Boat Trailer Laws for Kentucky
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:06 am
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/statutes/statute.aspx?id=6110
PDF attached may be easier to read. 186.675 Annual fees -- Permanent registration and fee.
(1) The annual registration fee for trailers and semitrailers which are drawn by motor
vehicles required to be licensed under KRS 186.050(1) shall be four dollars and
fifty cents ($4.50). The annual registration fee for trailers and semitrailers which are
drawn by motor vehicles required to be licensed under KRS 186.050(3) to (13) shall
be nineteen dollars and fifty cents ($19.50).
(2) The provisions of KRS 186.650 to 186.700 shall not apply to privately owned and
operated trailers used for the transportation of:
(a) Boats;
(b) Luggage;
(c) Personal effects;
(d) Farm products, farm supplies, or farm equipment;
(e) All-terrain vehicles as defined in KRS 189.010(24);
(f) Wildlife as defined in KRS 150.010(41) that the owner or operator of the
trailer has obtained while hunting; and
(g) Firearms or other supplies used in conjunction with hunting wildlife.
(3) The registration fee for mobile homes and recreational vehicles shall be nine dollars
and fifty cents ($9.50) except the registration fee for camping trailers, travel trailers,
and truck campers shall be four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50). The clerk shall issue
the registration plate furnished by the cabinet and shall be paid for this service the
sum of one dollar ($1).
(4) Beginning April 1, 1993, at the request of the owner, trailers and semitrailers which
are drawn by motor vehicles required to be licensed under KRS 186.050(3) to (13)
may be permanently registered, except the registration shall expire when the trailer
or semitrailer is sold or when it is otherwise permanently removed from service by
the owner. The registration fee for the period shall be ninety-eight dollars ($98).
The clerk shall issue the registration plate furnished by the cabinet and shall be paid
for this service the sum of three dollars ($3).
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 460, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 32, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 14, sec. 1, effective April 1, 1993. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 395, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 6, effective June 17, 17, 1978. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts
ch. 139, sec. 17, effective January 1, 1967. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec.
27. -- Created 1956 (2nd Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 7.
PDF attached may be easier to read. 186.675 Annual fees -- Permanent registration and fee.
(1) The annual registration fee for trailers and semitrailers which are drawn by motor
vehicles required to be licensed under KRS 186.050(1) shall be four dollars and
fifty cents ($4.50). The annual registration fee for trailers and semitrailers which are
drawn by motor vehicles required to be licensed under KRS 186.050(3) to (13) shall
be nineteen dollars and fifty cents ($19.50).
(2) The provisions of KRS 186.650 to 186.700 shall not apply to privately owned and
operated trailers used for the transportation of:
(a) Boats;
(b) Luggage;
(c) Personal effects;
(d) Farm products, farm supplies, or farm equipment;
(e) All-terrain vehicles as defined in KRS 189.010(24);
(f) Wildlife as defined in KRS 150.010(41) that the owner or operator of the
trailer has obtained while hunting; and
(g) Firearms or other supplies used in conjunction with hunting wildlife.
(3) The registration fee for mobile homes and recreational vehicles shall be nine dollars
and fifty cents ($9.50) except the registration fee for camping trailers, travel trailers,
and truck campers shall be four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50). The clerk shall issue
the registration plate furnished by the cabinet and shall be paid for this service the
sum of one dollar ($1).
(4) Beginning April 1, 1993, at the request of the owner, trailers and semitrailers which
are drawn by motor vehicles required to be licensed under KRS 186.050(3) to (13)
may be permanently registered, except the registration shall expire when the trailer
or semitrailer is sold or when it is otherwise permanently removed from service by
the owner. The registration fee for the period shall be ninety-eight dollars ($98).
The clerk shall issue the registration plate furnished by the cabinet and shall be paid
for this service the sum of three dollars ($3).
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 460, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 428, sec. 32, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 14, sec. 1, effective April 1, 1993. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 395, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 6, effective June 17, 17, 1978. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts
ch. 139, sec. 17, effective January 1, 1967. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec.
27. -- Created 1956 (2nd Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 7.