# KRS § 186.018: 186.018 Driving history records of operators -- Fees > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.018 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 186.018 - **Heading:** 186.018 Driving history records of operators -- Fees - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XVI / Chapter 186 / Section 186.018 ## Text 186.018 Driving history records of operators -- Fees. (1) For purposes of maintaining driving history records of operators of motor vehicles of the Commonwealth, the files of the Transportation Cabinet shall be used to ascertain the driving history record of each person who is licensed to operate a motor vehicle within the Commonwealth. (2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, the Transportation Cabinet shall destroy, and shall not maintain, records of moving traffic convictions that are more than five (5) years old. (3) For any licensee who now holds, who has applied for, or has ever held a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit issued pursuant to KRS 281A.120 or 281A.170, the cabinet shall keep conviction records indefinitely. (4) The Transportation Cabinet shall not release information on the driving history record of a person under the age of twenty-one (21) whose operator license has been suspended pursuant to KRS 189A.010(6). The cabinet shall destroy, and shall not maintain, the record of the suspension of a person's operator's license if the license was suspended pursuant to KRS 189A.010(6), within five (5) working days of the person's operator's license being reinstated. This subsection shall not apply to a person who holds, or is required to hold, a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit. (5) The cabinet shall charge a fee of three dollars ($3) for any driving history record, ten cents ($0.10) of which shall be deposited in a special account within the road fund to be used exclusively by the Transportation Cabinet for the state driver education program as designated in KRS 186.535. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 186.005 186.005 Policy on regulation and registration of vehicles -- License plates](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.005.md) - [KRS § 186.010 186.010 Definitions for chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.010.md) - [KRS § 186.014 186.014 Branch offices for processing titling and registration transactions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.014.md) - [KRS § 186.016 186.016 Cabinet may prescribe methods of record keeping](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.016.md) - [KRS § 186.018 186.018 Driving history records of operators -- Fees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.018.md) - [KRS § 186.020 186.020 Registration requirement -- Application for registration -- Application and other documents to be sent to Transportation Cabinet -- Renewal by mail -- Extension of renewal period for military personnel stationed outside United States -- Exceptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.020.md) - [KRS § 186.021 186.021 Issuance of replacement plate, decal, registration certificate, or renewal for motor vehicle on which ad valorem taxes are delinquent or which is uninsured -- Option of purchaser to pay delinquent taxes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.021.md) - [KRS § 186.023 186.023 Title and registration cancelled upon notice of transfer from another jurisdiction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.023.md) - [KRS § 186.025 186.025 Cabinet to furnish list of owners of registered vehicles to Department of Revenue](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.025.md) - [KRS § 186.030 186.030 Form of application](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.030.md) - [KRS § 186.032 186.032 Voluntary inclusion of information that an owner, lesser, or operator of a motor vehicle is deaf or hard of hearing or has a communication disorder in Kentucky vehicle registration system database -- Deaf or hard of hearing protection trust fund -- Notice of availability of database designation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.032.md) - [KRS § 186.040 186.040 Issuance of certificate of registration -- Plates -- Clerk's fee -- Donations to child care assistance account -- Additional fees and distribution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.040.md) - [KRS § 186.041 186.041 Special military-related license plates](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.041.md) - [KRS § 186.042 186.042 Accessible parking registration plates and parking privileges for persons with certain disabilities -- Application procedure -- Issuance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.042.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXVI_C186_S186.018. 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