{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-189.4595","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 189.4595","heading":"Exemption from local motor vehicle licenses and fees for disabled","body":"veterans or Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy\nCross, or Air Force Cross recipients -- Extension of legal parking period.\n(1) Any other provision of law to  the contrary notwithstanding, a city, county, town, or\nother political subdivision of this state shall not require any license or fee from a\ndisabled veteran, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, or recipient of the\nDistinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross who has been issued a\nspecial military -related license plate under KRS 186.041, for the privilege of\noperating a motor vehicle upon any street or alley.\n(2) When a motor vehicle bearing a special military -related license plat e for disabled\nveterans, recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, or recipients of the\nDistinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross is being operated by\nor for the benefit of the person, the motor vehicle may be parked for a period of two\n(2) hours in excess of the legal parking period permitted by local authorities unless\na local ordinance or police regulation:\n(a) Prohibits parking on a highway for the purpose of creating a fire lane:\n(b) Provides for the accommodation of heavy traff ic during morning, afternoon,\nor evening hours; or\n(c) Prohibits parking a motor vehicle in a manner as to clearly be a traffic hazard.","path":["KRS Chapter 189"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=6400","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:43Z","sha256":"aea2d1bcab52d51a3af5e3fbab8cfc36d5e412fc6acd6dd4df8b7ce5fe2ad5fc","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-189.459","next":"us-ky/krs-189.460"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}