(1) Every person seeking a title and registration or renewal registration for operation of a motorboat shall apply to the county clerk of the county as provided in KRS
235.050 and make application on a form furnished by the Transportation Cabinet. The application shall contain the full name and signature, Social Security number or federal tax identification number, citizenship of applicant, date of birth, sex, present resident address, situs for ad valorem tax assessment, the make of the boat, hull identification number (HIN), if any, length, beam, model, and horsepower of motor, maximum capacity, type of hull material, intended use of the boat, and whether the fuel is gasoline, diesel, or other. The application shall state whether the motorboat is equipped with marine toilet facilities and shall state if the marine sanitation device for the toilet is properly operating and properly used for the water body where the motorboat is kept or operated. It shall also state whether the applicant has been previously licensed or registered as an owner, and if so, when and by what state or county, whether any license registration or certificate number has been canceled, suspended, revoked, or refused, and if so, the date of and reason for cancellation, suspension, revocation, or refusal, and such other information as may be required.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 235.070

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Cabinet: means the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • Clerk: means county clerk. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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.
  • Marine sanitation device: means equipment that is identified by the United States Coast Guard as meeting the standards of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or that is approved by the Energy and Environment Cabinet, to eliminate the discharge of untreated sewage from vessels into the waters of the Commonwealth and is a device that receives, treats, retains, or discharges sewage. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • Motorboat: means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion, except for the following:
    (a) Boats or vessels propelled totally by a direct current battery-powered motor when used on private waters. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or
    other entity. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • 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.
  • Title: means the certificate of title. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
  • 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

(2) Every applicant shall submit the motorboat title or registration with the application as required below:
(a) If the motorboat is titled in Kentucky, the applicant shall submit the title with the application for title and registration;
(b) If the motorboat is registered in Kentucky but has not been titled in Kentucky, the applicant shall submit the certificate of registration with the application for title and registration;
(c) If the applicant is applying for a registration renewal, he shall submit the certificate of registration;
(d) If the motorboat is titled in another jurisdiction, the applicant shall submit the title with the application for title and registration;
(e) If the motorboat is registered in another jurisdiction, but not titled in any jurisdiction, the applicant shall submit the certificate of registration with the application for title and registration; and
(f) Vessels holding a United States certificate of documentation shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(3) Every applicant shall certify that the statements made in the application are true.
The clerk shall inform the applicant that making false statements on the application regarding a marine boat toilet may lead to being fined under KRS § 235.990.
(4) The clerk shall, after determining that the applicant has complied with the law concerning applications, issue a current certificate of registration or renewal thereof.
(5) No certificate of registration or renewal thereof for the operation of a motorboat shall be issued, if the motorboat is equipped with toilet facilities but is not equipped with a storage container or treatment or disposal system of a type approved under regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 391, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
163, sec. 7, effective January 1, 1990. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 263, sec. 4, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 292, sec. 6. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 1. — Created
1960 Ky. Acts ch. 68, Art. VIII, sec. 7.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 13 provides that the amendment to this statute in that Act “shall be enforced until July
15, 2000, only by the issuance of a warning and the distribution of information about
Sections 1 to 8 of [that] Act.”