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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 189.150 (2026)

Escaping contents -- Shifting or spilling loads

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(1) No vehicle shall be operated upon any highway unless it is so constructed as to prevent its contents from escaping.

(2) No vehicle shall be operated upon any public highway for a distance of over one (1) mile whose load is susceptible to shifting or spillage unless said load is covered with a device suitable for prevention of spillage. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 203, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1982. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-49.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1973–2021 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Mountain Truckers Ass'n, 683 S.W.2d 260 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984).
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Commonwealth v. Mountain Truckers Ass'n, 683 S.W.2d 260 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 5× “This appeal involves a declaratory judgment and order of the Franklin Circuit Court declaring that all citations issued, convictions obtained, and fines collected for violation of the Kentucky “Tarp Law,” KRS 189.150, between October 27, 1982, and January 11, 1983, are illegal…”
Hancock v. Terry Elkhorn Mining Co., 503 S.W.2d 710 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). “The trucks were so loaded that coal spilled off the beds of the trucks and onto the highways and the shoulders of the roads in violation of KRS 189.150. The first issue raised is the right of the Attorney General to intervene.”
Lamkin v. S. States Coop., Inc. (W.D. Ky. 2021). · cites it 2× “150(2) (“No vehicle shall be operated upon any public highway for a distance of over one (1) mile whose load is susceptible to shifting or spillage unless said load is covered with a device suitable for prevention of spillage.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 189.150(2) — 1 case
Lamkin v. S. States Coop., Inc. (W.D. Ky. 2021). “150(2) (“No vehicle shall be operated upon any public highway for a distance of over one (1) mile whose load is susceptible to shifting or spillage unless said load is covered with a device suitable for prevention of spillage.”
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