KRS 186.073: Commercial trailer temporary registration placard -- Application process -

- Uses -- Record of use -- Activation.

(1) For the purposes of this section, "semitrailer" and "trailer" shall have the same

meaning as established in KRS 186.650.

(2) Any manufacturer, dealer, or distributor engaged in the business of manufacturing,

selling, or customizing commercial semitrailers or commercial trailers may obtain a

commercial trailer temporary registration placard from the Department of Vehicle

Regulation. The fee for each placard shall be five dollars ($5) per placard and each

applicant shall specify the number of placards to be issued. A company may make

additional requests for temporary placards at any time it exhausts the placards

supplied by the department.

(3) The commissioner shall prescribe the application form for the commercial trailer

temporary registration placard, require each applicant to submit proof of eligibility

to receive the placard, and certify that the applicant has need of the placard in the

ordinary course of business, and may request other information as part of the

application process.

(4) The commercial trailer temporary registration placard shall be placed on a

semitrailer or trailer in the same manner as a regular trailer license plate. The

temporary placard shall be issued if a permanent registration issued pursuant to

KRS 186.655 cannot be obtained.

(5) The use of a commercial trailer temporary registration placard shall be limited to the

following activities:

(a) A demonstration of the semitrailer or trailer to a prospective purchaser;

(b) The transportation of the semitrailer or trailer to a facility engaged in the

customizing of a motor vehicle for eventual use on the highway;

(c) The transportation of the semitrailer or trailer to a trade show or other activity

designed to promote the selling of the product;

(d) The transportation of the semitrailer or trailer by a purchaser to a location

outside Kentucky, provided that the semitrailer or trailer is not eligible to be

registered in Kentucky; or

(e) Transportation of a trailer or semitrailer from the manufacturer to a place of

business in Kentucky in order to obtain a permanent registration issued

pursuant to KRS 186.655.

(6) Each manufacturer, dealer, or distributor receiving the temp orary placards shall

maintain a record of use for each temporary placard to include the following:

(a) The make and model of each semitrailer or trailer and the vehicle

identification number or other identification number of each vehicle on which

a placard is used;

(b) The date the placard was issued and the registration number of the placard;

and

(c) The address of the final destination and reason for movement of the

semitrailer or trailer receiving the temporary placard.

(7) A commercial trailer temporary registration placard shall not be activated until it is

placed upon the semitrailer or trailer and used in a manner as authorized by

subsection (5) of this section. The commercial trailer temporary registration placard

shall expire thirty (30) days after it is activated and placed in use on a semitrailer or

trailer and shall be designed in a manner that an expiration date shall be noted

clearly on the face of the placard.