(1) The bill of sale provided for by KRS 186.190 shall contain the date, the purchaser's
name and post office address, seller's name and post office address, and the
information provided for in KRS 186.030 and shall be subscribed and sworn to
before any officer authorized to administer an oath.
(2) No person for himself or his employee or agent or as an officer of any court, shall
sell, trade, transfer or deliver any motor vehicle without at the same time making a
bill of sale in quadruplicate and delivering the original and two (2) copies thereof to
the county clerk. The county clerk shall retain one (1) copy of the bill of sale and
shall deliver the original copy to the purchaser together with the registration receipt
or transfer of registration, and attach the other copy to the Revenue Cabinet's copy
of the registration receipt of transfer of registration. No person shall sign a bill of
sale until the purchaser's name is shown thereon.
Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 14, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 11, effective June 19, 1976. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts
ch. 62, sec. 13, effective January 1, 1963. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 7,
effective January 1, 1960. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-14.
Notes of Decisions
Lexington Mack, Inc. v. Miller, 555 S.W.2d 249 (Ky. 1977).
· cites it 2× “190 and KRS § 186.200 prohibit the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle without the simultaneous delivery of copies of the bill of sale to the County Court Clerk.”
Siler v. Williford, 350 S.W.2d 704 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961).
“KRS 186.200 provides that no person “shall sell, trade, transfer or deliver any motor vehicle without at the same time making a bill of sale” to the purchaser.”
Harlow v. Dick, 245 S.W.2d 616 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952).
“190(3), which reads as follows: “No person shall sell or trade any motor vehicle without transferring by indorsement of the owner and delivering to the purchaser, the clerk’s receipt for the registration fee for the current year.”
Brooks v. Williams, 268 S.W.2d 650 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954).
“2d 616, 618 , under a similar condition o'f facts where a purchaser of an automobile had never received a bill of sale as described in KRS 186.200 or a receipt evidencing license registration as provided in KRS 186.”
Bobbitt v. Cundiff, 177 S.W.2d 596 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943).
“It is obvious that the trial court was misinformed as to the date upon which the sale of-the Pontiac car was effective. Before a license can be obtained for a new car the purchaser must present his bill of sale to the County Clerk, executed in accordance with KRS 186.”
Hicks v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 455 S.W.2d 52 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970).
· cites it 2× “Although KRS 186.200 requires a bill of sale, the original and two copies of which must be delivered to the county clerk, we have consistently held that ownership of a motor vehicle must be determined by the law of sales.”
Dep't of Revenue v. Derringer, 399 S.W.2d 482 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966).
“The trial court entered judgment declaring appellee Derringer entitled to the requested registration and li *484 cense for the car, upon his presentation to the county clerk of a bill of sale in the form prescribed by the Kentucky Department of Revenue—OR, upon his presentation…”
Amburgey v. Potter, 477 S.W.2d 786 (Ky. Ct. App. 1972).
“He directed it be made to Potter Brothers Used Cars to save the sales tax. The bill of sale from Bettie Collins to Potter Brothers Used Cars was picked up by his wife, and transfer of title was made on the morning of the accident, nine days after the payment for and delivery of…”
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