Kentucky Statutes 186.630 – Renting a motor vehicle to another
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(1) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person if the latter is not licensed, unless he is a nonresident whose home state or country does not require that an operator be licensed.
(2) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to another until he has inspected the operator’s license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented and compared and verified the signature on the license with the signature of that person written in his presence.
(3) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle rented, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented, the number of his license and the date and place of issuance of his license. That record shall be open to inspection by any police officer or employee of the cabinet.
(4) This section shall not apply to peer-to-peer car sharing as defined in KRS § 365.520.
Effective: January 1, 2023
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 15, effective January 1, 2023. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739m-66.
(2) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to another until he has inspected the operator’s license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented and compared and verified the signature on the license with the signature of that person written in his presence.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 186.630
- 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
- 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
(3) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle rented, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented, the number of his license and the date and place of issuance of his license. That record shall be open to inspection by any police officer or employee of the cabinet.
(4) This section shall not apply to peer-to-peer car sharing as defined in KRS § 365.520.
Effective: January 1, 2023
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 153, sec. 15, effective January 1, 2023. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739m-66.