{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-281.928","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 281.928","heading":"Required notice to owner and lienholder -- Contents -- Holding and","body":"retrieval period for towed vehicles.\n(1) Within one (1) business day of the removal, a towing company shall contact the\ncabinet in order to ascertain the identity of the o wner and any lienholder of any\nmotor vehicle registered in Kentucky which it has towed and, within ten (10) days\nof the removal, shall, by certified mail, provide notice to the owner and any\nlienholder at the address or addresses of record, when a motor vehicle has been:\n(a) Towed under KRS 281.924 or 281.926;\n(b) Involuntarily towed or transported pursuant to order of police, other public\nauthority, or private person or business for any reason;\n(c) Stolen or misappropriated and its removal from the public ways has been\nordered by police, other public authority, or by private person or business; or\n(d) In any other situation, involuntarily towed or transported by order of police,\nother authority, or by private person or business. If the lienholder is a\nregistered organization listed in the business records of the Secretary of State,\nthe cabinet shall provide the address listed for the lienholder.\n(2) The cabinet shall, within two (2) business days, provide the towing company the\nname and address of the owner and lienholder of any motor vehicle requested\npursuant to subsection (1) of this section.\n(3) (a) If a vehicle described in subsection (1) of this section is placed in a garage or\nother storage facility, the owner of the facility shall provide the notice\nrequired in subsection (1) of this section, by certified mail, to the owner and\nany lienholder at the address or addresses of record of the motor vehicle\nwithin ten (10) days of recovery of, or taking possession of, the motor vehicle.\n(b) Any notice sent un der this subsection shall comply with the notification\nprovisions of subsection (4) of this section and shall include an estimated\nitemized invoice pursuant to KRS 281.926(5) that specifies the amount of\ncharges for towing, recovery, storage, transporting,  and other applicable\ncharges due on the vehicle.\n(c) If the owner of  the storage facility fails to provide notice as provided in this\nsection, the motor vehicle storage facility shall forfeit all storage fees accrued\nafter ten (10) days from the date of tow.\n(d) This subsection shall not apply to a garage or storage facili ty owned or\noperated by a government entity.\n(4) Any notification required under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall include:\n(a) The date and time the vehicle was towed;\n(b) The location from which the vehicle was towed;\n(c) The name, address, and telephone number where the vehicle will be located;\n(d) The location, address, and phone number where payment and business\ntransactions take place if different from the business address;\n(e) The name, address, and phone number of the towing company or sto rage\nfacility;\n(f) A description of the towed vehicle which shall at a minimum include the\nmake, model, year, vehicle identification number, and color of the towed\nvehicle;\n(g) The license plate number and state of registration of the towed vehicle; and\n(h) A copy of the rate sheet required in KRS 281.926(2), if the vehicle was towed\nby a towing company operating under this chapter and vehicles are being held\nin a storage facility or garage.\n(5) If a vehicle described in subsection (1) of this section is de termined to be a\ncorporately owned motor vehicle, the notices required under subsections (1) and (2)\nof this section shall be sent to the corporate address listed on the registration. A\nmotor vehicle under this subsection shall be held for up to forty -five (45) days to\nallow the motor vehicle owner or lienholder to retrieve the towed motor vehicle.\nThe rate charged shall be the standard daily rate of the towing company or storage\nfacility. If at any time more than one (1) motor vehicle owned by the same\ncorporation is under the control of a towing company or storage facility, each motor\nvehicle shall be processed under a separate transaction.\n(6) If a vehicle described in subsection (1) of this section is being held for potential\nevidence in a civil or crimi nal investigation, the entity requesting the hold shall\nprovide written notice to the vehicle owner within five (5) business days of a hold\nbeing initiated and within two (2) business days of a hold being released. The notice\nrequired under this subsection  shall be transmitted either electronically or by\ncertified mail.\n(7) A towing company or storage facility that has met the provisions of this section\nmay sell the towed vehicle in accordance with KRS 359.230.","path":["KRS Chapter 281"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56534","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:34Z","sha256":"fa08d22d8e8847252219c60538cec6831a947631078a0c28d1c095e3d67df1f7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-281.926","next":"us-ky/krs-281.930"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}