KRS 235.050: Application for title and registration -- Accompanying documents.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, before the owner or operator of each

motorboat required to be registered and numbered by KRS 235.040 may operate it

or permit its operation upon the waters of this state, the owner shall apply for title

and registration to the county clerk of the county in which he resides, except, if the

motorboat is to be operated principally in a county other than the county of the

owner's residence the owner may apply for title and registration to the county clerk

of the county in which the motorboat is to be principally operated. A motorboat last

titled and registered in another state and purchased by a person for operation in this

state shall be first titled and registered in this state by and in the name of the

purchaser and not in the name of the seller. The application for title and registration

shall be accompanied by:

(a) A bill of sale, if the application is for registration of a new motorboat; or

(b) The owner's registration receipt if the motorboat was last registere d in this

state; or

(c) A bill of sale and the previous registration receipt if last registered in another

state; and

(d) The annual registration fee.

(2) Motorboats shall be registered annually. If an application for title and registration is

filed with t he county clerk prior to the annual registration date established by the

Transportation Cabinet, the registration period shall include less than twelve (12)

consecutive months and registration fees shall be computed at a rate of one -twelfth

(1/12) of the a ppropriate annual registration fee set out in KRS 235.080 per month

of the remaining registration period.