(1) Before any owner or operator of a trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle may operate upon the highways, the owner shall apply for registration to the county clerk of the county in which he resides or in which the vehicles are principally operated. The application shall be retained by the clerk and shall be accompanied by:
(a) A manufacturer‘s certificate of origin, if the application is for the registration of a new trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 186.655

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Manufacturer: means any person engaged in manufacturing motor vehicles who will, under normal conditions during the year, manufacture or assemble at least ten (10) new motor vehicles. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010
  • Operator: means any person in actual control of a motor vehicle upon a highway. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or a person who
    pursuant to a bona fide sale has received physical possession of the vehicle
    subject to any applicable security interest. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(b) The owner’s registration receipt, if the trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle was last registered in this state;
(c) A bill of sale and the previous registration receipt, if last registered in another state that does not require the owner of a trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle to obtain a certificate of title or ownership;
(d) A certificate of title, if last registered in another state that requires the owner of a trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle to obtain a certificate of title or ownership;
(e) An affidavit from the owner of a trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle assembled or constructed for his personal use on the highways; or
(f) An affidavit from the owner of a trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle where the bill of sale for the vehicle has been lost, destroyed, or stolen.
(2) The affidavit required in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section shall contain the owner’s name, address, date, brief description, and a statement that the trailer was constructed by the owner for use on the highways and additional information the cabinet may require by administrative regulation promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A.
(3) The affidavit required in paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this section shall contain the owner’s name, address, date, make, year made, serial or identification number, name of the person from whom purchased, date of purchase, a statement that the person making the affidavit is the sole owner, the circumstances under which the bill of sale was lost, destroyed, or stolen, and additional information the cabinet may require by administrative regulation promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter
13A.
(4) After initial registration of his vehicles in this state, the owner shall register his trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle on or before April 1 of each year. Registration with the clerk shall be deemed to be registration with the cabinet.
Effective: January 1, 2007
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 252, Pt. XIV, sec. 3, effective January 1, 2007. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 607, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 395, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 15, effective June 19, 1976; and ch. 236, sec. 1, effective June 19, 1976. — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 15. — Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 19, effective January 1,
1963. — Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 26. — Created 1956 (2nd Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 2.