license plate&quot; means a license plate issued with personal letters or numbers significant to the applicant and it also means <br>a license plate that is issued under this section and has been combined with a special <br>license plate. (2) 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 <br>motorcycle required to be registered under the provisions of KRS 186.050(2) may <br>obtain a personalized license plate by applying for a personalized license plate in <br>the office of the county clerk and upon payment of the fee required in KRS 186.162. <br>A person initially applying for a personalized license plate shall submit the <br>application and appropriate SF fee in person to the county clerk, but may submit the <br>annual application to renew the personalized license plate and entire fee required in <br>KRS 186.162 by mail to the county clerk. Applications and fees for personalized <br>license plates pursuant to this section must be received by the Transportation <br>Cabinet on or before September 1 preceding the year that the plate or renewal is to <br>be issued. A personalized license plate shall be replaced annually unless the <br>applicant chooses to receive a renewal registration decal. A county clerk shall <br>immediately forward the application and the fee required in KRS 186.162 for a <br>personalized license plate to the Transportation Cabinet. Personalized plates issued <br>under this section expire December 31 each year. The initial fee for a personalized <br>license plate that has been combined with special license plate shall be as <br>established in KRS 186.162(3). (3) A personalized plate shall not be issued that would conflict with or duplicate the alphabetical-numerical system used for regular license plates or any other license <br>plates issued in the Commonwealth, and shall not contain a combination of more <br>than six (6) letters of the alphabet and Arabic numerals, including spaces. A <br>personalized plate shall not be issued if the cabinet determines the request fails to <br>comply with the conditions specified in KRS 186.164(9)(c) to (g). The owner or <br>lessee shall submit an application and fee to renew a personalized license plate <br>pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section. Once an applicant <br>obtains a personalized plate, he or she will have first priority on that plate for each <br>of the following years that he or she makes timely and proper application. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: 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 <br>ch. 543, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 4, <br>effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 22, effective July <br>15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 296, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990; and <br>ch. 498, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 143, sec. 1, <br>effective July 15, 1988; ch. 150, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1988; and ch. 241, sec. 1, <br>effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 203, sec. 5, effective July 15, <br>1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 335, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended <br>1978 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 9, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 153, sec. 3, effective January 1, 1977.