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KRS 186.018: Driving history records of operators -- Fees.

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  1. KRS Chapter 186

(1) For purposes of maintaining driving history records of operators of motor vehicles

of the Commonwealth, the files of the Transportation Cabinet shall be used to

ascertain the driving history record of each person who is licensed to operate a

motor vehicle within the Commonwealth.

(2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, the Transportation

Cabinet shall destroy, and shall not maintain, records of moving traffic convictions

that are more than ten (10) years old.

(3) For any licensee who now holds, who has applied for, or has ever held a

commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit issued pursuant to KRS

281A.120 or 281A.170, the cabinet shall keep conviction records indefinitely.

(4) The Transportation Cabinet shall not release information on the driving history

record of a person under the age of twenty -one (21) whose operator license has

been suspended pursuant to KRS 189A.010(6). The cabinet shall destroy, and shall

not maintain, the record of the suspension of a perso n's operator's license if the

license was suspended pursuant to KRS 189A.010(6), within five (5) working days

of the person's operator's license being reinstated. This subsection shall not apply to

a person who holds, or is required to hold, a commercial d river's license or

commercial learner's permit.

(5) The cabinet shall charge a fee of three dollars ($3) for any driving history record,

ten cents ($0.10) of which shall be deposited in a special account within the road

fund to be used exclusively by the T ransportation Cabinet for the state driver

education program as designated in KRS 186.535.

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