(1) As used in this section, “previous consumer-owner” shall mean the last owner of the vehicle who could reasonably be expected to have operated the used car for personal, family, household, or business purposes, but shall not mean an owner who possessed the vehicle primarily for resale purposes.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle dealer or motor vehicle salesperson to refuse to furnish, upon request of a prospective purchaser, the name, address, and telephone number, if known or available, of the previous consumer-owner of any used car offered for sale.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 190.080

  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the public highways that is self-propelled, including low-speed motor vehicles as defined in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
  • Motor vehicle dealer: means any person not excluded by subsection (3) of this section, engaged in the business of selling, offering to sell, soliciting, or advertising the same, of new or used motor vehicles, or possessing motor vehicles for the purpose of resale, either on his or her own account, or on behalf of another, either as his or her primary business or incidental thereto. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
  • Motor vehicle salesperson: means any person who is employed as a salesperson by a motor vehicle dealer to sell motor vehicles, or who is employed as an auctioneer by a motor vehicle auction dealer to sell motor vehicles at auction. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Person: means a person, partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010
  • Sale: means the issuance, transfer, agreement for transfer, exchange, lease, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage in any form, whether by transfer in trust or otherwise, of any motor vehicle or interest in it, or of any franchise related to it, as well as any option, subscription, other contract, or solicitation looking to a sale, offer to attempt to sell in any form, whether spoken or written. See Kentucky Statutes 190.010

(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer a motor vehicle in order to avoid compliance with this section.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2015. — Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 335, sec. 1, effective June 19, 1976. — Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch.
161, sec. 8, effective May 18, 1956.