§ 281.010 Definitions for chapter
§ 281.590 Declaration of policy
§ 281.592 Motor carrier transportation contracts — When against public policy and void and unenforceable
§ 281.596 Divisions permitted with prior approval
§ 281.600 Administrative functions and powers of department — Farm equipment exempt from federal regulation — Other motor vehicles exempt from federal regulation — Department of Kentucky State Police to administer motor carrier safety management audit prog
§ 281.602 Filing lien notice
§ 281.605 Exemption of motor vehicles used for certain purposes
§ 281.610 Regulation of interstate commerce
§ 281.6185 Disabled persons vehicles — Requirements
§ 281.624 Household goods carriers — Administrative regulations
§ 281.626 U-Drive-It certificates
§ 281.630 Certificates issued by department — Applications — Fees — Renewal — Information to be filed — Agents of utility trailer lessor — Prohibition against employing services of unauthorized motor carrier — Powers of department relating to rates, se
§ 281.6301 Criminal background checks — Prohibition against engaging, permitting, or employing persons convicted of certain offenses — Administrative regulations
§ 281.631 Motor carrier vehicle license — Applications — Fees — Bulk application fees — Requirements for license — City and county license fees — Exemption for nonresident motor carriers — Partial fees for additional carriers — Administrative regulati
§ 281.635 Cities may authorize operation of buses — Certificates — City’s authority over buses — Appeal — Concurrent power of certain local governments over certified carriers — Exemption for human service transportation delivery vehicles
§ 281.640 Conduct of hearings — Suspension and revocation of certificates and licenses — Final order — Renewal of certificate does not preclude subsequent proceedings — Appeal
§ 281.655 Bonds or insurance policies
§ 281.656 Abatement and suspension of operating rights upon cancellation of bond or insurance policy
§ 281.687 Vehicle license cost recovery fee charged by motor vehicle renting company
§ 281.705 Accounts — Reports
§ 281.717 Publicly-operated bus service to disabled persons
§ 281.720 Distinguishing plates for vehicles
§ 281.727 Use of electronic title system by U-Drive-It that is an approved entity — Administrative regulations
§ 281.728 Certain certificate holders not to hold themselves out as supplying other services
§ 281.730 Federal regulations on maximum driving and on-time duty — Exemptions for agricultural commodities and farm supplies during planting and harvesting season
§ 281.735 Overcrowding of passenger vehicles — Maximum width
§ 281.745 Passenger vehicles required to stop at railroad crossings
§ 281.750 Identification of motor vehicles
§ 281.751 Registering trailers and semitrailers — Exemptions
§ 281.752 Fees for issuing identifying plates and papers to motor carriers
§ 281.755 Inspection of motor vehicles
§ 281.757 Prohibition against operating commercial motor vehicle with inoperable, missing, or obscured lights or reflectors
§ 281.760 Motor carriers shall comply with city and urban-county traffic rules and regulations
§ 281.763 Holders of commercial driver’s licenses to observe traffic rules and regulations — Notice to carrier of traffic convictions of license holder
§ 281.764 Operation of platoon of commercial motor vehicles — Administrative regulations
§ 281.765 Enforcement of motor vehicle laws — Arrests — Bail bonds
§ 281.767 Human trafficking hotline telephone number to be prominently displayed in each truck stop’s and bus station’s restrooms
§ 281.775 Investigations and inquiries
§ 281.790 Injunctions
§ 281.795 Venue
§ 281.800 Public attorneys to represent Department of Vehicle Regulation
§ 281.802 Advertising prohibited without certificate number and the name under which it is issued
§ 281.820 Accounts and records for tax and regulation purposes
§ 281.830 Fees and taxes under this chapter are in addition to others — Limitations on fees and taxes imposed by cities and counties
§ 281.835 Reciprocal tax exemptions for nonresident carriers operating in interstate commerce
§ 281.836 Department directed to negotiate with other states for purpose of developing reciprocal method of proportionate registration of fleets of motor vehicles
§ 281.855 Classification of trailers as private passenger automobiles for purpose of reciprocal provisions
§ 281.870 Coordinated Transportation Advisory Committee
§ 281.872 Program coordinators’ duties relating to eligibility for participation in human service transportation delivery program — Resolution of complaints — Penalties
§ 281.873 Definitions for this section and KRS 281.874 — Determination of participants’ eligibility for special carriers transport — Escort or assistance for person receiving transportation delivery services
§ 281.874 Freedom of choice for participants in human service delivery program — Duties of broker
§ 281.875 Administrative regulations governing human service transportation delivery program — Requirement for documentation — Preferential treatment by cabinet prohibited — Handbook
§ 281.876 Waiving of notice requirement with physician verification
§ 281.877 Coordination of human service transportation delivery program with general public transportation
§ 281.878 Prohibition against imposition of requirements not provided by law
§ 281.879 Penalties for violation of statutes relating to human service transportation delivery
§ 281.880 Motor carrier safety management audit program — Safety inspections and ratings
§ 281.883 Administrative penalties — Administrative regulations
§ 281.888 Cooperative agreement authorized
§ 281.900 Kentucky Motor Carrier Advisory Committee — Membership
§ 281.905 Duties — Meetings — Chairman — Annual report
§ 281.920 Definitions for KRS 281.920 to 281.936
§ 281.922 Emergency towing — Duties of towing company
§ 281.924 Private property towing — Signage required for tow-away zone — Duties of towing company
§ 281.926 Rates for emergency towing services to be posted and provided upon request — Itemized invoices required — Retention and inspection of records
§ 281.928 Required notice to owner and lienholder — Contents — Holding and retrieval period for towed vehicles
§ 281.930 Payment and release requirements for towed vehicles
§ 281.932 Prohibited fees – Retention and inspection of records
§ 281.934 Prohibited acts by towing company or storage facility
§ 281.936 Cabinet not liable under KRS 281.920 to 281.936
§ 281.990 Penalties
§ 281.999 Prepayment of fines subject to certain conditions
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 281 - Motor Carriers

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Automobile club: means a person that, for consideration, promises to assist its members or subscribers in matters relating to the assumption of or reimbursement of the expense or a portion thereof for towing of a motor vehicle. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Automobile utility trailer: means any trailer or semitrailer designed for use with and towed behind a passenger motor vehicle. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Automobile utility trailer certificate: means a certificate authorizing a person to engage in the business of automobile utility trailer lessor. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Automobile utility trailer lessor: means any person operating under an automobile utility trailer certificate who is engaged in the business of leasing or renting automobile utility trailers, but shall not include the agents of such persons. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Broker: means a person selected by the cabinet through a request for proposal process to coordinate human service transportation delivery within a specific delivery area. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Bus certificate: means a certificate granting authority for the operation of one (1)
    or more buses. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Cabinet: means the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Certificate: means a certificate of compliance issued under this chapter to motor carriers. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Certified mail: means any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery that allows a document or package to have proof of:
    (a) Sending the document or package. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Charter bus: means a motor vehicle operating under a charter bus certificate providing for-hire intrastate transportation of a group of persons who, pursuant to a common purpose under a single contract at a fixed charge for the motor vehicle, have acquired the exclusive use of the motor vehicle to travel together under an itinerary either specified in advance or modified after having left the place of origin. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Vehicle Regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • CTAC: means the Coordinated Transportation Advisory Committee created in
    KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Delivery area: means one (1) or more regions established by the cabinet in administrative regulations promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A for the purpose of providing human service transportation delivery in that region. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Department: means the Department of Vehicle Regulation. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Disabled persons vehicle certificate: means a certificate granting authority for the operation of one (1) or more disabled persons vehicles transporting passengers for hire. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Driveaway: means the transporting and delivering of motor vehicles, except semitrailers and trailers, whether destined to be used in either a private or for-hire capacity, under their own power or by means of a full mount method, saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any combination of them over the highways of this state from any point of origin to any point of destination for hire. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Driver: means the person physically operating the motor vehicle. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Human service transportation delivery: means the provision of transportation services to any person that is an eligible recipient in one (1) of the following state programs:
    (a) Nonemergency medical transportation under KRS Chapter 205. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Limousine: means a motor vehicle operating under a limousine certificate that is designed or constructed with not more than fifteen (15) regular seats. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, alpacas, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Mobile application: means an application or a computer program designed to run on a smartphone, tablet computer, or other mobile device that is used by a TNC to connect drivers with potential passengers. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Motor carrier: means any person in either a private or for-hire capacity who owns, controls, operates, manages, or leases, except persons leasing to authorized motor carriers, any motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers or property upon any highway, and any person who engages in the business of automobile utility trailer lessor, vehicle towing, driveaway, or U-Drive-It. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Motor carrier license plate: means a license plate issued by the department to a motor carrier authorized to operate under a certificate other than a household goods, property, TNC, peer-to-peer car sharing, or U-Drive-It certificate. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Motor carrier vehicle: means a motor vehicle used by a motor carrier to transport passengers or property. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Motor carrier vehicle license: means a license issued by the department for a motor carrier vehicle authorized to operate under a certificate. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Motor vehicle: means any motor-propelled vehicle used for the transportation of passengers or property on a public highway, including any such vehicle operated as a unit in combination with other vehicles. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Passenger: means an individual or group of people. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Peer-to-peer car sharing certificate: means a certificate granting the authority for the operation of a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Permit: means a temporary permit of compliance issued under this chapter for a specified period not to exceed ten (10) days, and for a specific vehicle, to any motor carrier, including one who is a nonresident of the Commonwealth, who operates a motor vehicle and is not entitled to an exemption from the payment of fees imposed under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Platoon: means a group of two (2) individual commercial motor vehicles traveling in a unified manner at electronically coordinated speeds at following distances that are closer than would ordinarily be allowed under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Prearranged ride: means the period of time that begins when a transportation network company driver accepts a requested ride through a digital network or mobile application, continues while the driver transports the rider in a personal vehicle, and ends when the transportation network company services end. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Property: means general or specific commodities, including hazardous and nonhazardous materials. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Property certificate: means a certificate granting authority for the transportation of property, other than household goods, not exempt under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Storage facility: means any lot, facility, or other property used to store motor vehicles that have been removed from another location by a tow truck. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Subcontractor: means a person who has signed a contract with a broker to provide human service transportation delivery within a specific delivery area and who meets human service transportation delivery requirements, including proper operating authority. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Taxicab certificate: means a certificate granting authority for the operation of one
    (1) or more taxicabs transporting passengers for hire. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Taximeter: means an instrument or device approved by the department that automatically calculates and plainly indicates the charge to a passenger for hire who is being charged on the basis of mileage. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • TNC vehicle: means a privately
    owned or leased motor vehicle, designed or constructed with not more than eight
    (8) regular seats, operating under a transportation network company certificate. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Tow truck operator: means an individual who operates a tow truck as an employee or agent of a towing company. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Towing: means :
    (a) Emergency towing, which is the towing of a motor vehicle, with or without
    the owner's consent, because of:
    1. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • U-Drive-It: means any person operating under a U-Drive-It certificate who leases or rents a motor vehicle for consideration to be used for the transportation of persons or property, but for which no driver is furnished, and the use of which motor vehicle is not for the transportation of persons or property for hire by the lessee or rentee. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • U-Drive-It certificate: means a certificate granting authority for the operation of one (1) or more U-Drive-Its. See Kentucky Statutes 281.010
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Violate: includes failure to comply with. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010