No Kentucky certificate of registration, license plate, or certificate of title need be applied for or obtained for:
(1) A vehicle owned by the United States unless it is registered in this state;

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 186A.080

  • Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) A vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state, principally operated in another state, properly and currently registered and titled in another state;
(3) A vehicle regularly engaged in the interstate transportation of persons or property for which a currently effective lawful certificate of title has been issued in another state;
(4) A vehicle moved solely by animal power; (5) An implement of husbandry;
(6) Special mobile equipment;
(7) A self-propelled wheelchair or invalid tricycle; (8) A pole trailer;
(9) A moped; and
(10) An electric low-speed scooter as defined in KRS § 189.010.
Effective: January 1, 2024
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 17, effective January 1, 2024. — Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 2, effective June 27, 2019. — Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1982.