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Vehicle Code in Kentucky
- Access the Vehicle Code
- Title XV: Public Roads
- Title XVI: Motor Vehicles
- Check Your License Status}
Whenever you need or want to check the status of your driver’s license, you can order a driving record report. This record will spell out if your driver’s license is currently valid. Should your license have been revoked or suspended, the report will indicate that according to what’s on record at the DDL. This report will also show points against your license and, in some cases, information on any accidents you have had.
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Access the Vehicle Code
The Kentucky Legislature provides an online version of the Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS), which includes vehicle codes. This is beneficial because being familiar with, or at least being able to research, vehicle codes can come in handy should you need to find out about laws that pertain to the roadways or driving.
Title XV: Public Roads
Title XV of the KRS covers codes regarding roads, waterways, and aviation. You can find definitions, duties, funds, and penalties in the following chapters that relate specifically to public roads:
Title XVI: Motor Vehicles
Title XVI of the KRS covers codes regarding motor vehicles. The following chapters contain the most commonly sought information by drivers:
- Covers general provisions, motor vehicle licenses, operator's license, habitual violators, registration of trailers, nonresident violators' compact, penalities, etc.
- Covers all automated registration and titling options, requirements, and processes, as well as liens, fees, taxes, exemptions, damaged vehicles, penalties, etc.
- Covers operating records, court reporting of unpaid judgments and convictions, satisfaction of judgments, suspension, installment payments, transfer of suspended registration, government-owned vehicles, insurance, penalties, etc.
- Covers service of summon and complaint actions, continuances, application of process provisions to resident becoming nonresident, etc.
- Covers vehicle equipment, use of vehicle lights, child restraints, vehicle height, weight, and length limits, special permits, government trucks and trailers, motorcycles and bicycles, traffic rules, parking rules, slow-moving vehicles, emergency vehicles, public safety vehicles, penalties, etc.
- Covers terms and conditions, penalties, hardship licenses, etc.
- Covers license requirements, grounds for denial, suspension, and revocation, franchise information, manufacturer and distributor information, damages, public records, installment sales contracts, odometers, penalties, etc.
Check Your License Status}
Whenever you need or want to check the status of your driver’s license, you can order a driving record report. This record will spell out if your driver’s license is currently valid. Should your license have been revoked or suspended, the report will indicate that according to what’s on record at the DDL. This report will also show points against your license and, in some cases, information on any accidents you have had.
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