license on request of peace officer -- Defense.
(1) No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned or controlled by him to be driven by any person who has no legal right to drive it or in violation of any of the provisions of KRS 186.400 to 186.640.
(2) No person who has not applied for an operator's license or whose operator's license has been denied, canceled, suspended or revoked, or whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been withdrawn, shall operate any motor vehicle upon the highways while the license is denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked or his privilege to operate a motor vehicle is withdrawn, or the license has not been applied for.
(3) If the operator of a motor vehicle on a public highway is requested by a peace officer, authorized to arrest a person for a violation of subsection (2) of this section or KRS 189A.090, to display his operator's license and fails to display his operator's license, that fact shall be admissible in court and shall be prima facie proof of violation of subsection (2) of this section or KRS 189A.090.
(4) It shall be a defense to a charge under this section and KRS 189A.090 if the person charged presents to the court an operator's license issued to him before the date of the charge and which was valid on the date of the charge. Effective: July 1, 1991 History: Amended 1991 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 21, effective July 1, 1991. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739m-58, 2739m-59.
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9 in the last 5 years), 1966–2026 · leading case:
Love v. Commonwealth, 55 S.W.3d 816 (Ky. 2001).
Love v. Commonwealth, 55 S.W.3d 816 (Ky. 2001).
· cites it 2× “KRS 186.620(2). Appellant stipulated to that fact out of the presence of the jury in order to avoid any prejudice stemming from proof of that fact.”
Commonwealth v. Duncan, 939 S.W.2d 336 (Ky. 1997).
· cites it 9× “Duncan, was arrested and charged with driving on a suspended license in violation of KRS 186.620(2). Ms. Duncan pled not guilty, and a bench trial was held on December 20, 1994, before Kenton District Court Judge Martin Sheehan.”
Dixon v. Commonwealth, 149 S.W.3d 426 (Ky. 2004).
“Because Duvall knew that Appellant’s operator’s license had been suspended, he and Seibert proceeded in separate directions with the intention of stopping and detaining Appellant for an apparent violation of KRS 186.620(2). Seibert sighted Appellant’s vehicle and pulled his…”
Owens v. Commonwealth, 291 S.W.3d 704 (Ky. 2009).
“990(3) provides that a person who violates KRS 186.620 commits a Class B misdemeanor.”
Commonwealth v. Sales, 173 A.3d 825 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2017).
· cites it 4× “at 338-39 (citing KRS § 186.620(2)). 6 Thus, the Commonwealth is correct that Kentucky law does not require actual notice of the suspension to support a conviction for driving with a suspended license under KRS § 186.”
Toppass v. Commonwealth, 799 S.W.2d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 1990).
“Appellant argues that the prior convictions of operating on a suspended license under KRS 186.620(2), even though the suspensions in fact resulted from D.”
Huff v. Commonwealth, 406 S.W.2d 831 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966).
“290), in which the court’s conclusion and judgment fixed his penalty at $100; and the other charging the operation of a motor vehicle on a suspended operator’s license (KRS 186.620), on which his fine was assessed at $10.”
Banks v. Dep't of Educ., Bureau of Rehab., 462 S.W.2d 428 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971).
“Banks became so intoxicated that he was unable to drive his automobile and he placed an inexperienced, unlicensed driver, a person who too had been consuming alcoholic drinks, in charge of its operation.”
Dixon v. Commonwealth, 982 S.W.2d 222 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 5× “Thus, he argues, since he was eligible at the time of his arrest to obtain his license by attending an alcohol abuse treatment program, he should have been charged under KRS 186.620(2) 3 , rather than under KRS 189A.”
Commonwealth v. Dean, 732 S.W.2d 887 (Ky. 1987).
“ORDER This case coming on to be heard on the motion of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for certification of the law of the following question: Whether Transportation Cabinet’s driving history records constitute evidence of suspension or revocation of operator’s licenses for…”
Crowder v. Commonwealth, 23 S.W.3d 225 (Ky. Ct. App. 1999).
“393; operating a motor vehicle on a suspended license, KRS 186.620(2); and, first-degree wanton endangerment, KRS 508.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 186.620(1) — 1 case
Banks v. Dep't of Educ., Bureau of Rehab., 462 S.W.2d 428 (Ky. Ct. App. 1971).
“Banks became so intoxicated that he was unable to drive his automobile and he placed an inexperienced, unlicensed driver, a person who too had been consuming alcoholic drinks, in charge of its operation.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 186.620(2) — 22 cases
Love v. Commonwealth, 55 S.W.3d 816 (Ky. 2001).
“KRS 186.620(2). Appellant stipulated to that fact out of the presence of the jury in order to avoid any prejudice stemming from proof of that fact.”
Commonwealth v. Duncan, 939 S.W.2d 336 (Ky. 1997).
“Duncan, was arrested and charged with driving on a suspended license in violation of KRS 186.620(2). Ms. Duncan pled not guilty, and a bench trial was held on December 20, 1994, before Kenton District Court Judge Martin Sheehan.”
Dixon v. Commonwealth, 149 S.W.3d 426 (Ky. 2004).
“Because Duvall knew that Appellant’s operator’s license had been suspended, he and Seibert proceeded in separate directions with the intention of stopping and detaining Appellant for an apparent violation of KRS 186.620(2). Seibert sighted Appellant’s vehicle and pulled his…”
Commonwealth v. Sales, 173 A.3d 825 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2017).
“at 338-39 (citing KRS § 186.620(2)). 6 Thus, the Commonwealth is correct that Kentucky law does not require actual notice of the suspension to support a conviction for driving with a suspended license under KRS § 186.”
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