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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 189.820: Slow -moving vehicle emblem or reflective tape required -- Display --

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  1. KRS Chapter 189

Regulations for mounting emblem or reflective tape.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, all slow -moving vehicles sold,

leased, or rented in, or for use within, the Commonwealth of Kentucky shall have

affixed to them as standard equipment a slow-moving vehicle emblem.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the slow -moving vehicle

emblem shall be displayed as herein provided on all slow -moving vehicles operated

day or night upon the public roads within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(3) The slow-moving vehicle emblem shall be mounted as near the center of the rear of

the slow-moving vehicle as is practicable, and the lower edge of the emblem shall

be mounted at least three (3) feet or more above the road surface, and shall be

maintained in a clean, reflective condition.

(4) As an alternative to the slow -moving vehicle emblem, one (1) -inch-wide white or

silver reflective tape may be used on motorless slow-moving vehicles as follows:

(a) The rear of the vehicle shall be covered with a minimum of one hundred (100)

square inches of the reflective tape;

(b) The reflective tape on the rear of the vehicle shall, at a minimum, outline the

entire rear of the vehicle;

(c) Each side of the vehicle shall be covered with a minimum of thirty -six (36)

square inches of reflective tape; and

(d) The highest point of the left front of the vehicle shall be covered with a

minimum of twenty-four (24) square inches of reflective tape.

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