{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-304.39-030","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 304.39-030","heading":"Right to basic reparation benefits.","body":"(1) If the accident causing injury occurs in this Commonwealth every person suffering\nloss from injury arising out of maintenance or use of a motor vehicle has a right to\nbasic reparation benefits, unless he has rejected the limitation upon his tort rights as\nprovided in KRS 304.39-060(4).\n(2) If the accident causing injury occurs outside this Commonwealth but within the\nUnited States, its territories and possessions, or Canada, the following persons and\ntheir survivors suffering loss from injury arising out of  maintenance or use of a\nmotor vehicle have a right to basic reparation benefits:\n(a) Basic reparation insureds;\n(b) The driver and other occupants of a secured vehicle who have not rejected the\nlimitation upon their tort rights, other than:\n1. A vehicle, except for a vehicle as provided in paragraph (c) of this\nsubsection, which is regularly used in the course of the business of\ntransporting persons or property and which is one (1) of five (5) or more\nvehicles under common ownership; or\n2. A vehicle owned by an obligated government other than this\nCommonwealth, its political subdivisions, municipal corporations, or\npublic agencies; and\n(c) The driver and other occupants of a bus, who have not rejected the limitation\nupon their tort rights, are Kentucky resi dents, and boarded a bus in Kentucky,\nif the bus is:\n1. A secured vehicle;\n2. Registered in Kentucky;\n3. Regularly used in the course of the business of transporting persons or\nproperty; and\n4. One (1) of five (5) or more vehicles under common ownership.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=30026","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:57:57Z","sha256":"33dc37bdd7351b9be55a1b51c81325ddc5e6882e1fa8cb583928d36aad542580","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-304.39-020","next":"us-ky/krs-304.39-040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}