KRS § 186.072 — KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.072
186.072 Commercial motor vehicle temporary registration placard -- Application process -- Uses -- Record of use -- Activation
Status: in_force

186.072 Commercial motor vehicle temporary registration placard -- Application

process -- Uses -- Record of use -- Activation.

(1) For the purposes of this section, "motor truck" and "truck tractor" shall have the

same meaning as established in KRS 189.010.

(2) Any manufacturer, dealer, or distributor engaged in the business of manufacturing,

selling, or customizing truck tractors or motor trucks may obtain a commercial

motor vehicle temporary registration placard from the Department of Vehicle

Regulation. The fee for each placard shall be one hundred dollars ($100) per placard

and each applicant shall specify the number of placards to be issued. A company

may make additional requests for temporary placards at any time it exhausts the

placards supplied by the department.

(3) The commissioner shall prescribe the application form for the commercial vehicle

temporary registration placard, require each applicant to submit proof of eligibility

to receive the placard, and certify that the applicant has need of the placard in the

ordinary course of business, and may request other information as part of the

application process.

(4) The commercial vehicle temporary registration placard shall be placed on a truck

tractor or motor truck in the same manner as a regular license plate. The temporary

placard shall be issued if a permanent registration issued pursuant to KRS 186.050

or temporary registration issued pursuant to KRS 186A.100 cannot be obtained.

(5) The use of a commercial vehicle temporary placard shall be limited to the following

activities:

(a) A demonstration of the truck tractor or motor truck to a prospective purchaser;

(b) The transportation of the truck tractor or motor truck to a facility engaged in

the customizing of a motor vehicle for eventual use on the highway;

(c) The transportation of the truck tractor or motor truck to a trade show or other

activity designed to promote the selling of the product; or

(d) The transportation of the truck tractor or motor truck by a purchaser to a

location outside Kentucky, provided that the truck tractor or motor truck is not

eligible to be registered in Kentucky.

(6) Each manufacturer, dealer, or distributor receiving the temporary placards shall

maintain a record of use for each temporary placard to include the following:

(a) The make and model of each motor vehicle and the vehicle identification

number or other identification number of each vehicle on which a placard is

used;

(b) The date the placard was issued and the registration number of the placard;

(c) The address of the final destination and reason for movement of the truck

tractor or motor truck receiving the temporary placard; and

(d) A record of insurance coverage or a binder for insurance coverage issued to

the recipient of the temporary placard.

(7) A commercial vehicle temporary placard shall not be activated until it is placed

upon the truck tractor or motor truck and used in a manner as authorized by

subsection (5) of this section. The commercial vehicle temporary placard shall

expire thirty (30) days after it is activated and placed in use on a truck tractor or

motor truck and shall be designed in a manner that an expiration date shall be noted

clearly on the face of the placard.