corporation trademark -- Registration years.
(1) Except as provided in this subsection and KRS 186A.127 and 186.045, the owner shall have the receipt issued by the cabinet through the county clerk constantly in his possession, and shall display the registration plate conspicuously upon the rear of the motor vehicle, except that the registration plate upon a semitrailer-tractor shall be displayed upon the front of the tractor. The owner's copy, or a reproduced copy thereof, of the registration receipt of every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, licensed under KRS 186.050 shall be kept in the vehicle at all times and shall be available for inspection. Plates shall be kept legible at all times and the rear plate shall be illuminated when being operated during the hours designated in KRS 189.030. No rim, frame, or other covering around the plate shall in any way obscure or cover any lettering or decal on the plate; except that, any owner who objects to the display of a trademark of a private corporation which appears on the registration plate shall be entitled to receive a set of decals from the county clerk in his or her county of residence to cover the trademark of the private corporation. The owner may apply for the decal by presenting his or her certificate of registration either at the time of registration renewal or later. The county clerk shall charge a three dollar ($3) clerk's fee for issuing the decal set if it is applied for a time other than at registration renewal. If the cabinet has prescribed that plates shall continue in use, it shall each year, in addition to the registration receipt, select and give to the owner as further evidence of registration some insignia which may conveniently be attached permanently and conspicuously to the motor vehicle during each registration year. It shall be the duty of the owner to attach the insignia in the prescribed manner and no person may operate a motor vehicle unless the insignia is affixed upon it. The cabinet shall have placed on the insignia either figures, letters, writing, marks, or a combination thereof, which indicate that the motor vehicle has been registered and which in conjunction with the records of the cabinet make identity of the registrant readily ascertainable.
(2) The registration year for commercial vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, mobile homes, and recreational vehicles shall be from April 1 to March 31.
(3) At the discretion of the vehicle owner, the title to a motor vehicle may be held in the system and subsequently printed and mailed to the owner at the owner's request. Effective: January 1, 2024 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 14, effective January 1, 2024. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 97, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 287, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986; and ch. 431, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 395, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 7, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 9, effective June 19, 1976. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 11, effective January 1, 1967. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 9, effective June 1, 1963. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 5, effective January 1, 1960. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 5. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 78, secs. 5 and 10. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-11.
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6 in the last 5 years), 1969–2026 · leading case:
Parson v. Commonwealth, 144 S.W.3d 775 (Ky. 2004).
Parson v. Commonwealth, 144 S.W.3d 775 (Ky. 2004).
· cites it 2× “090(1) and (2)(c); criminal mischief in the first degree ("criminal mischief 1st"), a Class D felony, KRS 512.020; no motor vehicle liability insurance ("no insurance"), KRS 304.”
Johnson v. Commonwealth, 443 S.W.2d 20 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969).
· cites it 3× “Although the officer had ample reason to believe that the appellants were the men wanted for the break-ins, and he said that is why he stopped them, he arrested them instead for their failure to have a registration receipt for their automobile in violation of KRS 186.170. In…”
Commonwealth v. Erickson, 132 S.W.3d 884 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004).
“Archer testified that he initially stopped Erickson’s vehicle because its rear license plate was not illuminated — a violation of KRS 186.170. After requesting to see Erickson’s driver’s license and proof of insurance, Deputy Archer ran a computer check on Erickson from his…”
Piercy v. Commonwealth, 303 S.W.3d 492 (Ky. Ct. App. 2010).
“Thus, it was reasonable for the officers to conclude that criminal activity was occurring under KRS 186.170(1). That statute, in pertinent part, states: If the cabinet has prescribed that plates shall continue in use, it shall each year, in addition to the registration receipt,…”
Nelson v. Riddle, 217 F. App'x 456 (6th Cir. 2007).
“It reasoned that: The question of immunity in the instant case turns on whether a reasonable person in possession of the facts known by Officers Riddle and Moore would believe that the Plaintiff was violating KRS 186.170, 186.990(1). The Court has carefully reviewed the facts of…”
Vanover v. Bank of Alexandria, 644 S.W.2d 948 (Ky. Ct. App. 1983).
“apter 355 relating to any vehicle registered or required to be registered in Kentucky for use on the highway is presented to a county clerk for filing, such clerk shall also immediately note information required by the department relative thereto on the owner’s copy of the…”
Toppass v. Commonwealth, 799 S.W.2d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 1990).
“” KRS 186.170. Consequently, since Toppass was clearly the op *590 erator of the vehicle and the license plates were not the plates issued for the car he was driving, he was properly convicted of this violation.”
Ballard v. Commonwealth, 462 S.W.2d 905 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971).
“Although the officer had ample reason to believe the defendants were the persons wanted for the felony (and as in the instant case, he said that was why he stopped them) he arrested them, not for the felony, but for their failure to have a registration receipt in violation of…”
Kennedy v. Commonwealth, 488 S.W.3d 41 (Ky. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 5× “105, but these statutes do not set forth specific display requirements for temporary tags.”
Mix v. West (W.D. Ky. 2023).
· cites it 4× “According to exhibits attached to the Defendants’ briefing, these charges fall under KRS 186.170 (“Rear License Not Illuminated”) and KRS 304.”
Cimiotta v. Slaubaugh (W.D. Ky. 2019).
· cites it 3× “” Defendant states that as Plaintiff’s truck “turned onto Pierce Street, I could not read the truck’s license plate.”
Kenneth Lamont Boone Jr v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2021).
“The Commonwealth maintains that Detective Pope diligently worked on the citation and did not impermissibly extend the stop or, alternately, that he had reasonable articulable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot sufficient to justify the canine sniff. Boone does not…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 186.170(1) — 5 cases
Parson v. Commonwealth, 144 S.W.3d 775 (Ky. 2004).
“090(1) and (2)(c); criminal mischief in the first degree ("criminal mischief 1st"), a Class D felony, KRS 512.020; no motor vehicle liability insurance ("no insurance"), KRS 304.”
Piercy v. Commonwealth, 303 S.W.3d 492 (Ky. Ct. App. 2010).
“Thus, it was reasonable for the officers to conclude that criminal activity was occurring under KRS 186.170(1). That statute, in pertinent part, states: If the cabinet has prescribed that plates shall continue in use, it shall each year, in addition to the registration receipt,…”
Kennedy v. Commonwealth, 488 S.W.3d 41 (Ky. Ct. App. 2016).
“105, but these statutes do not set forth specific display requirements for temporary tags.”
Cimiotta v. Slaubaugh (W.D. Ky. 2019).
“” Defendant states that as Plaintiff’s truck “turned onto Pierce Street, I could not read the truck’s license plate.”
Mix v. West (W.D. Ky. 2023).
“According to exhibits attached to the Defendants’ briefing, these charges fall under KRS 186.170 (“Rear License Not Illuminated”) and KRS 304.”
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