(1) Except for offenses committed under KRS Chapter 189A, the clerk of any court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under motor vehicle laws shall report upon a form furnished by the cabinet the conviction, pleas or forfeiture of bond arising under motor vehicle laws, to the cabinet within fifteen (15) days.
(2) The court shall take up the motor vehicle operator‘s license certificate of a person convicted of any of the offenses for which mandatory revocation is provided by KRS § 186.560 and have it immediately forwarded to the cabinet with the report covering the conviction.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 186.550

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Motor vehicle: means in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010
  • Operator: means any person in actual control of a motor vehicle upon a highway. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010
  • vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except electric low-speed scooters, devices moved by human and animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or which derives its power from overhead wires. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010

Effective: July 1, 2020
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 103, sec. 23, effective July 1, 2020. — Amended
1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 175, effective January 2, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739m-48.