# KRS § 186A.015: 186A.015 Automated motorboat registration and titling -- Agencies to implement system

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 186A.015
- **Heading:** 186A.015 Automated motorboat registration and titling -- Agencies to implement system
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186A / Section 186A.015

## Text

186A.015 Automated motorboat registration and titling -- Agencies to implement

system.

(1) Except as provided for in KRS 235.050, the titling and registration of motorboats as

defined in KRS 235.010 shall be administered through the automated motor vehicle

and trailer registration and titling system developed and implemented under the

provisions of KRS 186A.010.

(2) The Transportation Cabinet, the Energy and Environment Cabinet, the Department

of Revenue, and all other agencies of state government affected by the system are

hereby directed to cooperate in the orderly implementation of this system.

(3) The Transportation Cabinet, as far as practicable, and not inconsistent with the

provisions of KRS Chapter 235, shall promulgate administrative regulations

requiring the procedures for boat titling and registration to be consistent with motor

vehicle titling and registration. These administrative regulations may pertain but

shall not be limited to the following:

(a) Conditions and characteristics of certificate of title forms;

(b) Comparison and identification of hull identification numbers;

(c) Application for title or registration;

(d) Processing of title applications;

(e) Form of certificate of title;

(f) Notation of security interests or title;

(g) Title lien statements;

(h) Transfer of boat ownership;

(i) Duplicate certificate of title or registration; and

(j) Salvage titles.

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