(1) The application form shall contain spaces for the names and post office addresses of the owner and of the lien holder as shown by chattel mortgage, or other instrument construed as such in this state, on file in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the motor vehicle is registered, and such other information as the cabinet may require. If the motor vehicle is a truck designed for the transportation of property, the application form shall contain space for the declared gross weight in pounds. The declared gross weight shall be the weight of the vehicle and the heaviest load that the vehicle will be used to carry at any time on the highways.
(2) The application, when completed, shall be presented to the county clerk and accompanied by the appropriate fee.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 186.030

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Motor vehicle: means in KRS §. 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

Effective: January 1, 1960
History: Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 2, effective January 1, 1960. — Amended
1954 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 2. — Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 2. — Amended
1944 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 1. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-2b.