KRS 186.174: Personalized license plates.

(1) For purposes of this section, "personalized license plate" means a license plate

manufactured by the cabinet upon an applicant's request with specific letters or

numbers or combinations of letters and numbers significant to the applicant.

(2) Any owner or lessee of a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle that is required to be

registered under the provisions of KRS 186.050(1), (3)(a), (4)(a), or (11), or any

owner or lessee of a motorcycle required to be registered under the provisions of

KRS 186.050(2) may obtain a personalized license plate by submitting an

application through a website designated by the cabinet. The cabinet shall produce

the requested license plate upon approval and receipt of the fee required in

subsection (4) of this section for a speci al license plate, or the fee required in KRS

186.162 for a standard issue license plate.

(3) Personalized license plates shall expire on the last day of the birth month of the

person to whom the license plate is registered.

(4) (a) A personalized license plate shall be replaced on the same schedule as regular

issue license plates unless it is damaged or unreadable.

(b) A standard issued license plate may be personalized:

1. For the fee established in KRS 186.162(2)(m) for a motor vehicle that is

required to be registered under the provisions of KRS 186.050(1), (3)(a),

or (4)(a), or a motorcycle required to be registered under the provisions

of KRS 186.050(2); or

2. For the fee established in KRS 186.162(2)(ad) for a recreational vehicle

that is required to b e registered under the provisions of KRS

186.050(11).

(c) Any special license plate may be combined with a personalized license plate

for a twenty -five dollar ($25) state fee in addition to all other fees for the

particular special license plate established in this section and in KRS 186.164.

The twenty -five dollar ($25) fee required under this paragraph shall be

divided between the cabinet and the cou nty clerk of the county where the

applicant resides with the cabinet receiving twenty dollars ($20) and the

county clerk receiving five dollars ($5).

(5) (a) A personalized plate shall not be issued that would conflict with or duplicate

any current issued license plate.

(b) A personalized plate shall not be issued if the cabinet determines:

1. The message to be placed on the license plate, if created, discriminates

against a race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;

2. The plate message is the name of a trademarked or copyrighted product

or brand name; or

3. The plate's lettering or message is obscene or profane, as determined by

the cabinet.

(c) Once an applicant obtains a personalized plate, he or she will have first

priority on that plate for each o f the following years that he or she makes

timely renewal payments.