{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-188.020","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 188.020","heading":"Nonresident owner or operator of motor vehicle makes Secretary of State","body":"process agent.\nAny nonresident operator or owner of any motor vehicle who accepts the privilege\nextended by the laws of this state to nonresidents to operate motor vehicles or hav e them\noperated within state shall, by such acceptance and by the operation of such motor vehicle\nwithin this state, make the Secretary of State the agent of himself or his personal\nrepresentative for the service of process in any civil action instituted i n the courts of this\nstate against the operator or owner, or the personal representative of the operator or\nowner, arising out of or by reason of any accident or collision or damage occurring within\nthis state in which the motor vehicle is involved.","path":["KRS Chapter 188"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=6285","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:41Z","sha256":"ade6d4d23d5b48a229b5051c3aef08c0c32295a371c1bffed813339e58da6490","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-188.010","next":"us-ky/krs-188.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}