Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 186A.010 (2026)

Automated motor vehicle and trailer registration and titling --

✓ current as of May 2026
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Transportation Cabinet to develop system.

(1) An automated motor vehicle and trailer registration and titling system shall be developed and implemented as expeditiously as practicable in all counties of the Commonwealth. The automated motor vehicle and trailer registration system shall be designed to enable Kentucky's county clerks to produce motor vehicle and trailer certificates of registration in their offices, and certificates of title in Frankfort, by automated means utilizing telecommunication terminals and associated devices supplied by the Commonwealth, to inhibit registration and transfer of stolen motor vehicles or trailers, to improve the capability of detecting and recovering such vehicles, to ensure development of a common vehicle information database to improve efficiency in auditing motor vehicle usage tax, license fee collections, and in collecting personal property tax to provide information to the traffic record system, and to provide improved security interest protection to potential creditors throughout Kentucky while simultaneously reducing the number of forms that must be processed and stored each year in Kentucky.

(2) The Transportation Cabinet is hereby directed to, as expeditiously as practicable, develop an automated motor vehicle and trailer registration and titling system, having, as a minimum, the capabilities or functions described in this chapter, and to acquire and assure the installation of such equipment or services as are necessary to enable the system as described in this chapter to be operated in all counties of the Commonwealth.

(3) All departments of state government affected by the system are hereby directed to cooperate with the Transportation Cabinet for purposes of assuring orderly implementation of this chapter. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 22.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1992–2018 · leading case: Nantz v. Lexington Lincoln Mercury Subaru, 947 S.W.2d 36 (Ky. 1997).
Nantz v. Lexington Lincoln Mercury Subaru, 947 S.W.2d 36 (Ky. 1997). · cites it 4× “The central issue in the present case focuses on when title to a motor vehicle passes from a commercial car dealer to a buyer under Kentucky's titling and registration statutes, KRS 186A.010, et seq., for the purpose of determining liability insurance coverage.”
Auto Acceptance Corp. v. T.I.G. Ins. Co., 89 S.W.3d 398 (Ky. 2002). · cites it 2× “The automated motor vehicle and trailer registration system shall be designed to enable Kentucky's county clerks to produce motor vehicle and trailer certificates of registration in their offices, and certificates of title in Frankfort, by automated means utilizing…”
Best v. West Am. Ins. Co., 270 S.W.3d 398 (Ky. Ct. App. 2008). ““The adoption of KRS 186A.010 et. seq. changed Kentucky from an equitable title state to a certificate of title state wherein the legal titleholder is considered the owner of a vehicle in the absence of a valid conditional sales or lease agreement.”
PHH Mortg. Servs. v. Higgason, 345 B.R. 584 (E.D. Ky. 2006). “§ 186A.010 (The purpose of AVIS is “to inhibit registration and transfer of stolen motor vehicles or trailers, to improve the capability of detecting and recovering such vehicles [and] to provide improved security interest protection to potential creditors throughout Kentucky.”
Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Maddix, 842 S.W.2d 871 (Ky. Ct. App. 1992). “In Cowles the Court held that ownership of motor vehicles was no longer to be decided by the general law of sales, but was instead governed by the titling and registration statutes, KRS 186A.010 et seq. We look to those statutes to decide who owned the Cavalier.”
Adams v. Commonwealth, 275 S.W.3d 209 (Ky. Ct. App. 2008). “510(4) (Automated Motor Vehicle Registration System, adopting KRS 186A.010(8)(a) and (b)); KRS 187.290(4) (Financial Responsibility Law, excluding mopeds); KRS 188.”
The Travelers Indem. Co. v. Charles Armstrong Adm'r of the Est. of Craig Armstrong (Ky. 2018). “]” KRS 186A.010(1). The system was intended: to enable Kentucky’s county clerks to produce motor vehicle and trailer certificates of registration in their offices, and certificates of title in Frankfort, by automated means utilizing telecommunication terminals and associated…”
Martin Cadillac, Inc. D/B/A Martin Dodge Jeep Chrysler v. Charles Armstrong Adm'r of the Est. of Craig Armstrong (Ky. 2018). “]” KRS 186A.010(1). The system was intended: to enable Kentucky’s county clerks to produce motor vehicle and trailer certificates of registration in their offices, and certificates of title in Frankfort, by automated means utilizing telecommunication terminals and associated…”
Magdovitz Fam. Trust v. KY USA Energy, Inc. (In Re KY USA Energy, Inc.), 449 B.R. 745 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 2011). “These letters were required to allow Debtor to register the vehicles in accordance with KRS 186A.010 even though Debtor was not listed as the owner on the certifícate of registration.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 186A.010(1) — 3 cases
Auto Acceptance Corp. v. T.I.G. Ins. Co., 89 S.W.3d 398 (Ky. 2002). “The automated motor vehicle and trailer registration system shall be designed to enable Kentucky's county clerks to produce motor vehicle and trailer certificates of registration in their offices, and certificates of title in Frankfort, by automated means utilizing…”
The Travelers Indem. Co. v. Charles Armstrong Adm'r of the Est. of Craig Armstrong (Ky. 2018). “]” KRS 186A.010(1). The system was intended: to enable Kentucky’s county clerks to produce motor vehicle and trailer certificates of registration in their offices, and certificates of title in Frankfort, by automated means utilizing telecommunication terminals and associated…”
Martin Cadillac, Inc. D/B/A Martin Dodge Jeep Chrysler v. Charles Armstrong Adm'r of the Est. of Craig Armstrong (Ky. 2018). “]” KRS 186A.010(1). The system was intended: to enable Kentucky’s county clerks to produce motor vehicle and trailer certificates of registration in their offices, and certificates of title in Frankfort, by automated means utilizing telecommunication terminals and associated…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 186A.010(8)(a) — 1 case
Adams v. Commonwealth, 275 S.W.3d 209 (Ky. Ct. App. 2008). “510(4) (Automated Motor Vehicle Registration System, adopting KRS 186A.010(8)(a) and (b)); KRS 187.290(4) (Financial Responsibility Law, excluding mopeds); KRS 188.”
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