{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-186.560","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 186.560","heading":"Mandatory revocation or denial of license -- Causes -- Period of revocation","body":"or denial -- Prohibition against reductions of certain revocations or denials --\nLimited exception relating to enrollment in alcohol or substance abuse\neducation or treatment programs.\n(1) The cabinet shall forthwith revoke the license of any operator of a motor vehicle\nupon receiving record of his or her:\n(a) Conviction of any of the following offenses:\n1. Murder or manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle;\n2. Driving a vehicle which is not a motor vehicle while under the influence\nof alcohol or any other substance which may impair one's driving\nability;\n3. Perjury or the making of a false affidavit under KRS 186.400 to 186.640\nor any law requiring the registration of motor vehicles or regulating their\noperation on highways;\n4. Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used;\n5. Conviction or forfeiture of bail upon three (3) charges of reckless\ndriving within the preceding twelve (12) months;\n6. Conviction of driving a motor vehicle involved in an accident and\nfailing to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the accident;\n7. Conviction of theft of a motor vehicle or any of its parts, including the\nconviction of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years;\n8. Failure to have in full force and effect the security required by Subtitle\n39 of KRS Chapter 304 upon conviction of a second and each\nsubsequent offense within any five (5) year period;\n9. Conviction for fraudulent use of a driver's license or use of a fraudulent\ndriver's license to purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages,\nas defined in KRS 241.010, in violation of KRS 244.085(4);\n10. Conviction of operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped without\nan operator's license as required by KRS 186.410;\n11. Conviction of fleeing or evading police in the second degree when the\noffense involved the operation of a motor vehicle; and\n12. Conviction of violating the provisions of KRS 189.290(3) or (4); or\n(b) Being found incompetent to stand trial under KRS Chapter 504.\n(2) If the person convicted of any offense named in subsection (1) of this section or\nwho is foun d incompetent to stand trial is not the holder of a license, the cabinet\nshall deny the person so convicted a license for the same period of time as though\nhe or she had possessed a license which had been revoked. If through an\ninadvertence the defendant s hould be issued a license, the cabinet shall forthwith\ncancel it.\n(3) The cabinet, upon receiving a record of the conviction of any person upon a charge\nof operating a motor vehicle while the license of that person is denied, or\nsuspended, or revoked, or w hile his privilege to operate a motor vehicle is\nwithdrawn, shall immediately extend the period of the first denial, suspension,\nrevocation, or withdrawal for an additional like period.\n(4) The revocation or denial of a license or the withdrawal of the pri vilege of operating\na motor vehicle for a violation of subsection (1)(a)1. of this section shall be for a\nperiod of not less than five (5) years. Revocations or denials under this section shall\nnot be subject to any lessening of penalties authorized under any other provision of\nthis section or any other statute.\n(5) Except as provided in subsections (3), (4), (8), and (9) of this section, in all other\ncases, the revocation or denial of a license or the withdrawal of the privilege of\noperating a motor vehicle under this section shall be for a period of six (6) months,\nexcept that if the same person has had one (1) previous conviction of any offense\nenumerated in subsection (1) of this section, regardless of whether the person's\nlicense was revoked because of the previous conviction, the period of the\nrevocation, denial, or withdrawal shall be one (1) year. If the person has had more\nthan one (1) previous conviction of the offenses considered collectively as\nenumerated in subsection (1) of this section, regardl ess of whether the person's\nlicense was revoked for any previous conviction, the period of revocation, denial, or\nwithdrawal shall be for not less than two (2) years. If the cabinet, upon receipt of\nthe written recommendation of the court in which any pers on has been convicted of\nviolating KRS 189.520(1) or 244.085(4) as relates to instances in which a driver's\nlicense or fraudulent driver's license was the identification used or attempted to be\nused in the commission of the offense, who has had no previous  conviction of said\noffense, the person's operator's license shall not be revoked, but the person's\noperator's license shall be restricted to any terms and conditions the secretary in his\ndiscretion may require, provided the person has enrolled in an alcoh ol or substance\nabuse education or treatment program as the cabinet shall require. If the person fails\nto satisfactorily complete the education or treatment program or violates the\nrestrictions on his operator's license, the cabinet shall immediately revok e his\noperator's license for a period of six (6) months.\n(6) In order to secure the reinstatement of a license to operate a motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle restored following a period of suspension pursuant to KRS Chapter\n189A, the person whose license is susp ended shall comply with the fees and other\nprocedures of the Transportation Cabinet with regard to the reinstatement of\nsuspended licenses.\n(7) The cabinet shall revoke the license of any operator of a motor vehicle upon\nreceiving notification that the person is under age eighteen (18) and has dropped out\nof school or is academically deficient, as defined in KRS 159.051(1).\n(8) A person under the age of eighteen (18) who is convicted of the offenses of\nsubsections (1) or (3) of this section, except for subs ection (1)(a)8. or 9. of this\nsection, shall have his license revoked until he or she reaches the age of eighteen\n(18) or shall have his license revoked as provided in this section, whichever penalty\nwill result in the longer period of revocation.\n(9) A revocation or denial of a license or the withdrawal of the privilege of operating a\nmotor vehicle under this section due to a person being found incompetent to stand\ntrial shall extend until the person is found competent to stand trial or the criminal\ncase is dismissed.","path":["KRS Chapter 186"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55557","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:38Z","sha256":"f6bb8255007b538c494cd7435d1139c942c9e10ffff22ab0b93f3cbef89bcf9c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-186.550","next":"us-ky/krs-186.565"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}