It is declared that the operation of automobile parking lots or automobile storage garages, wherein automobiles are parked or stored for hire, is a business impressed with the public interest. It is further declared that any contract purporting to limit the liability of the operator of such a lot or garage, for loss of or damage to an automobile parked for hire, or its contents, except liability for damage by the elements or by physical forces beyond the control of the operator and his employees, is against public policy.
Effective: June 17, 1954

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 189.700

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Operator: means the person in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010

History: Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1954.