{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-186.160","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 186.160","heading":"Motor numbers essential to registration -- Assignment of number.","body":"No clerk shall receive an application for registration nor register a motor vehicle, unless\nthe motor vehicle bears a motor number or a vehicle identification number. If there is no\nmotor number or vehicle identification number, or if the number is not plainly legible, the\nowner shall apply through the clerk to the Transportation Cabinet for a motor number or\nvehicle identification number, and when that number is assigned to the owner's motor\nvehicle the owner shall cause the number to be stamped on the motor with a steel die or in\nthe space provided by manufacturer for vehicle identification number. That number shall\nthereafter be used by the owner in making registration or executing a bill of sale.","path":["KRS Chapter 186"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=5963","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:37Z","sha256":"b97dca3e8bc357ff943c75e21c58f4153305b2ba9a65c7de25bac4bc8fc01c74","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-186.150","next":"us-ky/krs-186.162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}