As used in KRS § 367.865 unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Buyer” means any resident person who buys or contracts to buy a new motor vehicle in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 367.860

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts

(2) “Manufacturer” means any person, resident or nonresident, who manufactures or assembles new motor vehicles which are sold in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(3) “Motor vehicle” means any two (2) axle, motor-driven vehicle with at least four (4) wheels which is required to be registered or licensed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky before being operated upon the highways and is used or bought for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
(4) “New motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which, after its final assembly, is either in the possession of the manufacturer, factory branch or distributor, or an authorized dealer operating under a franchise with the manufacturer, factory branch or distributor, and the legal or equitable title to which has never been the subject of a sale or transfer other than to another dealer operating under a similar franchise with the same manufacturer, factory branch or distributor.
(5) “System” means an informal dispute resolution procedure adopted by each manufacturer to resolve questions of law and fact relating to disputes between the buyer and the manufacturer arising within the first two (2) years or twenty-five thousand (25,000) miles of the buyer’s ownership, whichever occurs first, including but not limited to unsatisfactory warranty repairs of the buyer’s motor vehicle, mechanical malfunctions of the buyer’s motor vehicle, or other problems relating to the performance of the buyer’s motor vehicle.
Effective: July 15, 1982
History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982.