(1) Every dealer in motor trucks or tractors to be used in combination with semitrailers who engages in the practice of transporting property for demonstration purposes shall pay to the Department of Vehicle Regulation an annual tax based on the gross weight of the motor vehicle so demonstrated an amount equal to one-half (1/2) the registration fee imposed by KRS § 186.050(3). The Department of Vehicle Regulation shall issue a metal license plate designated “dealer demonstration.” The use of such tag shall be limited to demonstration purposes, and the tag may be transferred from one vehicle to another. The Department of Vehicle Regulation may adopt regulations governing the use and transfer of such license tags.
(2) Vehicles used for demonstration and displaying the tag issued hereunder shall not be required to display dealer tags which may be required under the provisions of KRS § 186.070.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 186.053

  • Dealer: means any person engaging in the business of buying or selling motor vehicles. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010
  • Motor vehicle: means in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010
  • vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except electric low-speed scooters, devices moved by human and animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or which derives its power from overhead wires. See Kentucky Statutes 186.010

Effective: January 1, 1967
History: Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 23, effective January 1, 1967.