{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-190.0451","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 190.0451","heading":"New motor vehicle dealer license -- Prohibition against licensing new","body":"dealer after prior dealer's franchise has been revoked -- Exceptions -- Ten year\nduration of prohibition.\n(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, if a de aler licensed\nunder this chapter has its franchise revoked by the manufacturer on or after January\n1, 2009, for grounds other than those provided in KRS Chapter 190, the\ncommission shall not grant a new motor vehicle dealer license establishing a new\nmotor vehicle dealership, or relocating an existing new motor vehicle dealership,\nwithin a ten (10) mile radius of a location at which a former licensed new motor\nvehicle dealer for the same line make of new motor vehicles had its franchise\nrevoked.\n(2) If the manufacturer can show proof that the franchise was offered to the original\nfranchisee at substantially similar terms as offered to other potential buyers, and the\noriginal franchisee refused the offer, then the prohibition in subsection (1) of this\nsection shall not apply and the commission may grant a new motor vehicle dealer\nlicense within the ten (10) mile radius described in subsection (1) of this section.\n(3) The prohibition against granting a new motor vehicle dealer license outlined in\nsubsection (1) of this section shall remain in effect for ten (10) years from the date\nof revocation of the original franchise by the manufacturer.","path":["KRS Chapter 190"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=6537","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:45Z","sha256":"da3b62cf627d8089efc9fdc9272a76ab3dfbd30eb7f260afa7c832d1acb5c264","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-190.045","next":"us-ky/krs-190.046"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}