KRS § 281.751 Registering trailers and semitrailers -- Exemptions.
AI-assisted research summary: Owners or operators of certain trailers and semitrailers must register them with the county clerk, but three interstate-commerce situations are exempt.
281.751 Registering trailers and semitrailers -- Exemptions. Trailers or semitrailers which are operated by carriers or motor carriers under the jurisdiction of this department shall be registered by the owner or operator thereof applying to the county clerk of the county in which he resides or in which such vehicle is principally operated, in accordance with KRS 186.655; provided, however, that the provisions of this section do not apply to the following: (1) Trailers or semitrailers operated in interstate commerce in this state by carriers or motor carriers domiciled in a state other than this state when used in combination with power units licensed in a state other than this state, said power units being lawfully entitled to reciprocal privileges in this state under the circumstances being operated; or (2) Trailers or semitrailers operated in interstate commerce in this state by carriers or motor carriers domiciled in a state other than this state when used in combination with power units licensed in a state other than this state, said power units not being lawfully entitled to reciprocal privileges in this state under the circumstances being operated if said power units are at the time properly licensed in this state or are operated under a lawful exemption from the requirements of licensing in this state; or (3) Trailers or semitrailers operated in interstate commerce in this state on a lawful interchange basis by carriers or motor carriers domiciled in this state. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 464, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(2). -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 7. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 30. -- Created 1956 (2nd Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 15.