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