{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-189a.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 189A.070","heading":"License suspensions -- Time periods -- Completion of alcohol or","body":"substance abuse treatment or education program required before\nreinstatement.\n(1) (a) 1. Unless the person is under eighteen (18) years of age, in addition to the\npenalties specified in KRS 189A.010, the Transportation Cabinet shall\nsuspend a person's license to operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon\nconviction of KRS 189A.010(1).\n2. Upon conviction of KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), the\nTransportation Cabinet shal l suspend a person's license to operate a\nmotor vehicle or motorcycle as follows:\na. For the first offense within a ten (10) year period:\ni. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under\nKRS 189A.340 and who meets the ninety (90) consecuti ve\nday requirement within the first four (4) months of the\nissuance of the ignition interlock license, four (4) months;\nii. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under\nKRS 189A.340 but does not meet the ninety (90) consecutive\nday requir ement within the first four (4) months of the\nissuance of the ignition interlock license, until the person\nmeets the ninety (90) consecutive day requirement or six (6)\nmonths, whichever is shorter; or\niii. For all others, six (6) months;\nb. For the second offense within a ten (10) year period:\ni. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under\nKRS 189A.340 and who meets the one hundred twenty (120)\nconsecutive day requirement within the first twelve (12)\nmonths of the issuance of the ignition  interlock license,\ntwelve (12) months;\nii. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under\nKRS 189A.340 but does not meet the one hundred twenty\n(120) consecutive day requirement within the first twelve\n(12) months of the issuance of the ig nition interlock license,\nuntil the person meets the one hundred twenty (120)\nconsecutive day requirement or eighteen (18) months,\nwhichever is shorter; or\niii. For all others, eighteen (18) months;\nc. For a third offense within a ten (10) year period:\ni. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under\nKRS 189A.340 and who meets the one hundred twenty (120)\nconsecutive day requirement within the first eighteen (18)\nmonths of the issuance of the ignition interlock license,\neighteen (18) months;\nii. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under\nKRS 189A.340 but does not meet the one hundred twenty\n(120) consecutive day requirement within the first eighteen\n(18) months of the issuance of the ignition interlock license,\nuntil the person meets the one hundred twenty (120)\nconsecutive day requirement or thirty -six (36) months,\nwhichever is shorter; or\niii. For all others, thirty-six (36) months;\nd. For a fourth or subsequent offense within a ten (10) year period:\ni. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under\nKRS 189A.340 and who meets the one hundred twenty (120)\nconsecutive day requirement within the first thirty (30)\nmonths of the issuance of the ignition interlock license, thirty\n(30) months;\nii. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under\nKRS 189A.340 but does not meet the one hundred twenty\n(120) consecutive day requirement within the first thirty (30)\nmonths of the issuance of the ignition interlock license, until\nthe person meets the one hu ndred twenty (120) consecutive\nday requirement or sixty (60) months, whichever is shorter;\nor\niii. For all others, sixty (60) months;\ne. If the conviction records transmitted to the Transportation Cabinet\npursuant to subsection (3) of this section show tha t a person was\nconvicted of a:\ni. First offense of KRS 189A.010, the person's license shall be\nsuspended as provided in subdivision a. of this subparagraph;\nii. Second offense of KRS 189A.010, the person's license shall\nbe suspended as provided in subdivis ion b. of this\nsubparagraph;\niii. Third offense of KRS 189A.010, the person's license shall be\nsuspended as provided in subdivision c. of this subparagraph;\nand\niv. Fourth or subsequent offense of KRS 189A.010, the person's\nlicense shall be suspended as pr ovided in subdivision d. of\nthis subparagraph; and\nf. The license suspension shall be deemed effective on the date of\nentry of the court's order or judgement for a conviction of KRS\n189A.010.\n3. Upon conviction of KRS 189A.010(1)(f), the Transportation Cab inet\nshall suspend a person's license to operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle\nas follows:\na. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under KRS\n189A.340 and who meets the ninety (90) consecutive day\nrequirement within the first four (4) mo nths of the issuance of the\nignition interlock license, four (4) months;\nb. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under KRS\n189A.340 but does not meet the ninety (90) consecutive day\nrequirement within the first four (4) months of the is suance of the\nignition interlock license, until the person meets the ninety (90)\nconsecutive day requirement or six (6) months, whichever is\nshorter; or\nc. For all others, six (6) months.\n4. For purposes of this paragraph, \"ninety (90) consecutive day\nrequirement\" and \"one hundred twenty (120) consecutive day\nrequirement\" mean the requirements established in KRS\n189A.340(4)(b)2.\n(b) For a person under the age of eighteen (18), in addition to the penalties\nspecified in KRS 189A.010, the Transportation Cabine t shall suspend the\nperson's license to operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon conviction of\nKRS 189A.010(1). The person shall have his or her license suspended until he\nor she reaches the age of eighteen (18) or as provided in paragraph (a) of this\nsubsection, whichever penalty will result in the longer period of suspension.\n(2) In addition to the period of license suspension set forth in subsection (1) of this\nsection, no person shall be eligible for reinstatement of his or her full privilege to\noperate a motor vehicle or motorcycle until he or she has completed the alcohol or\nsubstance abuse education or treatment program ordered pursuant to KRS\n189A.040.\n(3) Upon conviction of KRS 189A.010(1):\n(a) A person shall surrender his or her license to operat e a motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle to the court. Should the person fail to surrender his or her license\nto the court, the court shall issue an order directing the sheriff or any other\npeace officer to seize the license forthwith and deliver it to the court. T he\ncourt shall then forward the license to the Transportation Cabinet. This\nparagraph shall not apply to a person who has previously surrendered his or\nher license pursuant to KRS 189A.200; and\n(b) The court shall immediately transmit the conviction record s and other\nappropriate information to the Transportation Cabinet. A court shall not waive\nor stay this procedure.\n(4) In determining the ten (10) year period under this section, the period shall be\nmeasured from the dates on which the offenses occurred for which the judgments of\nconviction were entered.","path":["KRS Chapter 189A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49566","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:44Z","sha256":"f1159359216161486e04341ab27a1801c7ab301201f44beccdbd97a3478df922","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-189a.060","next":"us-ky/krs-189a.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}