KRS 186.180: Duplicate receipts and plates -- Clerk's fees -- Cancellation of registration

and issuance of new plates upon loss of plate -- Reporting of lost plates --

Issuance of plates upon removal from one county to another -- Reinstatement

after revocation under KRS 186A.040 -- Proof of insurance. (Effective until

January 1, 2027)

(1) (a) If an owner loses his or her copy of a registration or transfer receipt, the

owner may obtain a duplicate from the county clerk who issued the present

owner's copy of the receipt if:

1. Proof of insurance on the motor vehicle in compliance with KRS

304.39-080 is provided to the county clerk, except that proof of

insurance shall not be required for duplicates applied for by motor

vehicle dealers as defined in KRS 190.010;

2. The owner files an affidavit, upon a form furnished by the cabinet; and

3. The owner pays to the county clerk a fee of three dollars ($3).

(b) When an owner's copy of any registration or transfer receipt shows that the

spaces provided thereon for no ting and discharging security interests have

been exhausted, the owner may obtain a duplicate from the county clerk who

issued the receipt if:

1. The owner surrenders his or her copy of the current receipt to the county

clerk;

2. Proof of insurance on the motor vehicle in compliance with KRS

304.39-080 is provided to the county clerk, except that proof of

insurance shall not be required for duplicates applied for by motor

vehicle dealers as defined in KRS 190.010; and

3. The owner pays to the county clerk a fee of three dollars ($3).

(c) Any security interest which has bee n discharged as shown by the records of

the clerk or upon the owner's copy of the current receipt shall be omitted from

the duplicate receipt to be issued by the county clerk.

(2) (a) If an owner loses a registration plate, the owner shall:

1. Surrender his or her registration receipt to the county clerk from whom

it was obtained; and

2. File a written statement as to the loss of the plate.

(b) The owner shall be issued another registration receipt and a plate or plates,

which shall bear a different number from that of the lost plate, if:

1. Proof of insurance on the motor vehicle in compliance with KRS

304.39-080 is provided to the county clerk; and

2. The owner pays to the county clerk the sum of:

a. Three dollars ($3) for each plate; and

b. Three dollars ($3) to the county clerk for his or her services.

(c) The county clerk shall:

1. Retain the owner's statement;

2. Retain a copy of the owner's proof of insurance;

3. Make a notation on the triplicate copy of the surrendered registration

receipt stating the number of the registration receipt replacing it; and

4. Forward the original copy of the surrendered receipt to the cabinet.

(d) The cabinet shall:

1. Immediately cancel the registration corresponding to the number of the

lost plate; and

2. Report the can cellation to the commissioner of the Department of

Kentucky State Police.

(e) Any person finding a lost registration plate shall deliver it to the cabinet or to

any county clerk for forwarding it to the cabinet.

(3) (a) If an owner moves from one (1) count y into another county of the

Commonwealth, the owner may obtain from the county clerk of his or her

county of residence a new registration receipt and new registration plate

bearing the name of the county of residence if:

1. The owner surrenders his or her current registration receipt and current

registration plate to the county clerk;

2. Proof of insurance on the motor vehicle in compliance with KRS

304.39-080 is provided to the county clerk; and

3. The owner pays a fee of five dollars ($5) to the county c lerk, of which

the county clerk shall be entitled to retain three dollars ($3) and the

cabinet shall be entitled to two dollars ($2).

(b) The surrendered receipt and plate shall be forwarded to the cabinet.

(4) If an owner's registration is revoked under K RS 186A.040(5)(b), the owner may

have his or her registration reinstated by the county clerk who issued the present

owner's copy of the receipt if:

(a) The owner pays to the county clerk the reinstatement fee required under KRS

186.040(8); and

(b) The owner provides proof of insurance on the motor vehicle in compliance

with KRS 304.39-080 to the county clerk.

(5) The owner of a motor vehicle that has the vehicle's registration revoked under KRS

186.290 shall pay to the clerk a fee of twenty dollars ($20), which shall be equally

divided between the county clerk and the cabinet.

(6) Proof of insurance for a personal motor vehicle shall be determined by the county

clerk as provided in KRS 186A.042.

Effective: June 27, 2025