KRS § 186.450 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.450
186.450 Instruction permits for motor vehicle and motorcycle -- Application -- Age requirements -- Restrictions on driving with permit -- Assessment of points -- Exemption from permit for applicant who completes motorcycle rider training course -- Administrative regulations -- Minors and adults who assume responsibility for them
Status: in_force

186.450 Instruction permits for motor vehicle and motorcycle -- Application -- Age

requirements -- Restrictions on driving with permit -- Assessment of points --

Exemption from permit for applicant who completes motorcycle rider training

course -- Administrative regulations -- Minors and adults who assume

responsibility for them.

(1) A person who is at least fifteen (15) years of age may apply for an instruction

permit to operate a motor vehicle. Except as provided in subsection (9) of this

section, a person who possesses a valid intermediate motor vehicle operator's

license issued under KRS 186.452 or a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of

age may apply for an instruction permit to operate a motorcycle. A holder of either

a motor vehicle or motorcycle instruction permit may also operate a moped under

that permit. A person applying for an instruction permit under this section shall

make application to the Transportation Cabinet. A person applying for an

instruction permit shall be required to comply with the following:

(a) If the person is under the age of eighteen (18), the instruction permit

application shall be signed by the applicant's parent or legal guardian. If the

person does not have a living parent or does not have a legal guardian, the

instruction permit application shall be signed by a person willing to assume

responsibility for the applicant pursuant to KRS 186.590;

(b) If the person is under the age of eighteen (18) and in the custody of the

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the instruction permit application

shall be signed by:

1. The applicant's parent, legal guardian, grandparent, adult sibling, aunt,

or uncle if the parental rights have not been terminated in accordance

with KRS Chapter 625;

2. The foster parent with whom the applicant resides;

3. Another person who is at least age eighteen (18) and is willing to

assume responsibility for the applicant pursuant to KRS 186.590; or

4. The applicant, without another person, upon verification by the Cabinet

for Health and Family Services in accordance with KRS 605.102 that

shall include proof of financial responsibility in accordance with KRS

186.590(2); and

(c) All applicants for an instruction permit shall comply with the examinations

required by KRS 186.480.

(2) If an applicant successfully passes the examinations required by KRS 186.480, the

applicant shall be issued an instruction permit upon payment of the fee set forth in

KRS 186.531.

(3) (a) An instruction permit to operate a motor vehicle shall be valid for four (4)

years and may be renewed. An instruction permit to operate a motorcycle

shall be valid for one (1) year and may be renewed one (1) time.

(b) Except as provided in KRS 186.415, a person who has attained the age of

sixteen (16) years and is under the age of eighteen (18) years shall have held

an instruction permit a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days before

applying for an intermediate license and shall have held an intermediate

license for a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days before applying for

an operator's license.

(c) A person who was under eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application

for an instruction permit and is eighteen (18) years of age or older shall have

the instruction permit a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days and

complete a driver training program under KRS 186.410(4) before applying for

an operator's license.

(d) A person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and is under the age of

twenty-one (21) years at the time of application for an instruction permit shall

have the instruction permit a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days

before applying for an operator's license.

(e) A person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of

application for an instruction permit shall have the instruction permit a

minimum of thirty (30) days before applying for an operator's license.

(f) In accordance with KRS 176.5062(5), a person whose motorcycle instruction

permit has expired may apply to the cabinet to receive a motorcycle operator's

license or endorsement if the person presents proof of successful completion

of a motorcycle safety education course approved by the Transportation

Cabinet under KRS 176.5061 to 176.5069.

(4) (a) A person shall have the instruction permit in his or her possession at all times

when operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped upon the highway.

(b) When operating a motor vehicle, a motor vehicle instruction permit holder

shall be accompanied by a person with a valid operator's license who is at

least twenty-one (21) years of age occupying the seat beside the operator at all

times.

(c) The requirements of paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not apply to a

motor vehicle instruction permit holder being supervised on a multiple-

vehicle driving range by a driver training instructor affiliated with a driver

training school licensed under KRS Chapter 332 or a public or nonpublic

secondary school.

(5) A person with an instruction permit who is under the age of eighteen (18) shall not

operate a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped between the hours of 12 midnight

and 6 a.m. unless the person can demonstrate good cause for driving, including but

not limited to emergencies, involvement in school-related activities, or involvement

in work-related activities.

(6) Except when accompanied by a driver training instructor affiliated with a driver

training school licensed under KRS Chapter 332 or a public or nonpublic secondary

school, a person with an instruction permit who is under the age of eighteen (18)

years shall not operate a motor vehicle at any time when accompanied by more than

one (1) unrelated person who is under the age of twenty (20) years. A peace officer

shall not stop or seize a person nor issue a uniform citation for a violation of this

subsection if the officer has no other cause to stop or seize the person other than a

violation of this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to any operator of a

vehicle registered under the provisions of KRS 186.050(4) who is engaged in

agricultural activities.

(7) A violation under subsection (4), (5), or (6) of this section, a conviction for a

moving violation under KRS Chapter 189 for which points are assessed by the

cabinet, or a conviction for a violation of KRS 189A.010(1) shall add an additional

minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the violation before a

person who is under the age of eighteen (18) years may apply for an intermediate

license to operate a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped.

(8) A person under the age of eighteen (18) who accumulates more than six (6) points

against his or her driving privilege may have the driving privilege suspended

pursuant to KRS Chapter 186 or probated by the court.

(9) An applicant who presents evidence of successful completion of an approved rider

training course under KRS 176.5062 shall not be required to obtain a motorcycle

instruction permit prior to obtaining a motorcycle operator's license.

(10) The Transportation Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations, in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, to establish procedures for:

(a) Minors who reside with individuals in informal guardianship arrangements to

have an adult who resides with them sign the minor's application and assume

responsibility in accordance with subsection (1) of this section;

(b) Individuals who have signed for responsibility under subsection (1) of this

section to rescind that assumption of responsibility;

(c) Notifying minors when an adult has rescinded responsibility under subsection

(1) of this section; and

(d) Allowing minors for whom an adult has rescinded responsibility under

subsection (1) of this section, to obtain a new signature of an individual

assuming responsibility without having to retake any examinations the minor

has successfully passed.