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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 187.990 (2026)

Penalties

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(1) Any person whose license or registration or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended or revoked under KRS 187.290 to 187.620 and who, during such suspension or revocation drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by such person to be operated by another upon any highway, except as permitted under KRS 187.290 to 187.620, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months, or both.

(2) Any person willfully failing to return license or registration as required in KRS 187.590 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.

(3) Any person who shall forge or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility, or who files or offers for filing any such notice or evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or both.

(4) Any person who shall violate any provision of KRS 187.290 to 187.620 for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or both.

(5) Any person who shall violate the provisions of KRS 187.650 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days, or both. History: Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 210, secs. 2 and 26. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 2. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1948. -- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 118, secs. 32 and 35, effective January 1, 1947. History for former KRS 187.990: Repealed 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 35, effective January 1, 1947. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739n-24, 2739n-28, 2739n-29.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1949–1949 · leading case: Reeves, Com'r of Revenue v. Wright Taylor, 220 S.W.2d 1007 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949).
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Reeves, Com'r of Revenue v. Wright Taylor, 220 S.W.2d 1007 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “on shall engage in the business of leasing, renting, or letting out for hire, motor vehicles to be used for the transportation of persons but for which no driver is furnished, such business being commonly known as the ‘U-Drive-It’ or ‘Rent-A-Car’ business, until he has filed…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 187.990(5) — 1 case
Reeves, Com'r of Revenue v. Wright Taylor, 220 S.W.2d 1007 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “on shall engage in the business of leasing, renting, or letting out for hire, motor vehicles to be used for the transportation of persons but for which no driver is furnished, such business being commonly known as the ‘U-Drive-It’ or ‘Rent-A-Car’ business, until he has filed…”
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