Kentucky Statutes 304.39-087 – Definition — Submission of vehicle identification numbers and names of policyholders to Department of Vehicle Regulation — Limitation of liability
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, “personal motor vehicle” means:
(a) A private passenger motor vehicle that is not used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers, nor rented to others; and
(b) Any other four-wheel motor vehicle that weighs six thousand (6,000) pounds or less which is not used in the occupation, profession, or business of the insured.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2006, every insurance company that writes liability insurance on personal motor vehicles in Kentucky shall, between the first and fifteenth day of each month, send to the Department of Vehicle Regulation a list of the vehicle identification numbers (VINs) of each personal motor vehicle covered by liability insurance issued by the insurer as of the last day of the preceding month and the name of each personal motor vehicle insurance policyholder. The information shall be submitted either electronically or by paper copy at the option of the Department of Vehicle Regulation.
(3) In the absence of malice, fraud, or gross negligence, any insurer and any authorized employee of an insurer shall not be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other relevant tort, and no civil cause of action of any nature shall arise against the insurer or authorized employee, for submission of the information required by subsection (2) of this section, including submission of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004.
(a) A private passenger motor vehicle that is not used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers, nor rented to others; and
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 304.39-087
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Motor vehicle: means any vehicle which transports persons or property upon the public highways of the Commonwealth, propelled by other than muscular power except road rollers, road graders, farm tractors, vehicles on which power shovels are mounted, such other construction equipment customarily used only on the site of construction and which is not practical for the transportation of persons or property upon the highways, such vehicles as travel exclusively upon rails, and such vehicles as are propelled by electrical power obtained from overhead wires while being operated within any municipality or where said vehicles do not travel more than five (5) miles beyond the said limits of any municipality. See Kentucky Statutes 304.39-020
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
(b) Any other four-wheel motor vehicle that weighs six thousand (6,000) pounds or less which is not used in the occupation, profession, or business of the insured.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2006, every insurance company that writes liability insurance on personal motor vehicles in Kentucky shall, between the first and fifteenth day of each month, send to the Department of Vehicle Regulation a list of the vehicle identification numbers (VINs) of each personal motor vehicle covered by liability insurance issued by the insurer as of the last day of the preceding month and the name of each personal motor vehicle insurance policyholder. The information shall be submitted either electronically or by paper copy at the option of the Department of Vehicle Regulation.
(3) In the absence of malice, fraud, or gross negligence, any insurer and any authorized employee of an insurer shall not be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other relevant tort, and no civil cause of action of any nature shall arise against the insurer or authorized employee, for submission of the information required by subsection (2) of this section, including submission of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004.