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KRS 187.990: Penalties.

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  1. KRS Chapter 187

(1) Any person whose license or registration or nonresident's operating privilege has

been suspended or revoked under KRS 187.290 to 187.620 and who, during such

suspension or revocation drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly

permits any motor vehicle owned by such person to be operated by another upon

any highway, except as permitted under KRS 187.290 to 187.620, shall be fined not

more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not exceeding six (6) months,

or both.

(2) Any person willfull y failing to return license or registration as required in KRS

187.590 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not

to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.

(3) Any person who shall forge or, without authority, sign any evidence o f proof of

financial responsibility, or who files or offers for filing any such notice or evidence

of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without

authority, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imp risoned

not more than one (1) year, or both.

(4) Any person who shall violate any provision of KRS 187.290 to 187.620 for which

no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars

($500) or imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or both.

(5) Any person who shall violate the provisions of KRS 187.650 shall be fined not

more than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days,

or both.

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