KRS 187.290: Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Cabinet" means the Transportation Cabinet;

(2) "Highways" means every way or place of whatever nature when any part of it is

open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, license, or privilege, for purpose

of vehicular traffic;

(3) "Judgment" means any judgment which has become final by expiration without

appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final

affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of co mpetent jurisdiction of any state or

of the United States, upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership,

maintenance or use of any motor vehicle, for damages, including damages for care

and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of a ny person, or for

damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use

thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages;

(4) "Motor vehicle" means every self -propelled vehicle which is designed for use upon

a highway, including trailers designed for use with such vehicles (except traction

engines, road rollers, farm tractors, tractor cranes, power shovels, mopeds, and well

drillers) and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from

overhead wires but not operated upon rails;

(5) "Moped" means either a motorized bicycle whose frame design may include one (1)

or more horizontal crossbars supporting a fuel tank so long as it also has pedals, or a

motorized bicycle with a step -through type frame which may or may not have

pedals rated no more than two (2) brake horsepower, a cylinder capacity not

exceeding fifty (50) cubic centimeters, an automatic transmission not requiring

clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive syste m is engaged, and capable

of a maximum speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour;

(6) "License" means any operator's license, temporary instruction permit, or temporary

license issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the licensing of operators;

(7) "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this state;

(8) "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred upon a

nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by him of a motor

vehicle, or the use of a motor vehicle owned by him, in this state;

(9) "Operator" means every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle;

(10) "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a motor vehicle, or in the event

a motor vehicle is the s ubject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease

thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the

agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional

vendee or lessee or in the event a mo rtgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession,

then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for

the purposes of this chapter;

(11) "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages for

liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of said

proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in

amounts meeting the requirements of KRS 304.39-110;

(12) "Registration" means registration certificates and registration plates issued under the

laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles; and

(13) "State" means any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of

Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada.