K.S.A. Chapter 8, Article 1 - General Provisions
Last Amended July 1, 2023
8-113 Identity of vehicles; unlawful acts; penalty.
8-113a Reporting stored, unclaimed vehicles to department, when; penalty for failure.
8-116 Vehicle identification number offenses; possession or sale of vehicle without original VIN; removing or altering VIN; penalties; vehicle seizure and disposition.
8-116a Vehicle identification number; check of assembled vehicles by highway patrol; original Kansas certificates of title on out-of-state vehicles; check by designee or employee of new vehicle dealer, when; fees and disposition thereof.
8-119 Penalty for violating 8-113 and 8-116.
8-120 Validity of 8-113, 8-116 and 8-119.
8-126 Definitions.
8-126a Number plates or tags; definitions.
8-127 Registration of vehicles operated in this state; exceptions; temporary operation of certain vehicles without registration, when.
8-127a Registration prohibited for vehicle subject to federal use tax, when; proof of payment of tax.
8-128 Registration of vehicles, exceptions.
8-129 Application for registration; mailing fee; certificate of title.
8-130 Register of applications to be kept by division of vehicles.
8-131 Registration receipts.
8-131b Invalidity of part.
8-132 License plates or decals to be furnished; time for new license plates; personalized license plates, display and cost; rules and regulations.
8-133 Display of license plate.
8-134 Renewal of registration of certain vehicles; registration and reregistration of passenger vehicles; monthly system; decals for license plates; rules and regulations.
8-134a Registration and reregistration of pickup trucks, motorcycles, motorized bicycles and recreational vehicles; rules and regulations.
8-135 Transfer of ownership of vehicles; registration; fees and penalties; certificate of title, form, fee; assignment and reassignment; liens, statement of, release of, liability for failure to comply, notice of security interest, execution; purchase and ...
8-135a Adding names of family members to titles and registrations.
8-135c Nonrepairable vehicle certificate; definitions, requirements; application; penalties.
8-135d Electronic certificates of title.
8-136 Dealer license plates; manufacturers' and dealers' use and limitations on use; display; proof of payment of personal property tax before issuance.
8-138a Nonresident owners licensed in state of residence; reciprocal privileges.
8-139 Lost license plates, certificate of title, registration decal or registration receipts; fees for duplicates; exception.
8-140 Division to suspend registration upon notice of theft or embezzlement.
8-141 When registration shall be refused; suspension of registration for failure to pay fees.
8-141a Classification change within registration year; limitations; minimum fees.
8-142 Unlawful acts.
8-143 Annual registration or license fees, motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, motorized bicycles and travel trailers; gross weight defined; local trucks and truck tractors, rules and regulations, refunds, exemptions; penalties; temporary registration;...
8-143a Quarterly payment of annual registration fee by resident owner of truck or truck tractor; default fees and penalties; enforcement; tax warrants; collection; exchange of vehicle; application of lien; enforcement provisions.
8-143b Temporary intrastate license for truck or truck tractor registered in another state; fee in lieu of annual license fee; application; ambulances, rescue vehicles and utility vehicles exempt from fee in certain cases.
8-143c Temporary registration for foreign truck or truck tractor for interstate commerce operation; fee; rules and regulations; exception.
8-143d Licensing agents under 8-143b, 8-143c.
8-143e Registration receipts for truck or truck tractor; copies; marking vehicle; exemption.
8-143f Distinctive plates for farm and local trucks.
8-143g Trip permits authorizing certain dealers to demonstrate trucks and truck tractors; fees; application; limitations; plate display; laws applicable; act supplemental; disposition of fees.
8-143h Temporary intrastate licensing of certain farm trucks; fee.
8-143i Temporary permit for licensed truck or truck tractor authorizing use on highways beyond local radius; fee; disposition; limitations on use; identification.
8-143j Annual registration for trucks or truck tractors engaged in farm custom harvesting operations.
8-143k Temporary harvest permit for trucks or truck tractors engaged in farm custom harvesting operations.
8-143l Auction; 72-hour transport permits; conditions; fees.
8-143m Annuual Commercial Vehicle Fee; permanant commercial plates.
8-145 Collection of fees; disposition of moneys; compensation of county treasurers; highway patrol motor vehicle fund; VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fund; repossessed certificates of title fee fund.
8-145a Collection of insufficient or no-fund check given for vehicle registration; notice; recovery of plates; return of check, when; criminal prosecution.
8-145b Same; duties of treasurer and sheriff; criminal prosecution not excluded.
8-145c Same; completion of registration by owner after plates recovered; penalty; disposition of fees.
8-145d Service fee in addition to registration fee; satellite registration fee; deposit, use and appropriation thereof.
8-145f. Commercial vehicle administrative system fund,
8-145g Repossessed certificates of tile fee fund abolished.
8-146 Deposit of fees.
8-147 Manufacture of license plates and decals for registered vehicles; KCC identification tags.
8-147a Inapplicability of 75-5277 to manufacture of number plates, decals, prorate plates, corporation commission identification tags, highway signs and markers.
8-148 Issuance and record of license plates; records open to public.
8-149 Violation of act; penalty.
8-151 Constitutionality.
8-152 Effect of noncompliance.
8-153 Proof of payment of sales tax required.
8-156 Manufacture of highway markers and signs; powers and duties of secretary of transportation and secretary of corrections.
8-159 Purchase of materials for manufacture; approval of secretary of transportation.
8-160 Free license plates for disabled veterans; definition.
8-161 Disabled veterans registration and license plates; free; parking privileges; penalties.
8-161a Free license plates for disabled citizens organizations; definition.
8-161b Same; application; issuance; nontransferable; proof of eligibility.
8-162 License plates with amateur radio call letters; fee.
8-163 License plates with amateur radio call letters; rules and regulations.
8-165 Same; act supplemental.
8-166 Registration of antique vehicles; definitions.
8-167 Registration of antique vehicles; registration for operation on highway; registration for the purpose of taxation, registration fee.
8-168 Same; how application made.
8-169 Same; issuance of receipt.
8-170 Registration of antique vehicles; fee for transfer of ownership; fee and form for certificate of title.
8-171 Same; lost license plate, certificate of title or registration receipt; fee for duplicate.
8-172 Antique vehicles; license plates, design, fees; model year license plates; requirements.
8-173 Registration of vehicles; proof of payment of personal property taxes or evidence of assessment; registration not accepted if personal property taxes delinquent.
8-174 Same; duty of county clerk; receipt by county treasurer.
8-175 Registration of vehicles; application to appraiser for appraisal; preparation of tax bill.
8-176 Rules and regulations; forms.
8-177 Same; false affidavit; penalty.
8-177a License plates for members or retired members of Kansas national guard; application; issuance; nontransferability; design of plate.
8-177c Prisoner of war license plates; surviving spouse; no fee or charge; rules and regulations.
8-177d Gold Star Mother license plates.
8-194 Special interest vehicles; definitions.
8-195 Special interest vehicles; registration; fees; collector's identification number.
8-196 Same; processing fee.
8-197 Definitions.
8-198 Nonhighway vehicles exempt from registration; nonhighway certificates of title; permit for temporary operation; certificate of title for reconstructed vehicle; all-terrain vehicles; no-fault insurance law inapplicable, exception.
8-199 Unlawful acts; violations classified; sales tax act unaffected.
8-199a Unlawful to remove notice required to be attached to rebuilt vehicles; penalty.
8-1,100 Apportioned registration of fleet vehicles engaged in interstate commerce; definitions.
8-1,101 Same; application; exemption from further registration; agreements of director of vehicles to forward fee to other jurisdictions; international registration plan clearing fund.
8-1,102 Same; renewal, when; fees; penalty; operation without registration not authorized; director may change registration date, when.
8-1,103 Same; fees, computation.
8-1,104 Proportional registration of fleet vehicles; underpayment of fees, notice, penalty; unpaid fees and penalties constitute lien on property of owner; notice, filing, enforcement; hearing; overpayment of fees, refund.
8-1,105 Same; license plates or identification devices; fees; display of base plate or cab card.
8-1,106 Same; benefits of apportioned fleet registration subject to proper registration in other jurisdictions; redetermination of fees by director.
8-1,107 Same; initial application, requirements; estimation of mileage; adjustments.
8-1,108 Same; addition of vehicles to fleet; determination of fees.
8-1,109 Same; sale, repossession, foreclosure or transfer of title of fleet vehicles; notice to division; surrender of identification devices; replacement of vehicles; fees; conditions and limitations.
8-1,110 Same; preservation and availability of records; agreements with other jurisdictions for joint audits; penalty for amounts due, when; failure to make records available; assessment of liability.
8-1,111 Same; negotiable title required; no Kansas title required, when.
8-1,113 Same; temporary authorization for operation of additional or replacement vehicle; fee; authorization by letter or electronic communication device; authorization to be carried in vehicle; failure to register additional or replacement vehicle, suspensi...
8-1,114 Same; lost, misplaced or mutilated base plate or cab card, replacement; information required; fees.
8-1,115 Same; apportioned registration fee payable in quarterly installments; conditions; delinquent payments, unlawful to operate; penalty, when; lien; collection of delinquent payment, procedure; seizure and sale of property.
8-1,116 Same; sale of fleet vehicle not to affect liability for fee payment; addition of vehicle, transfer of registration; fees; loss of vehicle not being replaced, refund; conditions of refund.
8-1,117 Same; fraudulent registration; penalty.
8-1,118 Same; insufficient or no fund check; penalty; collection of debt; suspension and reinstatement of registration.
8-1,119 Same; utility trailers, five-year registration; annual statement; identification devices; addition of trailers to fleet; cancellation of registration, when.
8-1,120 Same; enforcement of act; requests to law enforcement agencies for aid; remedies for enforcement and collection not exclusive.
8-1,121 Same; rules and regulations.
8-1,122 Same; prior reciprocal contracts or agreements not affected.
8-1,123 Same; act supplemental to registration laws.
8-1,123a Registration of Convertor Gears
8-1,123b Registration Termination; Law Enforcement Assistance.
8-1,124 Accessible parking, definition.
8-1,125 License plates, placards and individual identification cards for persons with disability; penalty.
8-1,126 Parking privileges for persons with disability.
8-1,127 Acceptable identification from other jurisdictions for persons with a disability.
8-1,128 Accessible parking spaces; marking.
8-1,129 Unlawful parking in accessible parking; blocking access ramp or aisle; penalties.
8-1,130 Falsely obtaining accessible parking identification; penalties.
8-1,130a Unlawfully utilizing accessible parking identification device; penalties.
8-1,130b Reissuance, suspension or revocation of accessible parking privileges; rules and regulations.
8-1,131 Rules and regulations; handicapped accessible parking.
8-1,132 Act supplemental to 8-126 et seq.
8-1,133 Dispensing of motor-vehicle fuels for persons with a disability.
8-1,134 Permanent registration of city, county, township or school district vehicles; utility vehicles five-year registration.
8-1,135 Waiver of penalty and interest on registration, when.
8-1,137 Vehicles sold for salvage, no certificate of title may be issued; major component parts, selling.
8-1,138 Registration of vehicles; residency; exceptions.
8-1,139 License plates for survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor; application; issuance.
8-1,140 License plates for recipients of the purple heart medal.
8-1,141 Distinctive license plates subject to personalized license plate fee; subject to initial issuance guarantee; exceptions.
8-1,142 Educational institution license plate; procedure; requirements.
8-1,143 Hunter permit; requirements; application; fee.
8-1,144 Donated motor vehicles for charitable auctions.
8-1,145 License plates for recipients of the congressional medal of honor.
8-1,146 License plates for United States military veterans.
8-1,147 Distinctive license plates, right to possession; limitations.
8-1,148 Children's Trust Fund License Plates
8-1,150 Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom trust fund License Plates; procedures; requirements.
8-1,151 Shriner's license plates; procedures; requirements.
8-1,152 Fleet vehicle registration.
8-1,153 Helping Schools License Plate; procedures; requirements.
8-1,154 Helping Schools License Plate Program Fund.
8-1,155 Firefighter's License Plates procedures; requirements.
8-1,156 Decals for certain military medals or badges; fee; requirements.
8-1,157 Satisfaction of lien on vehicle; requirements for release; penalties; rules and regulations.
8-1,158 Breast cancer research license plates; procedures; requirements.
8-1,159 Emergency Medical Services License Plates; procedures; requirements.
8-1,160 In God We Trust license plates procedures; requirements.
8-1,161 Support Kansas Arts License plates procedures; requirements.
8-1,162 Boy Scouts of America license plates procedures; requirements.
8-1,163 Vietnam War Veteran license plates; procedures; requirements.
8-1,164 I'm Pet Friendly license plates; procedures; requirements.
8-1,165 Permanent registration for certain trailers; fee; cab card; rules and regulations.
8-1,166 Families of the fallen license plates.
8-1,167 Ducks unlimited license plates.
8-1,168 Masonic lodge license plates.
8-1,169 Eisenhower Foundation License Plates.
8-1,170 Transferability of specialty plates.
8-1,171 Donate life license plates.
8-1,172 Rotary International license plates
8-1,173 Kansas Horse Council license plates.
8-1,174 Omega Psi Phi license plates.
8-1,175 Alzheimer's Awareness license plates.
8-1,176 Kansas Highway Patrol staffing and training surcharge.
8-1,177 Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center surcharge.
8-1,178 Autism Awareness license plates.
8-1,179 Kansas 4-H foundation license plates.
8-1,180 Persons needing assistance with cognition.
8-1,181 Seat belt safety fund.
8-1,182 Special Olympics Kansas license plate
8-1,183 Choose Life license plate
8-1,184 City of Wichita license plate
8-1,185 Veteran of the Korean War license plate
8-1,186 Veteran of Operation Desert Storm license plate
8-1,187 Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom license plate
8-1,188 Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom license plate
8-1,189 Fleet rental vehicles; registrations
8-1,190 Fleet rental vehicle administration fund
8-1,191 Braden's Hope license plates
8-1,192 Proud educator license plates.
8-1,193 Alpha kappa alpha license plates.
8-1,194 United States Army license plates.
8-1,195 United States Navy license plates.
8-1,196 United States Marine Corps license plates.
8-1,197 United States Air Force license plates.
8-1,198 United States Coast Guard license plates.
8-1,199 United States Space Force license plates.
8-1,200 Gadsden flag license plates.
8-1,201 Love, Chloe foundation license plates.
8-1,202 Delta sigma theta license plates.
8-1,203 Report on distinctive license plate fees.
8-1,204 Silver star medal license plates
8-1,205 Bronze star medal license plates
8-1,206 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks license plates
8-1,207 City of Hutchinson license plates
8-1,208 Daughter of the American Revolution license plates
8-1,209 Downs Syndrome license plates
NEW STATUTES: Not Codified Yet
2023 HB2346 (SL CH. 73) §1 Back the Blue License Plate
(a) On and after January 1, 2024, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one back the blue license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and payment to the county treasurer of the law enforcement support fee as provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Any applicant or renewal of registration for a back the blue license plate authorized by this section shall make payment of a law enforcement support fee to the county treasurer of $30 for each license plate to be issued. Any law enforcement support fee payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the purposes of the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall pay to the county treasurer the law enforcement training support fee as provided for in subsection (b). Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer back the blue license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant pays the law enforcement support fee to the county treasurer as provided for in subsection (b). If the annual law enforcement support fee payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc. shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc. for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) The back the blue license plate shall have a background design, an emblem or colors that designate the license plate as a back the blue license plate.
(i) As a condition of receiving the back the blue license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall provide consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, law enforcement support fee payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc. and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual law enforcement support fee payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto, except that payments from the back the blue royalty fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors (COPS), inc.
History: L. 2023, ch. 73, § 1; July 1
2023 HB2346 (SL CH. 73) §2 City of Topeka License Plate
(a) On and after January 1, 2024, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one city of Topeka license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and payment to the county treasurer of the flag image payment provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to use the city of Topeka flag image on a license plate as provided for in this section. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 but not more than $100 for each such license plate to be issued. The flag image payment shall be paid to the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Any applicant for such license plate shall pay to the county treasurer the flag image payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and the issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a city of Topeka license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer the flag image payment. If the annual flag image payment is not provided to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The city of Topeka flag image referred to in subsection (b) was adopted by the city of Topeka governing body on November 12, 2019. The flag was designed through a community input process managed by the greater Topeka partnership, inc. No individual or entity claims intellectual property rights to the city of Topeka flag image. Use of the city of Topeka flag image to be displayed on a license plate shall be designed with the approval of the director of vehicles.
(h) As a condition of receiving the city of Topeka license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, flag image payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the city of Topeka and the state treasurer.
(i) The collection and remittance of annual flag image payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto, except that payments from the city of Topeka flag image fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the greater Topeka partnership, inc. A change of the city's designee shall occur only by mutual agreement by the city of Topeka and the greater Topeka partnership, inc.
History: L. 2023, ch. 73, § 2; July 1
2023 SB132 (SL CH. 60) §1 Buffalo Soldier License Plate
(a) On and after January 1, 2024, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one buffalo soldier license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc. may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to the Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc. for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to the Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc. as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) The Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc., which shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a buffalo solder license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or sent by the Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc., or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc. shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc. for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) The Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc., with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the buffalo soldier license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc. and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto, except that payments from the buffalo soldier royalty fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the Richard Allen cultural center & museum, inc. of which a portion of such funds shall be dedicated to the construction and maintenance of the reimagined frontier museum.
History: L. 2023, ch. 60, § 1; May 4, 2023.
8-113. Identity of vehicles; unlawful acts; penalty.
Any person who shall destroy or cause to be destroyed, remove or cause to be removed, alter or deface, or cause to be altered or defaced, the engine number, identification number, or serial number of any motor vehicle in this state, or who shall change any identification number from one motor vehicle to another, or who shall give a wrong description in an application for the registration of any motor vehicle in this state, for the purpose of concealing or hiding the identity of such motor vehicle, or any person who shall copy, print, photostat or cause to be copied, printed or photostated for a fraudulent purpose or for the purpose of producing a fictitious title, alter or deface or cause to be altered or defaced or knowingly have in possession any fictitious, fraudulent, or counterfeit certificates of title, ownership certificates or registration receipts shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the secretary of corrections for a term of not less than one year nor more than five years.
History: L. 1921, ch. 69, § 11; R.S. 1923, § 8-113; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 59, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 3; May 24.
8-113a. Reporting stored, unclaimed vehicles to department, when; penalty for failure.
An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing, parking or storing vehicles for the public, in which a vehicle remains unclaimed for a period of 30 days, shall within seven days after the expiration of that period, report the vehicle as unclaimed to the department. A vehicle left by its owner whose name and address are known to the operator or an employee of the operator is not considered unclaimed. A person who fails to report a vehicle as unclaimed in accordance with this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than$10 for each day such failure to report continues.
History: L. 1959, ch. 46, § 14; L. 2010, ch. 135, § 2; July 1.
8-116. Vehicle identification number offenses; possession or sale of vehicle without original VIN; removing or altering VIN; penalties; vehicle seizure and disposition.
(a) It is unlawful to sell, barter or exchange any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, the original vehicle identification number of which has been destroyed, removed, altered or defaced, except as contemplated by K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto, when no part of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been stolen and a vehicle identification number has been assigned to the motor vehicle according to law. Violation of this subsection is a severity level 10, nonperson felony.
(b) It is unlawful to knowingly own or have the custody or possession of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, the original vehicle identification number of which has been destroyed, removed, altered or defaced, except as contemplated by K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto, when no part of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been stolen and a vehicle identification number has been assigned to the motor vehicle according to law. Violation of this subsection (b) is a class C misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who shall destroy, remove, alter or deface any vehicle identification number, except as contemplated by K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto, when no part of the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been stolen, is guilty of a severity level 10, nonperson felony.
(d) Every law enforcement officer in this state having knowledge of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer the vehicle identification number of which has been destroyed, removed, altered or defaced shall seize and take possession of such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer.
(e) Every motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, the vehicle identification number of which has been destroyed, removed, altered or defaced, and that has been seized under this section is an article of contraband and the provisions of K.S.A. 22-2512, and amendments thereto, shall apply.
(f) No law enforcement agency or employee of such agency acting within the scope of employment shall be liable for damages resulting from the adoption or enforcement of any policy adopted under this section.
(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply when a person removes and reinstalls a manufacturer's serial number or a vehicle identification number on an antique vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-166, and amendments thereto, if:
(1) The removal and reinstallation are reasonably necessary for the repair or restoration of the antique vehicle;
(2) the person completing the repair or restoration of the antique vehicle reinstalls the manufacturer's serial number or vehicle identification number immediately after the repair or restoration is complete; and
(3) the person does not know and has no reason to know that the antique vehicle is stolen.
History: L. 1921, ch. 69, § 14; R.S. 1923, § 8-116; L. 1935, ch. 70, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 25, § 12; L. 1989, ch. 35, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 21, § 1; L. 2022, ch. 7, § 1; March 31.
8-116a. Vehicle identification number; check of assembled vehicles by highway patrol; original Kansas certificates of title on out-of-state vehicles; check by designee or employee of new vehicle dealer, when; fees and disposition thereof.
(a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 8-170, and amendments thereto, when an application is made for a vehicle that has been assembled, reconstructed, reconstituted or restored from one or more vehicles, or the proper identification number of a vehicle is in doubt, the procedure in this section shall be followed. The owner of the vehicle shall request the Kansas highway patrol to check the vehicle and the highway patrol shall within a reasonable period of time perform such vehicle check. At the time of such check the owner shall supply the highway patrol with information concerning the history of the various parts of the vehicle. Such information shall be supplied by affidavit of the owner, if so requested by the highway patrol. If the highway patrol is satisfied that the vehicle contains no stolen parts, and complies with K.S.A. 8-116, and amendments thereto, the highway patrol shall determine the make, model and year of the vehicle and shall assign an existing or new identification number to the vehicle and direct the places and manner in which the identification number is to be located and affixed or implanted. A charge of $20 per hour or part thereof, with a minimum charge of $20, shall be made to the owner of a vehicle requesting check under this subsection, and such charge shall be paid prior to the check under this section. When a check has been made under subsection (b), not more than 60 days prior to a check of the same vehicle identification number, requested by the owner of the vehicle to obtain a regular certificate of title in lieu of a nonhighway certificate of title or obtain a rebuilt salvage title in lieu of a salvage title, no charge shall be made for such second check.
(b) Any person making application for any original Kansas title for a used vehicle that, at the time of making application, is titled in another jurisdiction, as a condition precedent to obtaining any Kansas title, shall have such vehicle checked by the Kansas highway patrol for verification that the vehicle identification number shown on the foreign title is genuine and agrees with the identification number on the vehicle. Checks under this section may include inspection for possible violation of K.S.A. 21-5835, and amendments thereto, or other evidence of possible fraud. The verification shall be made upon forms prescribed by the division of vehicles which shall contain such information as the secretary of revenue shall require by rules and regulations. A charge of $20 per hour or part thereof, with a minimum charge of $20, shall be made for checks under this subsection. When a vehicle is registered in another state, but is financed by a Kansas financial institution and is repossessed in another state and such vehicle will not be returned to Kansas, the check required by this subsection (b) shall not be required to obtain a valid Kansas title or registration.
(c) As used in this act, ‘‘identification number’’ or ‘‘vehicle identification number’’ means an identifying number, serial number, engine number, transmission number or other distinguishing number or mark, placed on a vehicle, engine, transmission or other essential part by its manufacturer or by authority of the division of vehicles or the Kansas highway patrol or in accordance with the laws of another state or country.
(d) The checks made under subsection (b) may be made by:
(1) A designee of the superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol; or
(2) an employee of a new vehicle dealer, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2401(b), and amendments thereto, for the purposes provided for in subsection (f). For checks made by a designee or new vehicle dealer, 10% of each charge shall be remitted to the Kansas highway patrol and the balance of such charges shall be retained by such designee or new vehicle dealer. If the designee is a city or county law enforcement agency, then the balance shall be retained by the law enforcement agency that conducted the inspection and shall be deposited into an account to be used for law enforcement purposes and shall not be used to supplant the law enforcement agency’s budget. When a check is made under either subsection (a) or (b) by personnel of the Kansas highway patrol, the entire amount of the charge therefor shall be paid to the highway patrol
(e) There is hereby created the vehicle identification number fee fund. The Kansas highway patrol shall remit all moneys received by the Kansas highway patrol from fees collected under subsection (d) to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the vehicle identification number fee fund. All expenditures from the vehicle identification number fee fund shall be made in accordance with appropriations acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol or by a person or persons designated by the superintendent.
(f) An employee of a new vehicle dealer, who has received initial training and certification from the highway patrol, and has met continuing certification requirements adopted by the superintendent of the highway patrol, may provide the checks under subsection (b) on motor vehicles that a new vehicle dealer purchases through a manufacturer’s sponsored auction or on motor vehicles repurchased or reacquired by a manufacturer, distributor or financing subsidiary of such manufacturer and which are purchased by the new vehicle dealer. At any time, after a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, the superintendent of the highway patrol may revoke, suspend, decline to renew or decline to issue certification for failure to comply with the provisions of this subsection or any applicable rules and regulations. The superintendent of the highway patrol may promulgate rules and regulations to administer the provisions of this subsection.
(g) An employee of a salvage vehicle pool, as defined by K.S.A. 8- 2401, and amendments thereto, who submits an application to the Kansas highway patrol pursuant to this section for six or more vehicles shall have such vehicles checked by the Kansas highway patrol within five business days of the date the application was submitted, if the salvage vehicle pool submitting the application sells at least 2,000 vehicles combined per year from the salvage vehicle pool's licensed locations in Kansas as reported to the Kansas department of revenue. The salvage vehicle pool shall provide the Kansas highway patrol with the address of the salvage vehicle pool facility and the approximate location within the facility of the vehicles to be checked and shall clearly mark the vehicles that are to be checked. The salvage vehicle pool shall provide enclosed office space for use by the Kansas highway patrol during such checks of multiple vehicles. The employees of the salvage vehicle pool shall not be required to move the vehicles within the facility for purposes of the checks. In the event that the Kansas highway patrol is unable to complete the checks required by this subsection within five business days, the Kansas highway patrol shall notify the salvage vehicle pool of the reasons for such delay and the date when such vehicle checks will begin, except that the date shall be not later than 10 business days from the date the application for such checks was submitted.
(h) No law enforcement agency or employee of such agency acting within the scope of employment shall be liable for damages resulting from the adoption or enforcement of any policy adopted under this section.
History: L. 1984, ch. 25, § 11; L. 1985, ch. 40, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 41, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 41, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 6; L. 2000 ch. 73 § 2 July 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 24; L. 2002, Ch. 190, § 1, L. 2011, ch. 30, §85; L. 2011, ch. 45, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 91, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 21, § 2; L. 2021, ch. 73, § 1; July 1.
8-119. Penalty for violating 8-113 and 8-116.
The violation of any of the provisions of this act, except as otherwise herein provided, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days.
History: L. 1921, ch. 69, § 17; July 1; R.S. 1923, § 8-119.
8-120. Validity of 8-113, 8-116 and 8-119.
If any section or provision of this act shall be found invalid by any court, it shall be conclusively presumed that this act would have been passed by the legislature without such invalid section or provision and the act as a whole shall not be declared invalid by reason of the fact that one or more sections or provisions may be found invalid by any court.
History: L. 1921, ch. 69, § 19; July 1; R.S. 1923, § 8-120.
As used in this act:
(a) "All-terrain vehicle" means any motorized nonhighway vehicle, other than an electric-assisted bicycle, that is55 inches or less in width measured from the outside of one tire rim to the outside of the other tire rim, having a dry weight of 1,500 pounds or less, traveling on three or more nonhighway tires.
(b) "Autocycle" means a three-wheel motorcycle that has a steering wheel and seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it.
(c) "Commission" or "state highway commission" means the director of vehicles of the department of revenue.
(d) "Contractor" means a person, partnership, corporation, local government, county government, county treasurer or other state agency that has contracted with the department to provide services associated with vehicle functions.
(e) "Department" or "motor vehicle department" or "vehicle department" means the division of vehicles of the department of revenue, acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. When acting on behalf of the department of revenue pursuant to this act, a county treasurer shall be deemed to be an agent of the state of Kansas.
(f) "Division" means the division of vehicles of the department of revenue.
(g) "Electric-assisted bicycle" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 8-1489, and amendments thereto.
(h) "Electric-assisted scooter" means every self-propelled vehicle, other than an electric-assisted bicycle, that has at least two wheels in contact with the ground, an electric motor, handlebars, a brake and a deck that is designed to be stood upon when riding.
(i) "Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a self-balancing two nontandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to 15 miles per hour or less.
(j) "Electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage batteries or other portable electrical energy storage devices, provided the recharge energy must be drawn from a source off the vehicle, such as, but not limited to:
(1) Residential electric service;
(2) an electric vehicle charging station, also called an EV charging station, an electric recharging point, a charging point, electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) or a public charging station.
(k) "Electronic certificate of title" means any electronic record of ownership, including any lien or liens that may be recorded, retained by the division in accordance with K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 8-135d, and amendments thereto.
(l) "Electronic notice of security interest" means the division’s online internet program that enables a dealer or secured party to submit a notice of security interest as defined in this section, and to cancel the notice or release the security interest using the program. This program is also known as the Kansas elien or KSelien.
(m) "Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used as a farm implement power unit operated with or without other attached farm implements in any manner consistent with the structural design of such power unit.
(n) "Farm trailer" means every trailer and semitrailer as those terms are defined in this section, designed and used primarily as a farm vehicle.
(o) "Foreign vehicle" means every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that shall be brought into this state otherwise than in ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and which has not been registered in this state.
(p) "Golf cart" means a motor vehicle that does not have fewer than three wheels in contact with the ground, an unladen weight of not more than 1,800 pounds, is designed to be and is operated at not more than 25 miles per hour and is designed to carry not more than four persons including the driver.
(q) "Highway" means every way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel. The term "highway" does not include a roadway or driveway upon grounds owned by private owners, colleges, universities or other institutions.
(r) "Implement of husbandry" means every vehicle designed or adapted and used exclusively for agricultural operations, including feedlots, and only incidentally moved or operated upon the highways. "Implement of husbandry" includes, but is not limited to:
(1) A farm tractor;
(2) a self-propelled farm implement;
(3) a fertilizer spreader, nurse tank or truck permanently mounted with a spreader used exclusively for dispensing or spreading water, dust or liquid fertilizers or agricultural chemicals, as defined in K.S.A. 2-2202, and amendments thereto, regardless of ownership;
(4) a truck mounted with a fertilizer spreader used or manufactured principally to spread animal dung; and
(5) a mixer-feed truck owned and used by a feedlot, as defined in K.S.A. 47-1501, and amendments thereto, and specially designed and used exclusively for dispensing food to livestock in such feedlot.
(s) "Lien" means a security interest as defined in this section.
(t) "Lightweight roadable vehicle" means a multipurpose motor vehicle that is allowed to be driven on public roadways and is required to be registered with, and flown under the direction of, the federal aviation administration.
(u) "Manufacturer" means every person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers.
(v) "Micro utility truck" means any motor vehicle which is not less than 48 inches in width, has an overall length, including the bumper, of not more than 160 inches, has an unladen weight, including fuel and fluids, of more than 1,500 pounds, can exceed 40 miles per hour as originally manufactured and is manufactured with a metal cab. "Micro utility truck" does not include a work-site utility vehicle or recreational off-highway vehicle.
(w) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, electric-assisted bicycle or a motorized wheelchair, that is self-propelled.
(x) "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, except an electric-assisted bicycl or any such vehicle as may be included within the term "tractor" as defined in this section.
(y) "Motorized bicycle" means every device, other than an electric-assisted bicycle having two tandem wheels or three wheels, that may be propelled by either human power or helper motor, or by both, and has:
(1) A motor that produces not more than 3.5 brake horsepower;
(2) a cylinder capacity of not more than 130 cubic centimeters;
(3) an automatic transmission; and
(4) the capability of a maximum design speed of no more than 30 miles per hour.
(z) "Motorized wheelchair" means any self-propelled vehicle designed specifically for use by a physically disabled person and such vehicle is incapable of a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
(aa) "New vehicle dealer" means every person actively engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging new motor vehicles, travel trailers, trailers or vehicles who holds a dealer’s contract therefor from a manufacturer or distributor and has an established place of business in this state.
(bb) "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this state.
(cc) "Notice of security interest" means a notification to the division from a dealer or secured party of a purchase money security interest as provided in article 9 of chapter 84 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, upon a vehicle that has been sold and delivered to the purchaser describing the vehicle and showing the name, address and acknowledgment of the secured party as well as the name and address of the debtor or debtors and other information the division requires.
(dd) "Oil well servicing, oil well clean-out or oil well drilling machinery or equipment" means a vehicle constructed as a machine used exclusively for servicing, cleaning-out or drilling an oil well and consisting in general of a mast, an engine for power, a draw works and a chassis permanently constructed or assembled for one or more of those purposes. The passenger capacity of the cab of a vehicle shall not be considered in determining whether such vehicle is oil well servicing, oil well clean-out or oil well drilling machinery or equipment.
(ee) "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or in the event a vehicle is subject to a lease of 30 days or more with an immediate right of possession vested in the lessee; or in the event a party having a security interest in a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or secured party shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this act.
(ff) "Passenger vehicle" means every motor vehicle, as defined in this section, that is designed primarily to carry 10 or fewer passengers, and that is not used as a truck.
(gg) "Person" means every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
(hh) "Pole trailer" means any two-wheel vehicle used as a trailer with bolsters that support the load, and do not have a rack or body extending to the tractor drawing the load.
(ii) "Recreational off-highway vehicle" means any motor vehicle not greater than 75 inches in width measured from the outside of one tire rim to the outside of the other tire rim, having a dry weight of 3,500 pounds or less, traveling on four or more nonhighway tires.
(jj) "Road tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon independently, or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.
(kk) "Self-propelled farm implement" means every farm implement designed for specific use applications with its motive power unit permanently incorporated in its structural design.
(ll) "Semitrailer" means every vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
(mm) "Specially constructed vehicle" means any vehicle that shall not have been originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model or type, or that, if originally otherwise constructed shall have been materially altered by the removal of essential parts, or by the addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles.
(nn) "Trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle.
(oo) "Travel trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed to be towed by a motor vehicle constructed primarily for recreational purposes.
(pp) "Truck" means a motor vehicle that is used for the transportation or delivery of freight and merchandise or more than 10 passengers.
(qq) "Truck tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle or load so drawn.
(rr) "Used vehicle dealer" means every person actively engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging used vehicles, and having an established place of business in this state and who does not hold a dealer’s contract for the sale of new motor vehicles, travel trailers or vehicles.
(ss) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting electric personal assistive mobility devices or devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(tt) "Vehicle functions" means services relating to the application, processing, auditing or distribution of original or renewal vehicle registrations, certificates of title, driver’s licenses and division-issued identification cards associated with services and functions set out in articles 1, 2 and 13 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. "Vehicle functions" may also include personal property taxation duties set out in article 51 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and other vehicle-related events described in article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
(uu) "Work-site utility vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is not less than 48 inches in width, has an unladen weight, including fuel and fluids, of more than 800 pounds and is equipped with four or more nonhighway tires, a steering wheel and bench or bucket-type seating allowing at least two people to sit side-by-side, and may be equipped with a bed or cargo box for hauling materials. "Work-site utility vehicle" does not include a micro utility truck or recreational off-highway vehicle.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 294, § 1; L. 1956, ch. 48, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 57, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 411, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 29; L. 1973, ch. 25, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 27; L. 1977, ch. 28, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 29, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 36, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 26, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 27, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 28, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 33, § 13; L. 1992, ch. 166, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 235, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 220, § 3; L. 1997, ch. 119, § 1; L. 2000 ch. 179 § 5; L. 2001, ch. 19, § 2; L. 2002, Ch. 364 § 1; L. 2005, ch. 71, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 135, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 68, § 1; L. 2008, 167, § 3 L. 2009, ch. 91, ;§ 4; L. 2009, ch. 143, ;§ 2, L. 2010, ch. 164, § 4; L. 2011, ch, 66, § 2; L. 2013, ch. 921, § 1;L. 2015, ch. 12, § 1 July 1.;L. 2015, ch. 48, § 2; May 14; L. 2015, ch. 100, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 100, § 17; L. 2019, ch. 61, § 9; L. 2021, ch. 72, § 1; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 1, July 1.
8-126a. Number plates or tags; definitions.
Whenever in this act or in any other law of this state relating to registration of motor vehicles any of the following words or terms are used: 1. Number plate or plates. 2. License number plates. 3. License number plate. 4. Number plate. 5. Number plates. 6. Registration number plate. 7. License tags. 8. Tags; or any other word, term or phrase of similar import or meaning is used in any such law, the same shall be construed to mean and include any plate, tag, token, marker or sign issued under the provisions of this act for the purpose of identifying vehicles registered under the provisions of the motor-vehicle registration laws of this state or otherwise carrying out the provisions of such laws.
History: L. 1943, ch. 80, § 5; L. 1951, ch. 100, § 1; March 30.
8-127. Registration of vehicles operated in this state; exceptions; temporary operation of certain vehicles without registration, when.
(a) Every owner of a motor vehicle, motorized bicycle, trailer or semitrailer intended to be operated upon any highway in this state, whether such owner is a resident of this state or another state, or such motor vehicle, motorized bicycle, trailer or semitrailer is based in this state or another state, before any such vehicle is operated in this state, shall apply for and obtain registration in this state under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-126 to 8-149, inclusive, and amendments thereto, except as otherwise provided by law or by any interstate contract, agreement, arrangement or declaration made by the director of vehicles.
(b) Any truck or truck tractor bearing registration of a state other than Kansas which is engaged in intrastate movements within this state shall have Kansas registration, except such vehicles which are registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, and except such vehicles as are entitled to engage in intrastate movements within this state under any interstate contract, agreement, consent, arrangement or declaration made by the director of vehicles.
(c) Whenever any person has a current motorcycle, motorized bicycle, passenger vehicle, truck or truck tractor registration and license plate for a vehicle which has been sold, traded or otherwise disposed of not later than 60 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays, after acquiring another motorcycle, motorized bicycle, passenger vehicle, truck or truck tractor to which the registration and license plate will be transferred and such person has complied with all of the conditions precedent to the transfer of the registration except having the registration transferred in the office of the county treasurer, such person may operate the motorcycle, motorized bicycle, passenger vehicle, truck or truck tractor acquired for a period of not to exceed 60 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays, after acquiring the same and pending transferral of registration and license plate in the office of the county treasurer by displaying the motorcycle license plate on the motorcycle acquired, the motorized bicycle license plate on the motorized bicycle acquired, the passenger vehicle license plate on the passenger vehicle acquired, or the truck or truck tractor license plate on the truck or truck tractor acquired. If the acquired vehicle is a new vehicle, such person also must carry and have in possession the assigned certificate of title or bill of sale when operating the acquired vehicle during said sixty-day period.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 5; L. 1955, ch. 44, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 48, § 2; L. 1968, ch. 180, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 16, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 17, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 30, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 29, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 1; July 1.
8-127a. Registration prohibited for vehicle subject to federal use tax, when; proof of payment of tax.
No vehicle, subject to the use tax imposed by section 4481 of the internal revenue code of 1954, shall be registered in this state without presentation of proof of payment of such tax, in such form as may be prescribed by the secretary of the treasury of the United States of America.
History: L. 1984, ch. 24, § 1; May 17.
8-128. Registration of vehicles, exceptions.
(a) The following need not be registered under this act:
(1) Implement of husbandry;
(2) all-terrain vehicles;
(3) micro utility truck;
(4) golf cart;
(5) work-site utility vehicle;
(6) road rollers and road machinery temporarily operated or moved upon the highways;
(7) municipally owned fire trucks;
(8) privately owned fire trucks subject to a mutual aid agreement with a municipality; or
(9) school buses owned and operated by a school district or a nonpublic school that has the name of the municipality, school district or nonpublic school plainly painted thereon.
(10) farm trailer used in carrying not more than 6,000 pounds owned by a person engaged in farming, which trailer is used exclusively by the owner to transport agricultural products produced by such owner or commodities purchased by the owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the owner of such trailer and the weight of any such farm trailer, plus the cargo weight of 6,000 pounds or less, shall not be considered in determining the gross weight for which the truck or truck tractor propelling the same shall be registered; or
(11) farm trailer used and designed for transporting hay or forage from a field to a storage area or from a storage area to a feedlot, which is only incidentally moved or operated upon the highways, except that this paragraph shall not apply to a farm semitrailer;
(12) electric-assisted scooter; or
(13) electric-assisted bicycle.
(b) Self-propelled cranes where the crane operator on a job site operates the controls of such crane from a permanent housing or module on the crane and the crane is not used for the transportation of property, except the property that is required for the operation of the crane itself and earth moving equipment which are equipped with pneumatic tires may be moved on the highways of this state from one job location to another, or to or from places of storage, delivery or repair, without complying with the provisions of the law relating to registration and display of license plates but shall comply with all the other requirements of the law relating to motor vehicles.
(c) Oil well servicing, oil well clean-out or oil well drilling machinery or equipment need not be registered under this act but shall comply with all the other requirements of the law relating to motor vehicles.
(d) A truck permanently mounted with a hydraulic concrete pump and placing boom may be moved on the highways of this state from one job location to another, or to or from places of storage delivery or repair, without being registered under this act, but shall comply with all the other requirements of the law relating to motor vehicles. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to ready-mix concrete trucks.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 6; L. 1933, ch. 72, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 58, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 57, § 5; L. 1972, ch. 19, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 40, § 3; L. 1977, ch. 29, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 30, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 27, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 40, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 235, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 61, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 220, § 4; L. 1997, ch. 119, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 211, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 140, § 5; L. 2008, ch. 167, § 4; L. 2009, ch. 119, § 5, L. 2019, ch. 61, § 10; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 2, July 1.
8-129. Application for registration; mailing fee; certificate of title.
(a) Applications for the registration of a vehicle required to be registered shall be made by the owner, by mail on-line, electronically or otherwise, in the office of the county treasurer of:
(1) The county in which such owner resides; or
(2) the county in which the owner has a bona fide place of business, if such vehicle is garaged in such county for a period exceeding 90 days. Such place of business shall not be an office or facility established or maintained solely for the purpose of obtaining registration.
Such applications for registration shall be made upon appropriate forms furnished by the department and every application shall contain the name of the owner, such owner's residence address or bona fide place of business, a brief description of the vehicle to be registered and such other information as may be required by the department. If the owner is not a resident of or does not have a bona fide place of business in this state, the owner may make application for registration in any county which the department shall designate, except that in the case of members of the armed forces of the United States, the application may be signed by the owner's spouse, parent, eldest brother or sister, in the order named. With reference to every foreign vehicle which has been registered outside of this state, the owner shall exhibit to the department the certificate of title and registration card, or other evidence of such former registration as may be in the applicant's possession or control, or such other evidence as will satisfy the department that the applicant is the lawful owner or possessor of the vehicle.
(b) The applicant for the registration of a vehicle required to be registered, upon the filing of the application, shall submit a statement certifying that such person has a certificate of title for the motor vehicle, showing the date and identification thereof, or file an application therefor, as provided in this act.
(c) Any reference in article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, to a county treasurer or office of a county treasurer performing any services associated with vehicle functions and receiving compensation for such services shall also include contractors that have contracted with the department to perform such services if the director of vehicles determines that a county treasurer has failed to:
(1) Comply with article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, relating to vehicle functions;
(2) comply with rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (e); or
(3) enter into and abide by a contract with the department to ensure minimum standards and practices are maintained by the county treasurer in the performance of assigned vehicle functions.
(d) The department may appoint contractors to perform some or all of the vehicle functions agreed to by the department and the contractor to be performed. In circumstances involving vehicle registrations, the department shall be required to make the findings required by subsection (c) before contracting with a contractor that is not a county treasurer.
(e) The secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations in order to implement and administer the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) to:
(1) Enter into contracts with the county treasurers to perform vehicle functions;
(2) create minimum standards and practices for the performance of vehicle functions;
(3) require criminal background reviews of county treasurers and their staff that will be performing vehicle functions, if needed;
(4) establish and set the limits on the additional, non-statutory fees, if any, that a contractor may charge a person for services relating to vehicle functions; and
(5) create efficient and rapid administrative processes for suspending or revoking a treasurer’s ability to perform vehicle functions on behalf of the department if such treasurer violates applicable laws, rules and regulations, or the treasurer’s written contract with the department. Any order of the department suspending or revoking a county treasurer’s authorization to perform vehicle functions for the state of Kansas shall include requirements for the county treasurer’s reinstatement.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 7; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 3; L. 1938, ch. 11, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 79, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 96, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 101, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 57, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 3; L. 1990, ch. 34, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 140, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 2; L. 2013, ch. 92, § 2; July 1.
8-130. Register of applications to be kept by division of vehicles.
The division of vehicles shall maintain a register of applications received, and when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity thereof, and that the applicant is entitled thereto, shall register the vehicle therein described as shall be determined by the division, and to have such accessible, so that the vehicle data can be properly located upon sufficient information given the division.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 8; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 4; July 1.
(a) Upon the filing of such application for registration, payment of the fees hereinafter provided the division of vehicles shall register the vehicle and shall issue to the owner a registration receipt which shall contain upon the face thereof the registration number assigned to the owner and to be used upon the vehicle, and such other statements of facts as may be determined by the division.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 9; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 4; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 5; July 1.
If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.
History: L. 1969, ch. 47, § 5; Dec. 31, 1970.
8-132. License plates or decals to be furnished; time for new license plates; personalized license plates, display and cost; rules and regulations.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this section and K.S.A. 8-1,125, and amendments thereto, the division of vehicles shall furnish to every owner whose vehicle shall be registered one license plate for such vehicle. Such license plate shall have displayed on it the registration number assigned to the vehicle and to the owner thereof, the name of the state, which may be abbreviated, and the year or years for which it is issued. The same type of license plates shall be issued for passenger motor vehicles, rented without a driver, as are issued for private passenger vehicles.
(b) During calendar year 1975 commencing on the effective date of this act, and during every fifth calendar year thereafter, the division of vehicles, shall furnish one license plate for any type of vehicle an owner registers or has the registration thereof renewed, but during the succeeding four-year period following calendar year 1975 and during the succeeding four-year period following every fifth calendar year subsequent to 1975, the division of vehicles shall not furnish any license plate for the renewal of a vehicle's registration. During calendar year 1976 and during each calendar year thereafter in which a license plate is not issued for the renewal of registration of a vehicle, the division of vehicles shall furnish one decal for the license plate issued for a vehicle as provided in K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto, for each registration and renewal of registration of such vehicle. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, whenever, in the discretion of the director of vehicles, it is determined that the license plates currently being issued and displayed are not deteriorating to the extent that their replacement is warranted, the director may adopt rules and regulations to extend the five year issuance cycle provided for in this subsection by one year at a time, and in the same manner the director may further extend such cycle by one year at a time, successively as the director determines appropriate. If the cycle is extended at the expiration of the extended term, new license plates shall again be issued in the manner and for the term provided in such rules and regulations, except that the owner of a motor vehicle currently registered may continue to display the license plate currently being issued and displayed for a period not to exceed three registration years from the date of the expiration of the extended term. The division shall furnish one decal for each such license plate in accordance with the provisions this subsection
(c) Any license plate issued pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) may be a personalized license plate subject to the additional fee set forth in subsection (d). The division shall allow an applicant for a personalized license plate to personalize a license plate design established by subsection (a), (b) or (d).
(d) Two personalized license plates may be issued to any owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle or a truck licensed for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds, who makes proper application to the division of vehicles not less than 60 days prior to such owner’s or lessee’s renewal of registration date. Such application shall be on a form prescribed by the division and accompanied by a fee of $40, which shall be in addition to any other fee required to renew the registration of such passenger vehicle under the laws of this state. One such personalized license plate shall be displayed on the rear of the vehicle and, at the option of the owner or lessee, the other license plate may be displayed on the front of the vehicle, except that no registration decal shall be issued pursuant to K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto, for any such license plate displayed on the front of such vehicle. One personalized license plate may be issued to any owner of a motorcycle upon proper application in the same manner provided in this subsection for passenger vehicles and trucks. Such personalized license plate shall be displayed on the rear of the motorcycle. The $40 fee shall be paid only once during the registration period for which such license plates were issued, and any subsequent renewals during the registration period shall be subject only to the registration fee prescribed by K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto. The division shall design distinctive, personalized license plates to be issued which shall contain not more than seven letters or numbers on truck or passenger vehicle license plates and not more than five letters or numbers on motorcycle license plates, or a combination thereof, to be designated by the applicant in lieu of the letters and numbers required by K.S.A. 8-147, and amendments thereto, other than the letters required to designate the county in which such vehicle is registered. Unless the letters or numbers designated by the applicant have been assigned to another vehicle or unless the letters or numbers designated by the applicant have a profane, vulgar, lewd or indecent meaning or connotation, as determined by the director of vehicles, the division shall assign such letters or numbers to the applicant’s vehicle, and the letters or numbers, or combination thereof, so assigned shall be deemed the registration number of such vehicle. Subject to the foregoing provisions, all license plates issued under this section shall be manufactured in accordance with K.S.A. 8-147, and amendments thereto. Such license plates shall be issued for a registration period of five years commencing in 1985 and each five years thereafter.
(e) The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, including, without limitation, rules and regulations concerning (1) the procedure for insuring that duplicate license plates are not issued throughout the state, (2) the procedure for reserving distinctive license plates for the purpose of obtaining the same on each annual renewal of registration, (3) the procedure for allowing the transfer of personalized license plates from one vehicle to another for which such license plates were originally issued, when the title to the original vehicle has not been transferred and the name or names of the owner or owners listed on the titles to both vehicles are identical, and (4) procedures necessary to coordinate this act with other laws of this state governing registration of vehicles. The director of vehicles shall remit all moneys received by the division of vehicles under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 10; L. 1943, ch. 80, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 87, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 100, § 2; L. 1951, ch. 103, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 13; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 30; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 30, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 30, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 31, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 29, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 29, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 36, § 11; L. 1999, ch. 125; § 2; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 25; L. 2002, Ch. 100, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 5, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 89, § 2; L. 2021, ch. 95, § 13, July 1.
8-133. Display of license plate.
(a) The license plate assigned to the vehicle shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle and shall be displayed during the current registration year or years. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a Kansas registered vehicle shall not have a license plate attached to the front of the vehicle.
(b) The following classes of vehicles shall attach a license plate int eh location or locations specifically stated:
(1) The license plate issued for a truck tractor shall be attached to the front of the truck tractor;
(2) a model year license plate issued for an antique vehicle, in accordance with K.S.A. 8-172, and amendments thereto; may be attached to the front of the antique vehicle;
(3) a personalized license plate as authorized under subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, may be attached to the front of the passenger vehicle or truck.
(4) the license plate issued for a motor vehicle used as a concrete mixer truck may be attached to either the front or rear of the vehicle; and
(5) the license plate issued for a motor vehicle used as a dump truck with a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or more shall be attached to the front of the vehicle. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to such vehicle if such vehicle is registered as a farm truck.
(c) Every license plate shall at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned to prevent the plate from swinging, and at a height not less than 12 inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of such plate. The license plate shall be fastened, in a place and position to be clearly visible, and shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible.
(d) During any period in which the construction of license plates has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, the plate, tag, token, marker or sign assigned to such vehicle shall be attached to and displayed on such vehicle in such place, position, manner and condition as shall be prescribed by the director of vehicles.
(e) A law enforcement officer shall issue a warning citation to anyone violating the provisions of subsection (b)(5). The provisions of this subsection shall expire and have no effect on and after January 1, 2022.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 11; L. 1943, ch. 80, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 87, § 2; L. 1951, ch. 100, § 3; L. 1951, ch. 103, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 46, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 6; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 31; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 30, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 5; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 7; L. 1999, ch. 125; § 3; L. 2002, Ch. 100, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 7, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 50, § 1, July 1.
8-134. Renewal of registration of certain vehicles; registration and reregistration of passenger vehicles; monthly system; decals for license plates; rules and regulations.
(a) Every vehicle registration under this act shall expire December 31 of each year, except passenger vehicles and vehicles provided for in K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto. The registration of vehicles to which K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, applies shall expire in 1982 and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b) and (c). Registration of vehicles shall be renewed annually upon application by the owner and by payment of the fees required by law. Except vehicles subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, and passenger vehicles, the renewal shall take effect on January 1 of each year but the owner of the vehicle shall have until and including the last day of February of each year within which to make application for such renewal. The division shall issue for such vehicles a February month decal to correspond with the statutory grace period. Criminal sanctions provided in K.S.A. 8-142 and amendments thereto, for failure to display any license plate or plates or any registration decal required to be affixed to any such license plate for the current registration year shall not be enforced until March 1 of each year. An owner who has made proper application for renewal of registration of a vehicle prior to January 1, but who has not received the license plate or registration card for the ensuing year, shall be entitled to operate or permit the operation of such vehicle upon the highways upon displaying thereon the license plate issued for the preceding year for such time as the director of vehicles finds necessary for issuance of such new license plate.
(b) Every passenger vehicle required by this act to be registered, except as otherwise provided, shall be registered for a period of 12 consecutive months. The division of vehicles, in order to initiate a system of registering or reregistering passenger vehicles during any month of a calendar year, may register or reregister a passenger vehicle for less than a twelve-month period, prorating the annual registration fee, when in the director’s opinion such proration tends to fulfill the purpose of the monthly registration system.
(c) Passenger vehicle registration, and the authority to legally operate, use, or tow such vehicle on the highway shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the last month of the twelve-month period for which such vehicle was registered, and the owner shall see that such vehicle is reregistered as required by this act. The director of vehicles shall designate the registration period for each passenger vehicle in order to as nearly as feasible equalize registration or reregistration within the 12 months of the year. Any vehicle after having once been registered shall upon reregistration, be registered for the same twelve-month period except when the certificate of title has been transferred as provided by law. In this case, the vehicle shall be registered by the division of vehicles in accordance with the system adopted.
(d) For the purpose of this act, hearses and electrically propelled vehicles shall be classified as passenger vehicles.
(e) Every owner who registers or reregisters a vehicle in a calendar year, and in any calendar year in which a license plate is not issued for the renewal of registration of such vehicle, shall be furnished by the division one decal for the license plate issued for such vehicle and required by K.S.A. 8-133, and amendments thereto, to be affixed to the rear of such vehicle. Such decal shall be affixed to the number plate affixed to the rear of such vehicle and shall contain the letters designating the county in which such vehicle is registered, as provided in K.S.A. 8-147, and amendments thereto, shall indicate the license plate number for which the decal is to be affixed and shall indicate the year in which such registration expires. The color of a decal shall be such that it contrasts with the color of the license plate to which it is to be affixed, and the director of vehicles shall change the color of such decals each year, without duplicating the same color in any five-year period or such extended period as the director designates under K.S.A. 8-132 (b) and amendments thereto. Such decals shall be so constructed that once a decal has been affixed to a license plate it cannot be removed without destroying the decal, and the surface of such decals shall be capable of reflecting light. Consistent with the foregoing, the director of vehicles shall prescribe the size of and material to be used in the production of such decals, and the director of vehicles shall designate the location on a number plate where such decal shall be affixed.
(f) (1) The owner of a vehicle may, at the time of such registration or reregistration, purchase a park and recreation motor vehicle permit. Such permit shall cost $15 until such time as the amount for such permit is changed by rules and regulations of the secretary of wildlife, parks and tourism.
(2) Such permit shall be nontransferable and shall expire on the date of expiration of the vehicle registration.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (f)(4), the county treasurer shall remit all such moneys paid to the county treasurer to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and shall be credited as provided in K.S.A. 32-991, and amendments thereto.
(4) The county treasurer may collect and retain a service charge fee of up to $.50 for each park and recreation motor vehicle permit issued or sold by the county treasurer.
(5) As a condition of receiving the park and recreation motor vehicle permit, the applicant shall consent to the sharing of information, including, but not limited to, the applicant’s name, address, email address and phone number, with the secretary of wildlife, parks and tourism by the division of motor vehicles.
(g) The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to accomplish the purpose of this act.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 12; L. 1969, ch. 47, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 32; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 30, § 3; L. 1979, ch. 35, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 36, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 29, § 2; L. 2003, Ch. 34, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 164, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 49, § 1; July 1.
8-134a. Registration and reregistration of pickup trucks, motorcycles, motorized bicycles and recreational vehicles; rules and regulations.
(a) On and after January 1, 1999, any truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less, motorcycles, motorized bicycles and recreational vehicles, as defined in K.S.A. 79-5118, and amendments thereto, shall be registered or reregistered in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles registered on an apportioned basis as part of a fleet under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,100 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, or vehicles registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-166 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(b) The division of vehicles, in order to initiate a system of registering or reregistering vehicles included in subsection (a) during any month of a calendar year, may register or reregister such vehicles for less than a twelve-month period, prorating the annual registration fee and taxes imposed under K.S.A. 79-5101 et seq., and amendments thereto, when in the director's opinion such tends to fulfill the purpose of the monthly registration of this section. The secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this section and to carry out the purpose of the act of which this section is a part.
History: L. 1981, ch. 36, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 237, § 10; L. 1994, ch. 320, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 119, § 3; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 1; Jan. 1, 1999.
8-135. Transfer of ownership of vehicles; registration; fees and penalties; certificate of title, form, fee; assignment and reassignment; liens, statement of, release of, liability for failure to comply, notice of security interest, execution; purchase and sale of vehicle, requirements; written consent by lienholder; transfer-on-death; reaffirmation of sale.
On and after January 1, 2022, 8-135 is amended as follows:
(a) Upon the transfer of ownership of any vehicle registered under this act, the registration of the vehicle and the right to use any license plate thereon shall expire and thereafter there shall be no transfer of any registration, and the license plate shall be removed by the owner thereof. Except as provided in K.S.A. 8-172, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1,147, and amendments thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person, other than the person to whom the license plate was originally issued, to have possession thereof. When the ownership of a registered vehicle is transferred, the original owner of the license plate may register another vehicle under the same number, upon application and payment of a fee of $1.50, if such other vehicle does not require a higher license fee. If a higher license fee is required, then the transfer may be made upon the payment of the transfer fee of $1.50 and the difference between the fee originally paid and that due for the new vehicle.
(b) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-198(a), and amendments thereto, upon the transfer or sale of any vehicle by any person or dealer, or upon any transfer in accordance with K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 59-3511, and amendments thereto, the new owner thereof, within 60 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays, from date of such transfer shall make application to the division for registration or reregistration of the vehicle, but no person shall operate the vehicle on any highway in this state during the sixty-day period without having applied for and obtained temporary registration from the county treasurer or from a dealer. After the expiration of the sixty-day period, it shall be unlawful for the owner or any other person to operate such vehicle upon the highways of this state unless the vehicle has been registered as provided in this act. For failure to make application for registration as provided in this section, a penalty of $2 shall be added to other fees. When a person has a current motorcycle or passenger vehicle registration and license plate, including any registration decal affixed thereto, for a vehicle and has sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle and has acquired another motorcycle or passenger vehicle and intends to transfer the registration and the license plate to the motorcycle or passenger vehicle acquired, but has not yet had the registration transferred in the office of the county treasurer, such person may operate the motorcycle or passenger vehicle acquired for a period of not to exceed 60 days by displaying the license plate on the rear of the vehicle acquired. If the acquired vehicle is a new vehicle such person also must carry the assigned certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin when operating the acquired vehicle, except that a dealer may operate such vehicle by displaying such dealer's dealer license plate.
(c) Certificate of title: No vehicle required to be registered shall be registered or any license plate or registration decal issued therefor, unless the applicant for registration shall present satisfactory evidence of ownership and apply for an original certificate of title for such vehicle. The following paragraphs of this subsection shall apply to the issuance of a certificate of title for a nonhighway vehicle, salvage vehicle or rebuilt salvage vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-197, and amendments thereto, except to the extent such paragraphs are made inapplicable by or are inconsistent with K.S.A. 8-198, and amendments thereto.
(1) An application for certificate of title shall be made by the owner or the owner's agent upon a form furnished by the division and shall state all liens or encumbrances thereon, and such other information as the division may require. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no certificate of title, other than a duplicate title, shall be issued for a vehicle having any unreleased lien or encumbrance thereon, unless the transfer of such vehicle has been consented to in writing by the holder of the lien or encumbrance. Such consent shall be in a form approved by the division. In the case of members of the armed forces of the United States while the United States is engaged at war with any foreign nation and for a period of six months next following the cessation of hostilities, such application may be signed by the owner's spouse, parents, brother or sister. The county treasurer shall use reasonable diligence in ascertaining whether the facts stated in such application are true, and if satisfied that the applicant is the lawful owner of such vehicle, or otherwise entitled to have the same registered in such applicant's name, shall so notify the division, who shall issue an appropriate certificate of title. The certificate of title shall be in a form approved by the division, and shall contain a statement of any liens or encumbrances which the application shows, and such other information as the division determines.
(2) (A) The certificate of title shall contain upon the reverse side a form for assignment of title to be executed by the owner. This assignment shall contain a statement of all liens or encumbrances on the vehicle at the time of assignment. The certificate of title shall also contain on the reverse side blank spaces so that an abstract of mileage as to each owner will be available. The seller at the time of each sale shall insert the mileage on the form filed for application or reassignment of title, and the division shall insert such mileage on the certificate of title when issued to purchaser or assignee. The signature of the purchaser or assignee is required on the form filed for application or reassignment of title, acknowledging the odometer and purchase price certification made by the seller, except those vehicles that are exempt from odometer certification requirements pursuant to federal law shall be exempt from such requirement.. Such title shall indicate whether the vehicle for which it is issued has been titled previously as a nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle. In addition, the reverse side shall contain two forms for reassignment by a dealer, stating the liens or encumbrances thereon. The first form of reassignment shall be used only when a dealer sells the vehicle to another dealer. The second form of reassignment shall be used by a dealer when selling the vehicle to another dealer or the ultimate owner of the vehicle. The reassignment by a dealer shall be used only where the dealer resells the vehicle, and during the time that the vehicle remains in the dealer’s possession for resale, the certificate of title shall be dormant.
(B) When the ownership of any vehicle passes by operation of law, or repossession upon default of a lease, security agreement, or executory sales contract, the person owning such vehicle, upon furnishing satisfactory proof to the county treasurer of such ownership, may procure a certificate of title to the vehicle. When a vehicle is registered in another state and is repossessed in another state, the owner of such vehicle shall not be entitled to obtain a valid Kansas title or registration, except that when a vehicle is registered in another state, but is financed originally by a financial institution chartered in the state of Kansas or when a financial institution chartered in Kansas purchases a pool of motor vehicle loans from the resolution trust corporation or a federal regulatory agency, and the vehicle is repossessed in another state, such Kansas financial institution shall be entitled to obtain a valid Kansas title or registration.
(C) In addition to any other fee required for the issuance of a certificate of title, any applicant obtaining a certificate of title for a repossessed vehicle shall pay a fee of $3.
(3) Dealers shall execute, upon delivery to the purchaser of every new vehicle, a manufacturer's statement of origin stating the liens and encumbrances thereon. Such statement of origin shall be delivered to the purchaser at the time of delivery of the vehicle or at a time agreed upon by the parties, not to exceed 60 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays. The agreement of the parties shall be executed on a form approved by the division. In the event delivery of title cannot be made personally, the seller may deliver the manufacturer's statement of origin by restricted mail to the address of purchaser shown on the purchase agreement. The manufacturer's statement of origin may include an attachment containing assignment of such statement of origin on forms approved by the division. Upon the presentation to the division of a manufacturer's statement of origin, by a manufacturer or dealer for a new vehicle, sold in this state, a certificate of title shall be issued if there is also an application for registration, except that no application for registration shall be required for a travel trailer used for living quarters and not operated on the highways.
(4) The fee for each original certificate of title shall be $10 in addition to the fee for registration of such vehicle, trailer or semitrailer. The certificate of title shall be good for the life of the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer while owned or held by the original holder of the certificate of title.
(5) Except for a vehicle registered by a federally recognized Indian tribe as provided in paragraph (16), upon sale and delivery to the purchaser of every vehicle subject to a purchase money security interest as provided in article 9 of chapter 84 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, the dealer or secured party may complete a notice of security interest and when so completed, the purchaser shall execute the notice, in a form prescribed by the division, describing the vehicle and showing the name and address of the secured party and of the debtor and other information the division requires. On and after July 1, 2007, only one lien shall be taken or accepted for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less. As used in this section "gross vehicle weight rating" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in 49 C.F.R. § 390.5, as in effect on July 1, 2017, or any later version as established in rules and regulations adopted by the state corporation commission. The dealer or secured party, within 30 days of the sale and delivery, may mail or deliver the notice of security interest, together with a fee of $2.50, to the division. The notice of security interest shall be retained by the division until it receives an application for a certificate of title to the vehicle and a certificate of title is issued. The certificate of title shall indicate any security interest in the vehicle. Upon issuance of the certificate of title, the division shall mail or deliver confirmation of the receipt of the notice of security interest, the date the certificate of title is issued and the security interest indicated, to the secured party at the address shown on the notice of security interest. The proper completion and timely mailing or delivery of a notice of security interest by a dealer or secured party shall perfect a security interest in the vehicle as referenced in K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 84-9-311, and amendments thereto, on the date of such mailing or delivery. The county treasurers shall mail a copy of the title application to the lienholder. For any vehicle subject to a lien, the county treasurer, division or contractor shall collect from the applicant a $1.50 service fee for processing and mailing a copy of the title application to the lienholder.
(6) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate in this state a vehicle required to be registered under this act, or to transfer the title to any such vehicle to any person or dealer, unless a certificate of title has been issued as herein provided. In the event of a sale or transfer of ownership of a vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued, which certificate of title is in the possession of the transferor at the time of delivery of the vehicle, the holder of such certificate of title shall endorse on the same an assignment thereof, with warranty of title in a form prescribed by the division and printed thereon and the transferor shall deliver the same to the buyer at the time of delivery to the buyer of the vehicle or at a time agreed upon by the parties, not to exceed 60 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays, after the time of delivery. The agreement of the parties shall be executed on a form provided by the division. The requirements of this paragraph concerning delivery of an assigned title are satisfied if the transferor mails to the transferee by restricted mail the assigned certificate of title within the 60 days, and if the transferor is a dealer, as defined by K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, such transferor shall be deemed to have possession of the certificate of title if the transferor has made application therefor to the division. The buyer shall then present such assigned certificate of title to the division at the time of making application for registration of such vehicle. A new certificate of title shall be issued to the buyer, upon payment of the fee of $10. If such vehicle is sold to a resident of another state or country, the dealer or person making the sale shall notify the division of the sale and the division shall make notation thereof in the records of the division. When a person acquires a security interest that such person seeks to perfect on a vehicle subsequent to the issuance of the original title on such vehicle, such person shall require the holder of the certificate of title to surrender the same and sign an application for a mortgage title in form prescribed by the division. Upon such surrender such person shall immediately deliver the certificate of title, application, and a fee of $10 to the division. Delivery of the surrendered title, application and tender of the required fee shall perfect a security interest in the vehicle as referenced in K.S.A. 84-9-311, and amendments thereto. On and after July 1, 2007, only one lien may be taken or accepted for security for an obligation to be secured by a lien to be shown on a certificate of title for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating, as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 390.5, as in effect on July 1, 2017, or any later version as established in rules and regulations adopted by the state corporation commission, of 26,000 pounds or less. A refinancing shall not be subject to the limitations of this act. A refinancing is deemed to occur when the original obligation is satisfied and replaced by a new obligation. Lien obligations created before July 1, 2007, which are of a continuing nature shall not be subject to the limitations of this act until the obligation is satisfied. A lien in violation of this provision is void. Upon receipt of the surrendered title, application and fee, the division shall issue a new certificate of title showing the liens or encumbrances so created, but only one lien or encumbrance may be shown upon a title for vehicles with a gross vehicle rating of 26,000 pounds or less, and not more than two liens or encumbrances may be shown upon a title for vehicles in excess of 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating. When a prior lienholder’s name is removed from the title, there must be satisfactory evidence presented to the division that the lien or encumbrance has been paid. When the indebtedness to a lienholder, whose name is shown upon a title, is paid in full, such lienholder shall comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 8-1,157, and amendments thereto.
(7) It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or sell in this state any vehicle required to be registered, unless, at the time of delivery thereof or at a time agreed upon by the parties, not to exceed 60 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays, after the time of delivery, there shall pass between the parties a certificate of title with an assignment thereof. The sale of a vehicle required to be registered under the laws of this state, without assignment of the certificate of title, is fraudulent and void, unless the parties shall agree that the certificate of title with assignment thereof shall pass between them at a time other than the time of delivery, but within 60 days thereof. The requirements of this paragraph concerning delivery of an assigned title shall be satisfied if (A) the seller mails to the purchaser by restricted mail the assigned certificate of title within 60 days, or (B) if the transferor is a dealer, as defined by K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, such seller shall be deemed to have possession of the certificate of title if such seller has made application therefor to the division, or (C) if the transferor is a dealer and has assigned a title pursuant to subsection (c)(9).
(8) In cases of sales under the order of a court of a vehicle required to be registered under this act, the officer conducting such sale shall issue to the purchaser a certificate naming the purchaser and reciting the facts of the sale, which certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the ownership of such purchaser for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of title to such motor vehicle and for registering the same. Any such purchaser shall be allowed 60 days, inclusive of weekends and holidays, from the date of sale to make application to the division for a certificate of title and for the registering of such motor vehicle.
(9) Any dealer who has acquired a vehicle, the title for which was issued under the laws of and in a state other than the state of Kansas, shall not be required to obtain a Kansas certificate of title therefor during the time such vehicle remains in such dealer's possession and at such dealer's place of business for the purpose of sale. The purchaser or transferee shall present the assigned title to the division of vehicles when making application for a certificate of title as provided in subsection (c)(1).
(10) Motor vehicles may be held and titled in transfer-on-death form.
(11) Notwithstanding the provisions of this act with respect to time requirements for delivery of a certificate of title, or manufacturer's statement of origin, as applicable, any person who chooses to reaffirm the sale in writing on a form approved by the division which advises them of their rights pursuant to subsection (c)(7) and who has received and accepted assignment of the certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin for the vehicle in issue may not thereafter void or set aside the transaction with respect to the vehicle for the reason that a certificate of title or manufacturer's statement of origin was not timely delivered, and in such instances the sale of a vehicle shall not be deemed to be fraudulent and void for that reason alone.
(12) The owner of any vehicle assigning a certificate of title in accordance with the provisions of this section may file with the division a form indicating that such owner has assigned such certificate of title. Such forms shall be furnished by the division and shall contain such information as the division may require. Any owner filing a form as provided in this paragraph shall pay a fee of $10. The filing of such form shall be prima facie evidence that such certificate of title was assigned and shall create a rebuttable presumption. If the assignee of a certificate of title fails to make application for registration, an owner assigning such title and filing the form in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall not be held liable for damages resulting from the operation of such vehicle.
(13) Application for a certificate of title on a boat trailer with a gross weight over 2,000 pounds shall be made by the owner or the owner’s agent upon a form to be furnished by the division and shall contain such information as the division shall determine necessary. The division may waive any information requested on the form if it is not available. The application together with a bill of sale for the boat trailer shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that the applicant is the owner of the boat trailer, provided that a Kansas title for such trailer has not previously been issued. If the application and bill of sale are used to obtain a certificate of title for a boat trailer under this paragraph, the certificate of title shall not be issued until an inspection in accordance with K.S.A. 8-116a(a), and amendments thereto, has been completed.
(14) In addition to the two forms for reassignment under subsection (c)(2), a dealer may attach one additional reassignment form to a certificate of title. The director of vehicles shall prescribe and furnish such reassignment forms. The reassignment form shall be used by a dealer when selling the vehicle to another dealer or the ultimate owner of the vehicle only when the two reassignment forms under subsection (c)(2) have already been used. The fee for a reassignment form shall be $6.50. A dealer may purchase reassignment forms in multiples of five upon making proper application and the payment of required fees.
(15) A first stage manufacturer, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, who manufactures a motor vehicle in this state, and who sells such motor vehicles to dealers located in a foreign country, may execute a manufacturers statement of origin to the division of vehicles for the purpose of obtaining an export certificate of title. The motor vehicle issued an export certificate of title shall not be required to be registered in this state. An export certificate of title shall not be used to register such vehicle in the United States.
(16) A security interest in a vehicle registered by a federally recognized Indian tribe shall be deemed valid under Kansas law if validly perfected under the applicable tribal law and the lien is noted on the face of the tribal certificate of title.
(17) On and after January 1, 2010, a certificate of title issued for a rebuilt salvage vehicle for the initial time, shall indicate on such title, the reduced classification of such vehicle as provided under K.S.A. 79-5104, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 13; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 5; L. 1938, ch. 12, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 93, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 79, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 47, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 7; L. 1961, ch. 47, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 48, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 60, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 411, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 18, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 20, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 30, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 31, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 32, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 31, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 32, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 36, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 31, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 31, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 6; L. 1987, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 36, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 37, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 36, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 33, § 14; L. 1992, ch. 63, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 88, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 260, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 56, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 138, § 6; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 8; L. 1999, ch. 114, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 73 § 3; L. 2002, Ch. 134, § 2; L. 2003, Ch. 30, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 35, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 2, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 186, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 18, § 1; L. 2006, Ch. 64, § 2; L. 2007, ch. 60, § 1; ch. 135, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 102, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 26, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 2; L. 2017, ch. 18, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 74, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 100, § 6; L. 2021, ch. 72, § 2, July 1.
8-135a. Adding names of family members to titles and registrations.
A person in whose name a vehicle is titled and registered may add their spouse’s name by assigning the title from the titleholder to titleholder and spouse and by applying for a name change title and registration. A son or daughter in whose name a vehicle is titled and registered may add a parent’s name by assigning the title from such son or daughter to such son or daughter and parent and by applying for a name change title and registration. A parent may add a son or daughter’s name by assigning the title from such parent to such parent and parent’s son or daughter and by applying for a name change title and registration. Application for name change title and registration shall be made in the manner required by law, including certification of insurance coverage. The fee shall be $10 for the title, and no charge shall be made for the registration, except, when applicable, the fee for transfer of registration under K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1982, ch. 32, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 42, § 2; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 260, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 114, §2; L. 2002, Ch. 134, § 4; L. 2003 ch. 30, § 2; July 1.
8-135c. Nonrepairable vehicle certificate; definitions, requirements; application; penalties
(a) The provisions of this section shall be a part of and supplemental to the provisions of article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and as used in this section, the words and phrases defined by K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them therein.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Nonrepairable vehicle" means any motor vehicle which: (A) Has been damaged, destroyed, wrecked, burned or submerged in water to the extent that such motor vehicle is incapable of safe operation for use on roads or highways and has no resale value except as a source of parts or scrap only; or (B) the owner irreversibly designates as a source of parts or scrap;
(2) "nonrepairable vehicle certificate" means a motor vehicle ownership document issued by the division designating that vehicle a nonrepairable vehicle.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the owner of a vehicle that meets the definition of a nonrepairable vehicle shall apply to the division for a nonrepairable vehicle certificate before the ownership of the motor vehicle is transferred. In no event shall such application be made more than 60 days after the vehicle is determined to be a nonrepairable vehicle.
(2) Every insurance company, which pursuant to a damage settlement, acquires ownership of a vehicle that has incurred damage requiring the vehicle to be designated a nonrepairable vehicle, shall apply to the division for a nonrepairable vehicle certificate within 60 days after the title is assigned and delivered by the owner to the insurance company, with all liens released.
(3) Every insurance company which makes a damage settlement for a vehicle that has incurred damage requiring such vehicle to be designated a nonrepairable vehicle, but does not acquire ownership of the vehicle, shall notify the vehicle owner of the owner's obligation to apply to the department for a nonrepairable vehicle certificate for the motor vehicle, and shall notify the division of this fact in accordance with procedures established by the division. The vehicle owner shall apply to the division for a nonrepairable vehicle certificate within 60 days after being notified by the insurance company.
(4) The lessee of any vehicle which incurs damage requiring the vehicle to be designated a nonrepairable vehicle shall notify the lessor of this fact within 30 days of the determination that the vehicle is a nonrepairable vehicle.
(5) The lessor of any motor vehicle which has incurred damage requiring the vehicle to be titled as a nonrepairable vehicle, shall apply to the division for a nonrepairable vehicle certificate within 60 days after being notified of this fact by the lessee.
(6) Every person acquiring ownership of a motor vehicle that meets the definition of a nonrepairable vehicle, for which a nonrepairable vehicle certificate has not been issued, shall apply to the division for the required document prior to any further transfer of such vehicle, but in no event, more than 60 days after ownership is acquired.
(7) Failure to apply for a nonrepairable vehicle certificate as provided by this subsection shall be a class C nonperson misdemeanor.
(d) (1) Upon notification of a vehicle's designation as a nonrepairable vehicle, the division shall issue a nonrepairable vehicle certificate.
(2) Each nonrepairable vehicle certificate shall contain the same identifying information and comply with format, size and security requirements applicable to certificates of title under K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, and shall be conspicuously labeled with this designation on the face of the certificate.
(3) Each application for a nonrepairable vehicle certificate shall be accompanied by the fee required for an original certificate of title under K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, and if the application is not made within the time prescribed by subsection (c), an additional fee of $2.
(e) (1) No motor vehicle for which a nonrepairable vehicle certificate has been issued shall be titled or registered by the division for use on the roads or highways of this state.
(2) Ownership of the motor vehicle for which a nonrepairable vehicle certificate has been issued may only be transferred once.
(3) Any motor vehicle transferred through the use of a nonrepairable vehicle certificate shall be crushed, dismantled, disassembled or recycled and may not be sold as a unit at retail. When the nonrepairable vehicle has been dismantled, disassembled or recycled and such vehicle is sold to a scrap processor for recycling after the salvageable parts have been removed, the owner shall surrender the nonrepairable vehicle certificate to the division with the word recycled written or stamped across its face and no certificate of title of any type shall be issued nor any registration allowed again for such vehicle.
(4) A nonrepairable vehicle certificate may be used to transfer ownership of a motor vehicle 10 or more model years of age, in accordance with this section, when the owner does not have a certificate of title in the owner's possession.
(f) The secretary of the department of revenue may adopt rules and regulations as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
History: L. 2000, ch. 73 § 1; L. 2009, ch, 63, § 1, L. 2012, ch. 130, § 3; July 1.
8-135d. Electronic certificates of title.
(a) On and after January 1, 2003, when an assignment of title or manufacturer's statement of origin indicates that there is a lien or encumbrance on a vehicle or if a notice of security interest has been filed with the division, the division shall retain possession of such certificate of title electronically and shall create an electronic certificate of title. The provisions of article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall apply to an electronic certificate of title, except as otherwise provided by statute or by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b).
(b) The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
History: L. 2002, ch. 48, § 1; Jan. 1, 2003.
8-136. Dealer license plates; manufacturers' and dealers' use and limitations on use; display; proof of payment of personal property tax before issuance.
(a) A licensed manufacturer of or licensed dealer in vehicles demonstrating, displaying or exhibiting any such vehicle upon any highway in lieu of registering each such vehicle, may obtain from the division of vehicles, upon application therefor upon the proper official form, and payment of the fees required by law, and attach to each such vehicle, one license plate which shall have a distinctive number, the name of this state, which may be abbreviated, and the year for which issued, together with the word 'dealer' or a distinguishing symbol indicating that such license plate is issued to a manufacturer or dealer. Any such license plate may, during the calendar year for which issued, be transferred from one such vehicle to another owned or operated by such manufacturer or dealer. Such a license plate may be used in lieu of regular vehicle registration for the purposes of demonstrating, displaying or exhibiting vehicles held in inventory of such manufacturer or dealer. Such a license plate may also be used on such dealer's service vehicle, or substitute vehicles owned by the dealer but loaned to a customer when the dealer is repairing such customer's vehicle and for all other purposes incidental to a dealer's vehicle business. Except as provided in subsection (d), such a license plate may not be used by a manufacturer or dealer to haul commodities weighing in excess of two tons. Such license plates shall not be used on a wrecker or tow truck when providing wrecker or towing service as defined by K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto.
(b) No manufacturer of or dealer in vehicles shall cause or permit any such vehicle owned by such person to be operated or moved upon a highway unless there is displayed upon such vehicle a license plate as required by this section.
(c) No license plates shall be issued to any manufacturer or dealer unless such manufacturer or dealer at the time of making application therefor shall exhibit to the county treasurer or the division of vehicles a receipt showing that the applicant has paid all personal property taxes levied against such manufacturer or dealer for the preceding year, including taxes assessed against motor vehicles of such manufacturer or dealer which were assessed as stock in trade, or unless the manufacturer or dealer shall exhibit satisfactory evidence to the county treasurer that such manufacturer or dealer had no taxable property for the preceding year or if the application is made directly to the division of vehicles there shall be presented a statement by the county treasurer that the manufacturer or dealer had no taxable property for the preceding year. If application for registration is made before May 10, the receipt may show payment of only 1/2 of the preceding year's taxes.
(d) A trailer manufacturer or dealer is authorized to use a license plate issued under this section for the transportation of not more than four trailers. Such manufacturer or dealer shall be in compliance with the provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 14; L. 1949, ch. 100, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 46, § 3; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 8; L. 1961, ch. 48, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 32, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 25, § 7; L. 2005, ch. 100, § 1; L. 2013, ch. 8, § 1; July 1.
8-138a. Nonresident owners licensed in state of residence; reciprocal privileges.
The provisions of this section shall apply only to the nonresident owner or owners of any motor vehicle constructed and operated primarily for the transportation of the driver or the driver and one or more nonpaying passengers. Such nonresident owners, when duly licensed in the state of residence, are hereby granted the privilege of operation of any such vehicle within this state to the extent that reciprocal privileges are granted to residents of this state by the state of residence of such nonresident owner.
History: L. 1968, ch. 180, § 4; July 1.
8-139. Lost license plates, certificate of title, registration decal or registration receipts; fees for duplicates; exception.
In the event that any license plate, certificate of title, registration decal or registration receipt issued hereunder, shall be lost, mutilated, or shall have become illegible, the person who is entitled thereto shall make immediate application for and obtain a duplicate or substitute therefor, upon furnishing information of such fact satisfactory to the division and upon payment of the required fees: Namely, certificate of title,$10, registration receipt, $1, registration decal, $.50, license plates, $2. In case the license plate is of such type or constructed in such a way that it is not reasonably possible to remove it from the vehicle to which it is attached without destroying or mutilating such license plate, and the ownership of such vehicle shall be transferred and the license plate shall be mutilated or destroyed by the owner thereof as a result of the owner’s effort to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, by removing the same from the vehicle so transferred, then and in such case no fee shall be charged for such duplicate or substitute license plate, including any registration decal affixed thereto, but the same shall be furnished free of charge providing such person shall otherwise in all respects have complied with the laws governing the transfer of ownership of such motor vehicle.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 17; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 6; L. 1943, ch. 80, § 3; L. 1951, ch. 100, § 4; L. 1955, ch. 47, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 5; L. 1980, ch. 31, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 42, § 3; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 4; L. 1996, ch. 260, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 114, § 3; L. 2002, Ch. 134, § 5; L. 2003, ch. 30, § 3; L. 2013, ch. 8, § 2; July 1.
8-140. Division to suspend registration upon notice of theft or embezzlement.
Whenever the owner of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is stolen or embezzled files an affidavit alleging either said fact with the division, it shall immediately suspend the registration of such vehicle, and shall not transfer the registration of or reregister such vehicle until such time as it shall be notified that the owner has recovered such vehicle, but notices given as heretofore provided shall be effective only during the current registration year in which given, but if during such year such vehicle is not recovered a new affidavit may be filed with like effect during the ensuing year. Every owner who has filed an affidavit of theft or embezzlement must immediately notify the division of the recovery of such vehicle.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 18; Dec. 1.
8-141. When registration shall be refused; suspension of registration for failure to pay fees.
(a) The division shall not grant an application for the registration of a vehicle when:
(1) The applicant therefor is not entitled thereto under the provisions of this act;
(2) the applicant has neglected or refused to furnish the division with the information required in the appropriate official form or reasonable additional information required by the division; or (3) the fees required therefor by law have not been paid.
(b) The division may suspend a registration when the fees required therefor by law have not been fully paid.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 19; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 7; July 1.
8-141a. Classification change within registration year; limitations; minimum fees.
The owner of any truck or truck tractor with local, farm or 6,000-mile class of registration, who desires to transfer or change the classification of registration at any time during the calendar year in which the registration is issued may transfer the registration only to the type of registration provided for in the first paragraph of subsection (2) of K.S.A. 8-143. Such transfer of class of registration shall be for no less gross weight than the gross weight for which the vehicle was originally registered. The owner of a truck or truck tractor registered as provided for in the first paragraph of subsection (2) of K.S.A. 8-143, may not transfer or change such registration to a farm, local or 6,000-mile class of registration during the calendar year in which the original registration is issued.
History: L. 1982, ch. 33, § 1; July 1.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts and except as otherwise provided, violation is subject to penalties provided in K.S.A. 8-149, and amendments thereto:
First: To operate, or for the owner thereof knowingly to permit the operation, upon a highway of any vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto, which is not registered, or for which a certificate of title has not been issued or which does not have attached thereto and displayed thereon the license plate or plates assigned thereto by the division for the current registration year, including any registration decal required to be affixed to any such license plate pursuant to K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto, subject to the exemptions allowed in K.S.A. 8-135, 8-198 and 8-1751a, and amendments thereto. A violation of this subsection by a person unlawfully claiming that a motor vehicle is exempt from registration as a self-propelled crane under K.S.A. 8-128(b), and amendments thereto, shall constitute an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $500. A person shall not be charged with a violation of this subsection for failing to display a registration decal on any vehicle except those included under K.S.A. 8-1,101 and K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 8-143m and 8-1,152, and amendments thereto, up to and including the 10th day following the expiration of the registration if the person is able to produce a printed payment receipt or electronic payment receipt from an online electronic payment processing system for the current 12-month registration period. Any charge for failing to display a registration decal up to and including the 10th day following the expiration of the registration shall be dismissed if the person produces in court a registration receipt for the current 12-month registration period which was valid at the time of arrest.
Second: To display or cause or permit to be displayed, or to have in possession, any registration receipt, certificate of title, registration license plate, registration decal, accessible parking placard or accessible parking identification card knowing the same to be fictitious or to have been canceled, revoked, suspended or altered. A violation of this subsection shall constitute an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and forfeiture of the item. A mandatory court appearance shall be required of any person violating this subsection. This subsection shall not apply to the possession of: (a) Model year license plates displayed on antique vehicles as allowed under K.S.A. 8-172, and amendments thereto; or (b) distinctive license plates allowed under K.S.A. 8-1,147 and amendments thereto.
Third: To lend to or knowingly permit the use by one not entitled thereto any registration receipt, certificate of title, registration license plate or registration decal issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof.
Fourth: To fail or refuse to surrender to the division, upon demand, any registration receipt, certificate of title, registration license plate or registration decal which has been suspended, canceled or revoked.
Fifth: To use a false or fictitious name or address in any application for a certificate of title, the registration of any vehicle or for any renewal or duplicate thereof, or knowingly to make a false statement or knowingly to conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application.
Sixth: For the owner of a motor vehicle to file application for the registration thereof, in any county other than the county in which the owner of the vehicle resides or has a bona fide place of business, which place is not an office or facility established or maintained solely for the purpose of obtaining registration.
Seventh: To operate on the highways of this state a vehicle or combination of vehicles whose weight with cargo is in excess of the gross weight for which the truck or truck tractor propelling the same is registered, except as provided by K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 8-1911(a) through (f), and amendments thereto. Such gross weight shall not be required to be in excess of the limitations described by K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, for such vehicle or combination of vehicles of which it is a part. Any person or owner who operates a vehicle in this state with a registration in violation of K.S.A. 8-143(b), and amendments thereto, shall be required to pay the additional fee equal to the fee required by the applicable registration fee schedule, less the amount of the fee required for the gross weight for which the vehicle is registered to obtain the proper registration therewith. A fine of $75 shall be assessed for all such gross weight registration violations.
Eighth: To operate a local truck or truck tractor which is registered for a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds as a common carrier outside a radius of three miles beyond the corporate limits of the city in which such vehicle was based when registered and licensed or to operate any other local truck or truck tractor licensed for a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds outside a radius of 25 miles beyond the corporate limits of the city in which such vehicle was based when registered and licensed, except as provided in K.S.A. 8-143(b) or 8-143i, and amendments thereto.
Ninth: To operate on the highways of this state a farm truck or farm trailer other than to transport: (a) Agricultural products produced by such owner; (b) commodities purchased by the owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the owner of such vehicles; (c) commodities for religious or educational institutions being transported by the owner of such vehicles for charity and without compensation of any kind, except as provided in K.S.A. 66-1,109(c), and amendments thereto; or (d) sand, gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, black top, dirt or fill material to a township road maintenance or construction site of the township in which the owner of such truck resides.
Tenth: To operate a farm truck or truck tractor used in combination with a trailer or semitrailer for a gross weight which does not include the empty weight of the truck or truck tractor or of the combination of any truck or truck tractor and any type of trailer or semitrailer, plus the maximum weight of cargo which will be transported on or with the same; and such farm truck or farm truck tractor used to transport a gross weight of more than 54,000 pounds shall have durably lettered on the side of the motor vehicle the words 'farm vehicle--not for hire.'
Eleventh: To operate on the highways of this state any truck or truck tractor without the current quarter of license fees being paid thereon.
Twelfth: To operate on the highways of this state a truck or truck tractor without carrying in the cab a copy of the registration receipt for the vehicle or without having painted or otherwise durably marked on the vehicle on both sides thereof, the gross weight for which the vehicle is licensed and the name and address of the owner thereof, except as provided in K.S.A. 8-143e, and amendments thereto.
Thirteenth: To operate on the highways of this state a farm trailer carrying more than 6,000 pounds without being registered and the registration fees paid thereon.
Fourteenth: To operate more than 6,000 miles in any calendar year any truck or truck tractor which has been registered and licensed to operate not more than 6,000 miles in such calendar year, as provided in K.S.A. 8-143(b), and amendments thereto, unless the additional fee required by said subsection (b) has been paid.
Fifteenth: For any owner who has registered a truck or truck tractor on the basis of operating not more than 6,000 miles to fail to keep the records required by the director of vehicles, or to fail to comply with rules and regulations of the secretary of revenue relating to such registration.
Sixteenth: To operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles on the national system of interstate and defense highways with a gross weight greater than permitted by the laws of the United States Congress.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 20; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 7; L. 1951, ch. 104, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 294, § 10; L. 1956, ch. 48, § 4; L. 1957, ch. 57, § 7; L. 1961, ch. 49, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 48, § 3; L. 1968, ch. 411, § 3; L. 1969, ch. 48, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 28; L. 1975, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 41, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 186, § 4; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 9;L. 2003, ch. 124, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 3; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 3; L. 2015, ch. 47, § 3; July 1.
8-143. Annual registration or license fees, motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, motorized bicycles and travel trailers; gross weight defined; local trucks and truck tractors, rules and regulations, refunds, exemptions; penalties; temporary registration; registration after nonoperation or nonuse; travel trailers; multiyear registration of trailers.
(a) All applications for the registration of motorcycles, motorized bicycles and passenger vehicles other than trucks and truck tractors, except as otherwise provided, shall be accompanied by an annual license fee as follows:
(1) Prior to January 1, 2020:
(A) For motorized bicycles, $11;
(B) for motorcycles, $16;
(C) for passenger vehicles, other than motorcycles, used solely for the carrying of persons for pleasure or business, and for hearses and ambulances a fee of:
(i) For those having a gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less, $30; and
(ii) for those having a gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds, $40.
(D) Except for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,134, and amendments thereto, the annual registration fee for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned by any political or taxing subdivision of this state or by any agency or instrumentality of any one or more political or taxing subdivisions of this state and used exclusively for governmental purposes and not for any private or utility purposes, that is not otherwise exempt from registration, shall be $2.
(2) On and after January 1, 2020:
(A) For motorized bicycles, $11;
(B) for motorcycles, $16;
(C) for passenger vehicles, other than motorcycles, used solely for the carrying of persons for pleasure or business, and for hearses and ambulances a fee of:
(i) For those having a gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less, $30;
(ii) for those having a gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds, $40;
(iii) for those motor vehicles that are electric hybrid or plug-in electric hybrid vehicles, $50; and
(iv) for those motor vehicles that are all-electric vehicles, $100.
(D) Except for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,134, and amendments thereto, the annual registration fee for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned by any political or taxing subdivision of this state or by any agency or instrumentality of any one or more political or taxing subdivisions of this state and used exclusively for governmental purposes and not for any private or utility purposes, that is not otherwise exempt from registration, shall be $2.
(b) (1) As used in this subsection, the term "gross weight" shall mean and include the empty weight of the truck, or combination of the truck or truck tractor and any type trailer or semitrailer, plus the maximum weight of cargo which will be transported on or with the same, except when the empty weight of a truck plus the maximum weight of cargo which will be transported thereon is 12,000 pounds or less. The term gross weight shall not include: The weight of any travel trailer propelled thereby which is being used for private recreational purposes; or the weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles for which wrecker or towing service, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto, is to be provided by a wrecker or tow truck, as defined in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto. Such wrecker or tow truck shall be registered for the empty weight of such vehicle fully equipped for the recovery or towing of vehicles. The gross weight license fees hereinafter prescribed shall only apply to the truck or truck tractor used as the propelling unit for the cargo and vehicle propelled, either as a single vehicle or combination of vehicles. On application for the registration of a truck or truck tractor, the owner thereof shall declare as a part of such application the maximum gross weight the owner desires to be applicable to such vehicle, which declared gross weight in no event shall be in excess of the limitations described by K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, for such vehicle or combination of vehicles of which it will be a part. All applications for the registration of trucks or truck tractors, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be accompanied by an annual license fee as follows:
For a gross weight of 12,000 lbs. or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 30,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 42,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not more than 48,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,345
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not more than 74,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not more than 80,000
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,870
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not more than 85,500
lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,070
(2) If the applicant for registration of any truck or truck tractor for a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds in the state of Kansas or any political or taxing subdivision or agency of the state, except a city or county, whose truck or truck tractor is not otherwise entitled to the $2 license fee or otherwise exempt from all fees, such vehicle may be licensed for a fee in accordance with the schedule hereinafter prescribed for local trucks or truck tractors.
(3) If the applicant for registration of any truck or truck tractor for a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds shall under oath state in writing on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles that the applicant does not expect to operate it more than 6,000 miles in the calendar year for which the applicant seeks registration, and that if the applicant shall operate it more than 6,000 miles during such registration year such applicant will pay an additional fee equal to the fee required by the schedule under paragraph (1), less the amount of the fee paid at time of registration, such vehicle may be licensed for a fee in accordance with the schedule prescribed for local trucks or truck tractors. Whenever a truck or truck tractor is registered on a local truck or truck tractor fee basis a tab or marker shall be issued in connection with the regular license plate, which tab or marker shall be attached or affixed to and displayed with the regular license plate and the failure to have the same attached, affixed or displayed shall be subject to the same penalties as provided by law for the failure to display the regular license plate; and the secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations requiring the owners of trucks and truck tractors so registered on a local truck or truck tractor fee basis to keep such records and make such reports of mileage of such vehicles as the secretary of revenue shall deem proper.
(4) A transporter delivering vehicles not the transporter’s own by the driveaway method where such vehicles are being driven, towed, or transported singly, or by the saddlemount, towbar, or fullmount methods, or by any lawful combination thereof, may apply for license plates which may be transferred from one such vehicle or combination to another for each delivery without further registration, and the annual license fee for such license plate shall be as follows:
For the first such set of license plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64
For each additional such set of license plates . . . . . . . . . . 38
(5) A truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds, that is operated wholly within the corporate limits of a city or village or within a radius of 25 miles beyond the corporate limits, shall be classified as a local truck except that in no event shall such vehicles operated as contract or common carriers outside a radius of three miles beyond the corporate limits of the city or village in which such vehicles were based when registered and licensed be considered local trucks or truck tractors. The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized and directed to adopt rules and regulations prescribing a procedure for the issuance of permits by the division of vehicles whereby owners of local trucks or truck tractors may operate any such vehicle, empty, beyond the radius hereinbefore prescribed, when such operation is solely for the purpose of having such vehicle repaired, painted or serviced or for adding additional equipment thereto. The annual license fee for a local truck or truck tractor, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be as follows:
(A) Prior to January 1, 2013:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs.......................................................$62
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more
than 20,000 lbs.......................................................102
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more
than 24,000 lbs....................................................... 132
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more
than 26,000 lbs....................................................... 177
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more
than 30,000 lbs....................................................... 177
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not more
than 36,000 lbs....................................................... 215
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more
than 42,000 lbs....................................................... 245
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not more
than 48,000 lbs....................................................... 315
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not more
than 54,000 lbs....................................................... 415
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more
than 60,000 lbs....................................................... 480
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more
than 66,000 lbs....................................................... 580
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not more
than 74,000 lbs....................................................... 760
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not more
than 80,000 lbs....................................................... 890
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not more
than 85,500 lbs....................................................... 1,010
(B) On January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $112
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 30,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 42,000 lbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not more than 48,000 lbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not more than 74,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not more than 80,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not more than 85,500 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,095
(C) On January 1, 2014:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $162
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 30,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 42,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not more than 48,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not more than 74,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not more than 80,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not more than 85,500 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145
(6) A truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds, which is owned by a person engaged in farming and which truck or truck tractor is used by such owner to transport agricultural products produced by such owner or commodities purchased by such owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the owner of such farm truck or truck tractor, shall be classified as a farm truck or truck tractor and the annual license fee for such farm truck shall be as follows:
(A) Prior to January 1, 2013:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs.............................$37
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000 lbs............................. 42
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000 lbs............................. 52
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000 lbs............................. 72
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000 lbs............................. 72
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000 lbs............................. 75
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000 lbs........................... 190
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000 lbs........................... 370
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. ...........................................................................610
(B) On January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $47
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
(C) On January 1, 2014:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $57
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000 lbs. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 152
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000 lbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .745
A vehicle licensed as a farm truck or truck tractor may be used by the owner thereof to transport, for charity and without compensation of any kind, commodities for religious or educational institutions. A truck which is licensed as a farm truck may also be used for the transportation of sand, gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, black top, dirt or fill material to a township road maintenance or construction site of the township in which the owner of such truck resides. Any applicant for registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor used in combination with a trailer or semitrailer shall register the farm truck or farm truck tractor for a gross weight which shall include the empty weight of the truck or truck tractor or of the combination of any truck or truck tractor and any type of trailer or semitrailer, plus the maximum weight of cargo which will be transported on or with the same. The applicant for registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor used to transport a gross weight of more than 54,000 pounds shall durably letter on the side of the motor vehicle the words "farm vehicle—not for hire." If an applicant for registration of any farm truck or farm truck tractor operates such vehicle for any use or purpose not authorized for a farm truck or farm truck tractor, such applicant shall pay an additional fee equal to the fee required for the registration of all trucks or truck tractors not registered as local, 6,000-mile or farm truck or farm truck tractor motor vehicles, less the amount of the fee paid at time of registration. Nothing in this or the preceding paragraph shall authorize a gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles on the national system of interstate and defense highways greater than permitted by laws of the United States congress.
(7) Except as hereinafter provided, the annual license fee for each local urban transit bus used in local urban transit operations exempted under the provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 66-1,109, and amendments thereto, shall be based on the passenger seating capacity of the bus and shall be as follows:
(A) Prior to January 1, 2013:
8 or more, but less than 31 passengers .......................... $15
31 or more, but less than 40 passengers........................... 30
More than 39 passengers ................................................. 60
(B) On January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013:
8 or more, but less than 31 passengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25
31 or more, but less than 40 passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
More than 39 passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
(C) On January 1, 2014:
8 or more, but less than 31 passengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35
31 or more, but less than 40 passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
More than 39 passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
The annual license fee for each local urban transit bus which is owned by a metropolitan transit authority established pursuant to articles 25 and 28 of chapter 12 or pursuant to article 31 of chapter 13 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall be $2.
(8) For licensing purposes, station wagons with a carrying capacity of less than 10 passengers shall be subject to registration fees based on the weight of the vehicles, as provided in subsection (a). Station wagons with a carrying capacity of 10 or more passengers shall be subject to the truck classifications and license fees shall be as provided:
(9) For any trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer or pole trailer the annual license fee shall be as follows:
(A) (i) Until January 1, 2013, for any such vehicle with a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds the annual fee shall be $35;
(ii) On January 1, 2013, for any such vehicle with a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds but less than 54,000 pounds the annual fee shall be $45,
(B) any such vehicle grossing more than 8,000 pounds but not over 12,000 pounds, the annual fee shall be $25, on January 1, 2013, $35, on January 1, 2014, $45;
(C) for any such vehicle grossing more than 2,000 pounds but not over 8,000 pounds, the annual fee shall be $15, on January 1, 2013, $25, on January 1, 2014, $35.
Any such vehicle having a gross weight of 2,000 pounds or less may, at the owner’s option, be registered and the fee for such registration shall be as provided in paragraph (C).
Any trailer, semitrailer or travel trailer owned by a nonresident of this state and based in another state, which is properly registered and licensed in the state of residence of the owner or in the state where based, may be operated in this state without being registered or licensed in this state if the truck or truck tractor propelling the same is properly registered and licensed in this state, or is registered and licensed in some other state and is entitled to reciprocal privileges of operation in this state, but this provision shall not apply to any trailer or semitrailer owned by a nonresident of this state when such trailer or semitrailer is owned by a person who has proportionately registered and licensed a fleet of vehicles under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, or under the terms of any reciprocal or proration agreement made pursuant thereto.
At the option of the owner, any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer, with a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds, may be issued a multi-year registration for a five-year period upon payment of the appropriate registration fee. The fee for a five-year registration of such trailer shall be five times the annual fee for such trailer. If the annual registration fee is increased during the multi-year registration period, the owner of the trailer with such multi-year registration shall be subject to the amount of the increase of the annual registration fee for the remaining calendar years of such multi-year registration. When the owner of any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer registered under this multi-year provision transfers or assigns the title, or interest thereto, the registration of such trailer shall expire. The owner shall remove the license plate from such trailer and forward the license plate to the division of vehicles or may have such license plate assigned to another trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer upon the payment of fees required by law. Any owner of a trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer where the multi-year registration fee has been paid and the trailer is sold, junked, repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic’s lien or title transferred by operation of law, and the registration thereon is not going to be transferred to another trailer, may secure a refund for the registration fee for the remaining calendar years by making application to the division of vehicles on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director of vehicles. The secretary of revenue may adopt such rules and regulations necessary to implement the multi-year registration of such trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers.
(c) Any truck or truck tractor having a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or over, using solid tires, shall pay a license fee of double the amount herein charged. The annual fees herein provided for trucks, truck tractors and trailers not subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, shall be due January 1 of each year and payable on or before the last day of February in each year. If the fee is not paid by such date a penalty of $1 shall be added to the fee charged herein for each month or fraction thereof and until December 31 of each registration year. The annual registration fee for all passenger vehicles and vehicles subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, shall be due on or before the last day of the month in which the registration plate expires and shall be due for other vehicles as provided by K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto. If the registration fee is not paid by such date a penalty of $1 shall be added to the fee charged herein for each month or fraction thereof until such registration fee is paid. Members of the armed forces of the United States shall be permitted to apply for registration at any time and be subject to registration fee, less penalties, applicable at the time the application is made. If any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, or pole trailer is either purchased or acquired after the anniversary or renewal date in any registration year there shall immediately become due and payable a registration fee as follows: If purchased or acquired between the anniversary or renewal date of any registration year and the first six months of such registration year, the annual fee hereinbefore provided; if purchased or acquired during the last six months of any registration year, 50% of such annual fee. If any truck or truck tractor, except trucks subject to K.S.A. 8-134a, and amendments thereto, is purchased or acquired prior to April 1 of any year the fee shall be the annual fee hereinbefore provided, but if such truck or truck tractor is purchased or acquired after the end of March of any year, the license fee for such year shall be reduced 1/12 for each calendar month which has elapsed since the beginning of the year. If any truck registered for a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less or passenger vehicle is purchased or acquired and less than 12 months remain in the registration period, the fee shall be 1/12 of the annual fee for each calendar month remaining in the registration period.
(d) The owner of any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, passenger vehicle, truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or electrically propelled vehicle who fails to pay the registration fee or fees herein provided on the date when the same become due and payable shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a penalty in the sum of $1 for each month or fraction thereof during which such fee has remained unpaid after it became due and payable; and in addition thereto shall be subject to such other punishment as is provided in this act. Upon the transfer of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, passenger vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, trucks or truck tractors, on which registration fees have been paid for the year in which the transfer is made, either (1) to a corporation by one or more persons, solely in exchange for stock or securities in such corporation, or (2) by one corporation to another corporation when all of the assets of such corporation are transferred to the other corporation, then in either case (1) or case (2) the corporation shall be exempt from the payment of registration fees on such vehicles for the year in which such transfer is made. Applications for transfer or registration shall be accompanied by a fee of $1.50. When the registration of a vehicle has expired at midnight on the last day of any registration year, and such vehicle is not thereafter operated upon the highways, any application for renewal of registration made subsequent to the anniversary or renewal date of any registration year following the expiration of such registration and for succeeding registration years in which such vehicle has not been registered shall be accompanied by an affidavit of nonoperation and nonuse, and such application for renewal or registration shall be received by the division of vehicles upon payment of the proper fees for the current registration year and without penalty.
(e) Any nonresident of Kansas purchasing a vehicle from a Kansas resident and desiring to secure registration on the vehicle in the state of such person's residence may make application in the office of any county treasurer for a sixty-day temporary registration. The county treasurer upon presentation of evidence of ownership in the applicant and evidence the sales tax has been paid, if due, shall charge and collect a fee of $3 for each sixty-day temporary license and issue a sticker or paper registration as may be determined by the director of vehicles, and the registration so issued shall be valid for a period of 60 days from the date of issuance.
(f) Any owner of any motor vehicle which is subject to taxation under the provisions of article 51 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated or any other truck or truck tractor where the annual registration fee has been paid and the vehicle is sold, junked, repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic's lien or title transferred by operation of law, and the registration thereon is not going to be transferred to another vehicle may secure a refund for the registration fee for the remaining portion of the year by making application to the division of vehicles on a form and in the manner prescribed by the director of vehicles, accompanied by all license plates and attachments issued in connection therewith. If the owner of the registration becomes deceased and the vehicle is not going to be used on the highway, and title is not being currently transferred, the proper representative of the estate shall be entitled to the refund. The refund shall be made only for the period of time remaining in the registration year from the date of completion and filing of the application with and delivery of the license plate and attachments to the division of vehicles. Where the registration is secured under a quarterly payment annual registration fee, as provided for in K.S.A. 8-143a, and amendments thereto, such refund shall be made on the quarterly fee paid and unused and all remaining quarterly payments shall be canceled. Any truck or truck tractor having the registration fee paid on quarterly payment basis, all quarterly payments due or a fraction of quarterly payment due shall be paid before title may be transferred, except that in case of death, the filing of the application and returning of the license plate and attachment shall cancel the remaining annual payments due. Whenever a truck or truck tractor, where the registration is secured on a quarterly payment of the annual registration, the one repossessing the truck or truck tractor, or foreclosing by a mechanic's lien, or securing title by court order, the mortgagor or the assigns of the mortgagor, or the one securing title may pay the balance due on date of application for title, but the payments for the remaining portion of the year shall not be canceled unless application is made and the license plate and attachments are surrendered. Nothing in this subsection shall apply when registration is secured under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, no refund shall be made under the provisions of this section where the amount thereof does not exceed $5. The division of vehicles shall furnish such blank forms as may be required under the provisions of this subsection as it deems necessary to be completed by the applicant. Whenever a registration which has been secured on a quarterly basis shall be canceled as provided in this subsection, the division of vehicles shall notify the county treasurer issuing the original registration of such cancellation so that the county treasurer may, and the county treasurer shall cancel the registration of such vehicle in the county treasurer's office and release any lien issued in connection with such registration.
(g) Every owner of a travel trailer designed for or intended to be moved upon any highway in this state shall, before the same is so moved, apply for and obtain the proper registration thereof as provided in this act, except when such unit is permitted to be moved under the special provisions relating to secured parties, manufacturers, dealers and nonresidents contained in this act. At the time of registering any travel trailer for the purpose of moving any such vehicle upon any highway in this state, the owner thereof shall indicate on the registration form whether or not such vehicle is being moved permanently to a location outside of the county in which such vehicle is being registered. No such vehicle which the owner thereof intends to move to a permanent location outside the boundaries of such county shall be registered for movement on the highways of this state until all taxes levied against such vehicle have been paid. A copy of such registration form shall be sent to the county clerk or assessor of the county to which such vehicle is being moved. When such travel trailer is used for living quarters and not operated on the highways, the owner shall be exempt from the license fees as provided in subsection (b)(9) so long as such travel trailer is not operated on the highway.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 21; L. 1933, ch. 73, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 79, § 3; L. 1945, ch. 88, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 101, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 39, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 47, § 3; L. 1955, ch. 294, § 3; L. 1956, ch. 48, § 2; L. 1957, ch. 57, § 4; L. 1961, ch. 49, § 2; L. 1962, ch. 31, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 50, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 61, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 411, § 4; L. 1969, ch. 47, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 47, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 26, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 7; L. 1975, ch. 33, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 28, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 30, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 36, § 3; L. 1983, ch. 29, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 31, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 32, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 8; L. 1986, ch. 37, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 43, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 41, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 36, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 209, § 19; L. 1991, ch. 33, § 15; L. 1992, ch. 101, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 41, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 201, § 2; L. 2003, ch. 34, § 2; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 4; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 4; L. 2019, ch. 53, § 1; July 1.
8-143a. Quarterly payment of annual registration fee by resident owner of truck or truck tractor; default fees and penalties; enforcement; tax warrants; collection; exchange of vehicle; application of lien; enforcement provisions.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles registered on an apportioned basis as part of a fleet under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, or any agreement made by the director of vehicles, and the payment of registration fees on a quarterly basis on such vehicles shall be in accordance with K.S.A. 8-1,115, and amendments thereto. A resident owner of any truck or truck tractor, holding a negotiable Kansas title, whether individual, partnership or Kansas corporation, may at such owner's election, made at the time the annual registration fee on such truck or truck tractor is payable, pay such annual registration fee if it exceeds $100, in equal quarterly installments, the first of which shall be payable at the time of such application but not later than the last day of February in each year, and for each ensuing quarter thereafter shall be payable respectively on the first day of April, July and October. The applicant shall, at the time of registration, present such applicant's negotiable Kansas title to the county treasurer, who shall send it, along with the application for registration, to the division of vehicles. The division of vehicles shall retain the title until all quarterly payments are paid in full, at which time the title shall be returned to the owner of the vehicle to which the title was issued.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not in any manner be construed to affect or reduce the amount of annual registration fee due for any truck or truck tractor subject to registration on January 1, and for which the owner shall be liable, but relate only to an alternate method of payment of the amount of fees due and affixed as of January 1 of each year. If any owner shall default in the payment of any quarterly installment payment when the same is payable, the right to operate such vehicle on the highways of this state shall terminate and it shall be unlawful to operate such vehicle on the highways of this state until the delinquent quarterly installment payment plus any penalty, shall have been paid in full.
If any owner shall fail to pay any two quarterly payment installments during any one registration year on any truck or truck tractor registered hereunder, on or before the day the same are due and payable, such owner thereafter may be denied the privilege of the payment of annual registration fees on a quarterly basis on any vehicle. If a quarterly installment payment shall be delinquent more than 10 days beyond the due date of such quarterly installment except for any case where it is determined by the director of vehicles that such delinquency is not due to negligence or intentional disregard of the provisions of this section, then the entire balance of the annual registration fee, including the delinquent quarterly installment, plus a penalty in a sum equal to 10% of the annual registration fee, shall become due and payable; and any such owner so delinquent may thereafter be denied the privilege of the payment of annual registration fees on any vehicle on a quarterly basis. All such fees and penalties remaining unpaid shall constitute a debt due the state, which may be collected from the person owing the same by suit or otherwise. All such fees remaining unpaid after the same are due and payable and any penalties shall constitute a first and prior lien in favor of the state upon the truck or truck tractor registered hereunder and all other real and personal property of the owner located within the state in the amount such fees and penalties remain unpaid. Each lien shall attach at the time such unpaid fees and penalties accrue and shall be paramount to all prior liens or encumbrances of any character and to the rights of any holder of the legal title in or to any such truck or truck tractor. When a quarterly installment is delinquent more than 10 days beyond the due date, upon default of such installment payment, the county treasurer shall promptly file a notice of lien in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the registration fee is payable, and in any other county in which such owner has any property. A copy of such notice of lien shall be mailed to the division of vehicles, and the owner so delinquent, and the sheriff of any county in which such notice of lien is filed. Such notice of lien shall set forth the name and address of the owner, the amount of fees and penalties payable and unpaid, and the description of the vehicle or vehicles to which applicable. It shall be the duty of each register of deeds in this state to index and file immediately all such notices of lien in the manner provided in cases of financing statements and no fee shall be charged for filing and indexing. The county treasurer shall issue a release of lien upon payment of all fees and penalties payable by such owner and such person may file the same with the register of deeds of any county in which such notice of lien has been filed. The county treasurer shall mail a copy of the release of lien to the division, and to the sheriff of any county where said notice of lien has been filed. If a quarterly installment payment shall be delinquent more than 10 days beyond the due date of such quarterly installment, the division, shall promptly on such default and the filing of the notice of lien issue a tax warrant to the sheriff of any county in which such notice of lien has been filed and may thereafter issue further warrants as may be necessary, and such sheriff shall seize and hold all personal property subject thereto and proceed to advertise and sell the same or so much thereof as may be necessary, to satisfy the state's lien, together with all expense of selling at public sale for cash, upon such notice as is provided by law in the case of a security agreement sale.
Any surplus of the proceeds of such sale, after paying to the county treasurer, the amount of the state's lien, and the cost of the officer in giving notice of and executing said warrant computed to the same extent as in judicial sales on execution, and of securing and preserving the property pending such sale, shall be delivered to the person lawfully entitled thereto. In the event that any truck or truck tractor for which the annual registration fee is being paid quarterly shall be sold or otherwise disposed of, the entire balance remaining unpaid on such annual registration fee shall become immediately due and payable.
No certificate of title shall be assigned or transferred or new certificate of title be issued for such vehicle until all the registration fees and penalties are paid in full. In the event such vehicle shall be repossessed by the enforcement of a lien or security interest on the same, during any quarterly period for which the registration fees have not been paid, the person repossessing such vehicle or the person purchasing such vehicle at a repossession sale, may acquire a new certificate of title upon the payment of a fee equal to 1/4 of the annual registration fee of the vehicle registered hereunder, plus the regular fee prescribed by law for certificate of title. If any truck or truck tractor which is registered under the provisions of this subsection is exchanged or traded by the owner thereof for another truck or truck tractor, any registration fee and any quarterly installments which have been paid shall be applied to the registration fee due for the registration of the newly acquired vehicle. The application of any such registration fee or quarterly installment to the newly acquired vehicle shall not affect or reduce the original amount of the annual registration fee or any quarterly installment payment, for which such owner was originally liable.
The division of vehicles may call to its aid the state highway patrol or any peace officer or any duly appointed representative of the department to enforce the provisions of this section within their respective jurisdiction and it shall be the duty of such officers to do so. The remedies for enforcement and collection provided in this section are cumulative and the use of one shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the right to use any other.
History: L. 1955, ch. 294, § 4; L. 1957, ch. 57, § 5; L. 1959, ch. 48, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 62, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 44, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 30, § 3; L. 1982, ch. 37, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 2;L. 2003, ch. 34, § 3; July 1.
8-143b. Temporary intrastate license for truck or truck tractor registered in another state; fee in lieu of annual license fee; application; ambulances, rescue vehicles and utility vehicles exempt from fee in certain cases.
(a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 8-143k, and amendments thereto, and subsection (b), the owner of any truck or truck tractor which is duly registered and licensed in some other state, desiring to operate in intrastate commerce in this state for a temporary period only, in lieu of payment of the annual license fee, may register such truck or truck tractor and obtain either: (1) A 72-hour temporary registration; or (2) a thirty-day license authorizing operation on the highways of this state for a period not to exceed 30 days from the date of issuance of such license. The fee for: The 72-hour temporary registration shall be $26, on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46 and the fee for the thirty-day license shall be $26, on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46 or 1.8 of the annual license fee for such vehicle, whichever sum is the larger. Where either fee is paid on a truck or truck tractor no registration or fee shall be required for a trailer or semitrailer duly registered in this or another state and propelled by such truck or truck tractor. Application for such temporary registration or license shall be made to the division in the manner and form prescribed by the director and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall be deposited by the director as provided by K.S.A. 8-146, and amendments thereto.
(b) Whenever any natural catastrophe or disaster, civil riot or disorder or any other condition exists in this state that requires or necessitates emergency assistance or aid from persons owning ambulances, rescue vehicles or utility vehicles which are subject to the provisions of this section, such persons shall be exempt from the payment of the fee required in subsection (a) for any such ambulance, rescue vehicle or utility vehicle that is operated in this state for the purpose of or in connection with rendering such emergency assistance or aid.
History: L. 1955, ch. 294, § 5; L. 1974, ch. 36, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 43, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 209, § 20; Revived and amend., L. 1990, ch. 38, § 4; L. 2000 ch. 55 § 1; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 5; June 3.
8-143c. Temporary registration for foreign truck or truck tractor for interstate commerce operation; fee; rules and regulations; exception.
The owner of any truck or truck tractor, which is registered and licensed in some other state, not entitled to reciprocal privileges while being operated in interstate commerce on the highways of this state, and which truck or truck tractor has a gross weight, as defined in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, in excess of 12,000 pounds, in lieu of payment of the annual license fee for such vehicle pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, may register such vehicle and obtain temporary registration from the division of vehicles authorizing operation of such vehicle on the highways of this state in interstate commerce for a period of not to exceed 72 hours. The fee for such temporary registration is $26, on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46, which shall be deposited by the division as provided by K.S.A. 8-146, and amendments thereto. Where such fee is paid on a truck or truck tractor no registration or fee shall be required for a trailer or semitrailer duly registered in this or another state and propelled by such truck or truck tractor. The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purpose of this section. A temporary registration as provided in this section is not required for a truck or truck tractor which is registered and licensed in some other state and which operates between cities and villages in this state and cities and villages in another state which are within territory designated as a commercial zone by the interstate commerce commission.
History: L. 1955, ch. 294, § 6; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 33; L. 1976, ch. 43, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 30, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 44, § 3; L. 1989, ch. 209, § 21;L. 2010, ch. 156, § 6; June 3.
8-143d. Licensing agents under 8-143b, 8-143c.
The secretary of revenue may designate agents or contract with private individuals, firms or corporations to issue the licenses described in K.S.A. 8-143b and 8-143c, so that such licenses will be obtainable at convenient locations. No such contract with a private individual, firm or corporation shall take effect prior to July 1, 1978.
History: L. 1955, ch. 294, § 7; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 29; L. 1977, ch. 304, § 14; July 1.
8-143e. Registration receipts for truck or truck tractor; copies; marking vehicle; exemption.
The county treasurer shall issue to the owner a registration receipt on each application for a truck or truck tractor license. The registration application and receipt shall be in such number and contain such information as the division shall determine. Except as provided by K.S.A. 8-142 First, and amendments thereto, a copy of the registration receipt shall be carried in the cab of such truck or truck tractor during all the time the same is operated on the highways of this state.
History: L. 1955, ch. 294, § 8; L. 1956, ch. 48, § 3; L. 1957, ch. 57, § 6; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 9; L. 1977, ch. 32, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 47, § 4; L. 2019, ch. 11, § 1; July 1.
8-143f. Distinctive plates for farm and local trucks.
The director of vehicles shall prescribe and furnish distinctive number plates to be issued for all farm and local trucks sufficient to identify such trucks or truck tractors as registered under the farm and local truck classification.
History: L. 1955, ch. 294, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 30; Aug. 15.
8-143g. Trip permits authorizing certain dealers to demonstrate trucks and truck tractors; fees; application; limitations; plate display; laws applicable; act supplemental; disposition of fees.
A motor vehicle dealer licensed in this state or in a state contiguous to this state, who is the owner of a truck or truck tractor which the owner desires to demonstrate under actual working conditions by having it operated by the prospective purchaser in interstate or intrastate commerce on the highways of this state, in lieu of obtaining a regular registration for such vehicle, may obtain from the division, or an agent designated by director of vehicles, a trip permit authorizing such demonstration and operation for a period of: (a) Seventy-two hours upon making proper application and the payment of a fee of $26; on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46; or (b) fifteen days upon making proper application and the payment of a fee of $100 on January 1, 2013, $110, on January 1, 2014, $120. A dealer may purchase such demonstration permits in multiples of three upon making proper application and the payment of required fees. The application shall be to the division on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. The name of the prospective purchaser must be shown on the application. A dealer purchasing permits in multiples, shall complete the application and permit as required by the division and mail a copy of such application to the division within 24 hours from the date of issuance of such permit. Only one such permit may be used by the same prospective purchaser on the same truck or truck tractor. Whenever a truck or truck tractor is operated under the authority of a trip permit issued hereunder it also shall have displayed thereon a dealer's registration plate which has been issued by this state or a state contiguous to this state to the dealer who is the owner of such truck or truck tractor. The provision of K.S.A. 8-136, and amendments thereto, prohibiting the hauling of commodities in excess of two tons by a vehicle displaying a dealer plate shall not apply to a truck or truck tractor being operated under a trip permit as authorized by this section. This section shall be construed as a part of and supplementary to the motor vehicle registration law of this state. The division shall remit all fees collected under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund.
History: L. 1963, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 43, § 4; L. 1989, ch. 209, § 22; L. 1990, ch. 39, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 59 § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, §26; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 7; June 3.
8-143h. Temporary intrastate licensing of certain farm trucks; fee.
Except as provided in K.S.A. 8-143k, the owner of any duly registered and licensed farm truck in this state, engaged in the hauling of grain as provided by subsection (h) of K.S.A. 66-1,109, and amendments thereto, or chopped forage, and desiring to operate in intrastate commerce in this state for a temporary period only, in lieu of payment of the annual license fee, may register such farm truck and obtain a thirty-day license authorizing operation on the highways of this state for a period of only 30 days from the date of issuance of such license. The fee for such license shall be $26 on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46. Where such fee is paid on a farm truck no registration or fee shall be required for a trailer duly registered in this or another state and propelled by such farm truck. Application for such license shall be made to the division of vehicles on such form as the director of vehicles shall prescribe and shall be accompanied by the required fee, which shall be deposited by the division as provided by K.S.A. 8-146, and amendments thereto. The director of vehicles may designate agents to issue the licenses authorized by this act so that such licenses will be obtainable at convenient locations. This section shall be construed as supplemental to and a part of the motor vehicle registration laws of this state.
History: L. 1963, ch. 47, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 58, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 31; L. 1976, ch. 43, § 5; L. 1989, ch. 209, § 23; Revived and amend., L. 1990, ch. 38, § 5; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 8; June 3.
8-143i. Temporary permit for licensed truck or truck tractor authorizing use on highways beyond local radius; fee; disposition; limitations on use; identification.
The owner of any truck or truck tractor which is properly registered and licensed in this state as a local truck or truck tractor as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, may secure a temporary permit authorizing operation of such vehicle on the highways of this state beyond the local radius authorized by such annual registration for a period only of 72 hours from the time of issuance of such permit. The fee for such permit shall be $26,on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46. Application for such permit shall be made to the division of vehicles on such form as the director of vehicles shall prescribe and shall be accompanied by the required fee, except that such owner shall not be entitled to more than 10 such permits in any calendar year. All such fees shall be deposited by the division as provided by K.S.A. 8-146, and amendments thereto. The division shall issue appropriate identification for such vehicle to authorize its operation under provisions of this act and to specify the expiration time of such permit. No truck or truck tractor shall be authorized to leave the territory of this state under any such 72-hour permit, nor shall any permit issued under authority of this act entitle any truck or truck tractor or the owner to reciprocity in any other state. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the movement of any truck or truck tractor on the highways of this state in violation of any size, weight, safety or insurance requirement of the laws of this state applicable to such truck or truck tractor. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the operation of any motor vehicle in violation of K.S.A. 66-1,111, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1969, ch. 48, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 32; L. 1976, ch. 43, § 6; L. 1991, ch. 34, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 9; June 3.
8-143j. Annual registration for trucks or truck tractors engaged in farm custom harvesting operations.
(a) On and after January 1, 1991, any truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of more than 12,000 pounds which is engaged in farm custom harvesting operations may be registered in accordance with the schedule for such farm custom harvesting vehicles, but shall not be registered as a farm truck or farm truck tractor. The annual license fee for a farm custom harvesting truck or truck tractor shall be as follows:
(1) Prior to January 1, 2013:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs............................$62
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000 lbs........................... 102
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000 lbs........................... 132
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000 lbs........................... 177
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 30,000 lbs........................... 177
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000 lbs........................... 215
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 42,000 lbs........................... 245
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not more than 48,000 lbs........................... 315
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000 lbs........................... 415
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000 lbs........................... 480
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000 lbs........................... 580
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not more than 74,000 lbs........................... 760
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not more than 80,000 lbs........................... 890
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not more than 85,500 lbs........................ 1,010
(2) On January 1, 2013, through December 1, 2013:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 30,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 42,000 lbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not more than 48,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not more than 74,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 845
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not more than 80,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 875
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not more than 85,500 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,095
(3) On January 1, 2014:
For a gross weight of more than 12,000 lbs. and not more than 16,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . $82
For a gross weight of more than 16,000 lbs. and not more than 20,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
For a gross weight of more than 20,000 lbs. and not more than 24,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
For a gross weight of more than 24,000 lbs. and not more than 26,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
For a gross weight of more than 26,000 lbs. and not more than 30,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
For a gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. and not more than 36,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
For a gross weight of more than 36,000 lbs. and not more than 42,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
For a gross weight of more than 42,000 lbs. and not more than 48,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
For a gross weight of more than 48,000 lbs. and not more than 54,000 lbs. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
For a gross weight of more than 54,000 lbs. and not more than 60,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
For a gross weight of more than 60,000 lbs. and not more than 66,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 715
For a gross weight of more than 66,000 lbs. and not more than 74,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
For a gross weight of more than 74,000 lbs. and not more than 80,000 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025
For a gross weight of more than 80,000 lbs. and not more than 85,500 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145
(b) A tab or marker shall be issued and displayed in connection with the regular license plate for a truck or truck tractor registered as a farm custom harvesting truck or truck tractor.
(c) rucks or truck tractors registered under this section shall be eligible for apportioned registration under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,100 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(d) As used in this section, 'farm custom harvesting operations' means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in farm custom harvesting operations if a truck or truck tractor is used to:
(1) Transport farm machinery, supplies, or both, to or from a farm, for custom harvesting operations on a farm;
(2) transport custom harvested crops only from a harvested field to initial storage or to initial market locations; or
(3) transport agricultural products produced by such owner or commodities purchased by such owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the owner of such vehicle.
History: L. 1990, ch. 38, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 101, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 3; L. 2002, Ch. 201, § 2; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 10; June 3.
8-143k. Temporary harvest permit for trucks or truck tractors engaged in farm custom harvesting operations.
(a) The owner of any truck or truck tractor which is duly registered and licensed in some other state and is engaged in farm custom harvesting operations and desiring to operate in intrastate commerce in this state for a temporary period only, may obtain a harvest permit, in lieu of the thirty-day license in K.S.A. 8-143b or 8-143h, and amendments thereto, authorizing the operation of such truck or truck tractor on the highways of this state for a period of not to exceed 60 days from the date of issuance of such permit. For a foreign-based truck or truck tractor, the fee for each permit shall be $26, on January 1, 2013, $36, on January 1, 2014, $46 or 1/6 of the annual license fee for such vehicle, whichever sum is the larger. Where such fee is paid on a truck or truck tractor, no registration or fee shall be required for a trailer or semitrailer duly registered in this or another state and propelled by such truck or truck tractor. Application for such harvest permit shall be made to the division of vehicles of the department of revenue. The secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
(b) For the purpose of this section, 'farm custom harvesting operations' means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in farm custom harvesting operations if the truck or truck tractor is used to:
(1) Transport farm machinery, supplies, or both, to or from a farm, for custom harvesting operations on a farm;
(2) transport custom harvested crops only from a harvested field to initial storage or to initial market locations; or
(3) transport agricultural products produced by such owner or commodities purchased by such owner for use on the farm owned or rented by the owner of such vehicle.
History: L. 1990, ch. 38, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 38, § 3; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 11; June 3.
8-143l. Auctioneers 72-Hour Transport Permits
(a) Any auctioneer conducting auctions under subparagraphs (D) or (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, may obtain from the division, or an agent designated by the director of vehicles, a 72-hour transport permit authorizing the purchaser of a vehicle at an auction conducted by such auctioneer, to operate such vehicle for a period of 72 hours. In addition to the 72-hour transport permit, the purchaser shall have the bill of sale. The fee for each 72-hour transport permit shall be $3.
(b) An auctioneer under subsection (a) who is a Kansas resident, whose primary place of business is in Kansas and only for the purpose of conducting auctions in Kansas, may purchase such 72-hour transport permits in multiples of three upon making proper application and the payment of required fees. The application shall be to the division on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. The name of the purchaser of the vehicle at the auction shall be shown on the 72-hour permit issued. An auctioneer purchasing permits shall complete the application and permit as required by the division and mail a copy of such application to the division within 24 hours from the date of issuance of such permit. Only one such permit may be used by the same purchaser on the same vehicle. The division of vehicles may deny any auctioneer the authority to purchase 72-hour transport permits if the auctioneer is found to have issued more than one 72-hour transport permit to the purchaser of a vehicle. This section shall be construed as a part of and supplementary to the motor vehicle registration law of this state. The division shall remit all fees collected under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund.
History: L. 2002, ch. 34, § 1; July 1.
8-143m. Annuual Commercial Vehicle Fee; permanant commercial plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2014, any truck or truck tractor registered for a gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds which is operating as a commercial vehicle shall, in addition to the annual fee prescribed under K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, pay an annual commercial vehicle fee as follows:
Weight Group Vehicle Age Fee
up to 12,000 lbs.....................1 to 3 ...................................$250.00
12,000 lbs. ............................4 to 6 ................................... 200.00
12,000 lbs. ............................7 and older .......................... 150.00
16,000 lbs. ............................All Ages .............................. 250.00
20,000 lbs. ............................All Ages .............................. 250.00
24,000 lbs. ............................All Ages .............................. 250.00
26,000 lbs. ............................All Ages .............................. 300.00
30,000 lbs. ............................All Ages .............................. 300.00
36,000 lbs. ............................All Ages .............................. 300.00
42,000 lbs. ............................All Ages .............................. 350.00
48,000 lbs. ............................All Ages ............................... 350.00
54,000 lbs. ............................All Ages ............................... 350.00
60,000 lbs. ............................All Ages ............................... 400.00
66,000 lbs. ............................All Ages ............................... 400.00
74,000 lbs. ............................All Ages ............................... 400.00
80,000 lbs. ............................All Ages ............................... 400.00
85,500 lbs. ............................All Ages ............................... 400.00
(b) Truck or truck tractors registered under this section shall be eligible for apportioned registration under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,100 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(c) Upon the payment of the commercial vehicle fee and applicable registration fees under K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, except for vehicles registered under K.S.A. 8-1,100 et seq., and amendments thereto, the division shall provide for the registration of and the issuance of license plates for commercial motor vehicles in accordance with the provisions of this section. License plates issued under this section shall be permanent in nature and designed in such a manner as to remain with the commercial motor vehicle for the duration of the life span of the commercial motor vehicle or until the commercial motor vehicle is deleted from the owner’s fleet. Such license plates shall be distinctive and shall contain the word "commercial" and there shall be no year date thereon. License plates issued under this section shall not be transferable to any other commercial motor vehicle, except that the unused registration and commercial vehicle fee may be transferred to another commercial motor vehicle which is registered at the same or greater weight.
(d) Amounts collected by the county treasurer as annual commercial vehicle fees under this section shall be remitted or distributed in the following manner:
(1) Amounts collected from non-Kansas-based motor carriers, shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund.
(2) Amounts collected from Kansas-based motor carriers shall be allocated and distributed in the same manner as taxes levied against motor vehicles under article 51 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
(e) If an applicant registers a motor vehicle described under this section where such vehicle or vehicles are to have a tax situs in another county, then the county treasurer of the county registering such vehicle or vehicles shall collect the fees prescribed under this section and remit them to the county where the vehicle retains its tax situs. Any county treasurer registering a fleet registered under K.S.A. 8-1,101, and amendments thereto, shall remit the commercial vehicle portion of the fee to the county where the fleet is registered. Upon the transfer and receipt of fees under this subsection, the county treasurer of the receiving county shall remit or distribute such fees as provided in subsection (d).
(f) As used in this section, "commercial vehicle" means any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle in commerce that is used to transport property or passengers when the vehicle:
(1) Has a gross weight or gross combination weight of 10,001 pounds or more;
(2) is designed or used to transport 15 or more passengers, including the driver; or
(3) is used to transport hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placarding.
The term "commercial vehicle" shall not include any motor vehicle required to pay a license fee under subsection (b)(6) of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, or any motor vehicle valued under article 5a of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2012, ch. 87, § 1; July 1.
8-145. Collection of fees; disposition of moneys; compensation of county treasurers; highway patrol motor vehicle fund; VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fund; repossessed certificates of title fee fund.
(a) All registration and certificates of title fees shall be paid to the division of vehicles, a contractor of the division or county treasurer of the county in which the applicant for registration resides or has an office or principal place of business within this state. The division, contractor or the county treasurer shall issue a receipt for such fees paid.
(b) The county treasurer, division or contractor shall deposit $.75 out of each license application, $.75 out of each application for transfer of license plate and $2 out of each application for a certificate of title, collected under this act, in a special fund, which fund is hereby appropriated for the use of the county treasurer, division or contractor in paying for necessary help and expenses incidental to the administration of duties in accordance with the provisions of this law. The county treasurer shall receive extra compensation for the services performed in administering the provisions of this act, which compensation shall be in addition to any other compensation provided by any other law, except that the county treasurer shall receive as additional compensation for administering the motor vehicle title and registration laws and fees, a sum computed as follows: The county treasurer, during the month of December, shall determine the amount to be retained for extra compensation not to exceed the following amounts each year for calendar year 2006 or any calendar year thereafter: The sum of $110 per hundred registrations for the first 5,000 registrations; the sum of $90 per hundred registrations for the second 5,000 registrations; and the sum of $2 per hundred registrations for all registrations thereafter. In no event, however, shall any county treasurer be entitled to receive more than $15,000 additional annual compensation.
If more than one person shall hold the office of county treasurer during any one calendar year, such compensation shall be prorated among such persons in proportion to the number of weeks served. The total amount of compensation paid the treasurer together with the amounts expended in paying for other necessary help and expenses incidental to the administration of the duties of the county treasurer in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall not exceed the amount deposited in such special fund. Any balance remaining in such fund at the close of any calendar year shall be withdrawn and credited to the general fund of the county prior to June 1 of the following calendar year.
(c) The county treasurer division or contractor shall remit the remainder of all such fees collected, together with the original copy of all applications, to the secretary of revenue. The secretary of revenue shall remit all such fees remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, except as provided in subsection (d).
(d) (1) Three dollars and fifty cents of each certificate of title fee collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $3.50 to the Kansas highway patrol motor vehicle fund. Three dollars of each certificate of title fee collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $3 to the VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fund.
(2) For repossessed vehicles, $3 of each certificate of title fee collected shall be retained by the contractor or county treasurer who processed the application.
(3) Three dollars and fifty cents of each reassignment form fee collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $3.50 to the Kansas highway patrol motor vehicle fund. Three dollars of each reassignment form fee collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $3 to the VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fund.
(4) Four dollars of each division of vehicles modernization surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $4 to the state highway fund.
(5) Two dollars of each Kansas highway patrol staffing and training surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $2 to the Kansas highway patrol staffing and training fund.
(6) One dollar and twenty-five cents of each law enforcement training center surcharge collected and remitted to the secretary of revenue, shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall credit such $1.25 to the law enforcement training center fund.
(7) Fees collected in K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 8-135 and 8-145, and amendments thereto, that are collected by the division for commercial motor vehicles or vehicles that are part of a commercial fleet, shall be remitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amounts to the commercial vehicle administrative fund.
(8) Fees collected in K.S.A. 8-135 and 8-145, and amendments thereto, that are collected by the division for vehicles that are part of a fleet rental pursuant to K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-1,189, and amendments thereto, shall be remitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amounts to the fleet rental vehicle administration fund.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 23; L. 1933, ch. 73, § 2; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 8; L. 1938, ch. 12, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 97, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 41, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 50, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 335, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 49, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 34; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 8; L. 1975, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 31, § 6; L. 1985, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 34, § 4; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 5; L. 1996, ch. 260, § 4; L. 1997, ch. 56, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 138, § 6; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 8; L. 1999, ch. 114, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 73, § 3; L. 2002, ch. 134, § 2; L. 2002, ch. 134, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 30, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 35, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 2, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 186, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 18, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 60, § 1; L. 2007, ch. 135, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 102, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 26, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 2; L. 2017, ch. 74, § 2; L. 2019, ch. 26, § 3; January 1, 2020.
8-145a. Collection of insufficient or no-fund check given for vehicle registration; notice; recovery of plates; return of check, when; criminal prosecution.
(a) The county treasurer of any county who shall receive from any person, as payment of the annual license fee for the registration of any motorcycle or motor vehicle, a credit card payment that is subsequently rejected or reversed by the credit card issuer or a payment instrument drawn on or issued by a bank or other financial institution in which such person has no money on deposit or in which there is insufficient money on deposit for the payment of such payment instrument upon its presentation, shall upon the return of any such payment instrument by the bank or other financial institution or upon the rejection or reversal of the credit card transaction notify the person uttering the same. Such notice shall be given by first class mail and shall state that if within seven days of the date of mailing the notice, such person has not paid the amount of the license fee, the sheriff will recover the registration number plate for which the credit card transaction or payment instrument was submitted and return the same to the office of the county treasurer. If the amount of the license fee is received in the office of the county treasurer within such seven days, the county treasurer shall return such insufficient or no-fund payment instrument to the person from whom it was received:: Nothing in this act is to be construed to exclude criminal prosecutions as in other cases involving insufficient or no-fund checks or other payment instruments.
(b) For the purposes of this section, :payment instrument" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 9-508 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1968, ch. 359, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 102, § 2; July 1.
8-145b. Same; duties of treasurer and sheriff; criminal prosecution not excluded.
If the full amount of the license fee for which an insufficient or no-fund check was given is not received in the office of the county treasurer, after the giving of notice, within the time hereinbefore prescribed, the county treasurer shall certify to the sheriff of the county, the name and address of the person uttering such insufficient or no-fund check together with the registration number and a description of the vehicle registered and it shall be the duty of the sheriff to recover the registration number plate for which such check was uttered: Provided,Nothing in this act is to be construed to exclude criminal prosecutions as in other cases involving insufficient or no-fund checks.
History: L. 1968, ch. 359, § 2; July 1.
8-145c. Same; completion of registration by owner after plates recovered; penalty; disposition of fees.
The owner of any vehicle, the registration number plate of which has been removed and recovered by the sheriff, may complete the registration of such vehicle and receive such registration number plate by paying to the county treasurer the full amount of the license fee for the registration of such vehicle together with a penalty in the amount of five dollars ($5). The county treasurer shall deposit two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of each such penalty in the salary fund of the county sheriff's department and two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of each such penalty in the special fund created and established under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-145.
History: L. 1968, ch. 359, § 3; July 1.
8-145d. Service fee in addition to registration fee; satellite registration fee; deposit, use and appropriation thereof.
In addition to the annual vehicle registration fees prescribed by K.S.A. 8-143, 8-143b, 8-143c, 8-143g, 8-143h, 8-143i, 8-167, 8-172, 8-195, 8-1,103 and 8-1,108, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 8-143l, and amendments thereto, any applicant for vehicle registration or renewal thereof for registration shall pay a service fee in the amount of $5 to the county treasurer, the division of vehicles or a contractor of the division at the time of making such application. In addition to such service fee, the county treasurer may charge any applicant for vehicle registration or renewal thereof for registration, a registration fee as follows: (1) In an amount not to exceed $5 per vehicle registration or renewal thereof for registration, when such application is made at a registration facility in a county with multiple vehicle registration facilities as established by the county treasurer; and (2) in an amount not to exceed $2.50 per vehicle registration or renewal thereof for registration, when such application is made at a registration facility in a county with a single vehicle registration facility as established by the county treasurer. The county treasurer, division or contractor shall deposit all amounts received under this section in the special fund created pursuant to K.S.A. 8-145, and amendments thereto, and such amounts shall be used by the county treasurer, division or contractor for all purposes for which such fund has been appropriated by law, and such additional amounts are hereby appropriated as other amounts deposited in such fund.
History: L. 1982, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 45, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 37, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 10; L. 1997, ch. 109, § 1; L. 1999. ch. 114, § 5; L. 2002, ch. 134, § 7; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 6; L. 2008, ch. 181, § 3; L. 2010, ch. 156, § 12; L. 2016, ch. 88, § 4; L. 2017, ch. 74, § 3; July 1.
8-145f. Commercial vehicle administrative system fund
(a) Each commercial vehicle registering under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, 8-1,100, or 8-1,152, and amendments thereto, shall be assessed a fee of four dollars. Such fee shall be collected by the county treasurer and shall be remitted in the following manner:
(1) Two dollars of such fee assessed and collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto, who shall then credit the entire amount thereof to the commercial vehicle administrative system fund, which fund is hereby established in the state treasury. All moneys deposited in such fund shall be used by the Kansas department of revenue solely for the operation, maintenance and enhancement of the work processes, computer hardware and software and related equipment associated with the division of vehicle’s functions related to commercial motor vehicles.
(2) Two dollars shall be deposited by the county treasurer in the special fund created pursuant to K.S.A. 8-145, and amendments thereto, and such amounts shall be used by the county treasurer for all purposes for which such fund has been appropriated by law.
History: L. 2012, ch. 87, § 2; July 1.
8-145g. Repossessed certificates of title fee fund abolished.
On July 1, 2017, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer all moneys in the repossessed certificates of title fee fund to the division of vehicles operating fund. On July 1, 2017, all liabilities of the repossessed certificates of title fee fund are hereby transferred to and imposed on the division of vehicles operating fund, and the repossessed certificates of title fee fund is hereby abolished.
History: L. 2017, ch. 74, § 5; July 1.
The division of vehicles shall remit all fees received by the division under this act to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and credit such fees in accordance with K.S.A. 8-145, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 24; L. 1937, ch. 72, § 9; L. 1949, ch. 100, § 3; L. 1953, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 35; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 6; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 28 ( 15); July 1.
8-147. Manufacture of license plates and decals for registered vehicles; KCC identification tags.
As used in this section 'license plate' means the plate used to externally evidence registration of a vehicle under chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. Prior to November 1 of each year, the director of vehicles shall furnish the secretary of revenue with complete and detailed specifications for the manufacture of all license plates and registration decals, together with the number required for delivery in the succeeding year for use during the following year, and the state corporation commission shall furnish the secretary of revenue with complete and detailed specifications for the manufacture of identification tags together with the number required for delivery in the succeeding year for use in the following year. The secretary of revenue shall cause to be manufactured all license plates and registration decals and state corporation commission identification tags based on such specifications and estimates. For such purpose, the secretary of revenue shall enter into a contract for the manufacture of license plates, tags and decals with any organization or institution designated in K.S.A. 39-1208 and amendments thereto. Any such contract may provide that the secretary of revenue shall furnish or cause to be furnished the materials and supplies necessary for the manufacture and distribution of license plates, tags and decals if, in the opinion of the secretary of revenue, a reduction in the cost of manufacturing and distribution of the license plates, tags and decals under such contract will be achieved. Subject to the foregoing, the cost to the state for the manufacture of the license plates, tags and decals pursuant to any contract entered into under this section shall be substantially equivalent to such costs under prior contracts, with the cost of license plates increased in the amount of the cost of coating with reflective material, but any such contract shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3739 and amendments thereto. Except as authorized by other provisions of law, license plates, beginning in the year in which new license plates are issued pursuant to K.S.A. 8-132 and amendments thereto, shall be lettered, numbered and designed as provided in this section. Each license plate shall contain a combination of three letters followed by a combination of three numerals, except that once all allowable combinations of letters and numerals have been used, each license plate shall contain an arrangement of numerals or letters, or both, as shall be assigned by the secretary of revenue. The arrangement of numerals and letters of license plates shall be uniform throughout each classification of registration. The secretary may provide for the arrangement of the numerals and letters in groups or otherwise and for other distinguishing marks on such license plates. The secretary of revenue shall design decals to be affixed to the license plates to identify the county by two letters chosen from the name of the county distinctly indicative of the name of the county in which the vehicle is registered and the date registration is to expire. The letters and numerals of such license plates shall be in such contrast of colors to the background of the license plate as to make such letters and numerals easily read. As new license plates are issued, the face of every license plate shall be completely coated with a reflective material. The reflectorized material shall be of such nature as to provide effective and dependable performance in the promotion of highway safety and vehicle identification throughout the service period for which the license plates are issued. The sum of $.50 shall be added to the cost of each reflectorized license plate. The director shall change the color of such license plates every time new license plates are issued under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132 and amendments thereto. The quantity of license plates and registration decals to be furnished each county shall be computed upon the basis of the number of motor vehicles registered and reregistered in such county for the preceding year, and additional license plates and decals shall be furnished as required. Any contract entered into pursuant to this section for the manufacture of license plates and decals shall provide that the license plates and decals, other than prorate license plates and prorate backing plates, shall be shipped directly to the treasurer of the county where they are to be used. Any such contract for the manufacture of state corporation commission identification tags shall provide that such tags shall be shipped directly to the state corporation commission.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 25; L. 1943, ch. 80, § 4; L. 1945, ch. 87, § 3; L. 1947, ch. 98, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 103, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 100, § 5; L. 1953, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 47, § 3; L. 1973, ch. 27, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 35, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 33, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 29, § 4; L. 1984, ch. 29, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 3, § 1; July 1.
8-147a. Inapplicability of 75-5277 to manufacture of number plates, decals, prorate plates, corporation commission identification tags, highway signs and markers.
The provisions of K.S.A. 75-5277 shall not be applicable to the manufacture of motor vehicle number plates, registration decals, prorate license and backing plates, highway signs and markers and state corporation commission identification tags.
History: L. 1974, ch. 35, § 12; L. 1977, ch. 33, § 2; July 1.
8-148. Issuance and record of license plates; records open to public.
When application is made to any county treasurer for a motor-vehicle license, as provided in K.S.A. 8-130, the county treasurer shall designate upon such application and a receipt therefor the number of the tag issued, and shall deliver the tag at the time application is made. The names of registered owners of motor vehicles and the records in the office of the county treasurer shall at all times be open to inspection by the public.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 26; L. 1933, ch. 77, § 1; June 5.
8-149. Violation of act; penalty.
It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,500, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment, for any person to violate any of the provisions of K.S.A. 8-126 et seq. and amendments thereto, unless a different penalty is by this act otherwise prescribed.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 27; L. 1990, ch. 34, § 3; July 1.
If any section, subsection, paragraph or provision of this act shall be held to be invalid by any court for any reason, it shall be presumed that this act would have been passed by the legislature without such invalid section, subsection, paragraph or provision, and such finding or construction shall not in any way affect the remainder of this act.
History: L. 1929, ch. 81, § 29; Dec. 1.
8-152. Effect of noncompliance.
The operation of a vehicle in this state without complying with the provisions of this act shall not be considered as operating the same unlawfully or in violation of law so as to affect the validity of any contract or policy of liability insurance or indemnity against liability for personal injuries or damages to property, fire, theft or collision insurance carried on such vehicle.
History: L. 1937, ch. 72, § 10; March 31.
8-153. Proof of payment of sales tax required.
No certificate of registration or ownership of any motor vehicle or trailer shall hereafter be issued by the county treasurer of any county of this state or the division of vehicles, unless and until the applicant for such certificate shall produce evidence satisfactory to the county treasurer or division that the state sales tax, or, in the event the said motor vehicle was purchased outside this state, the tax provided for by the provisions of K.S.A. 79-3701 to 79-3711, and acts amendatory thereto, has been paid by said applicant, or that said motor vehicle is exempt from the payment thereof: Provided,That no certificate of registration or ownership shall be issued for a vehicle which was last titled or titled and registered in a foreign state or registered only if such foreign state has no title law, until satisfactory proof, by affidavit of the applicant has been made, that sales tax on such vehicle has been paid in a foreign state or compensating tax has been paid in Kansas, except in such instances where the applicant for registration or title shall prove by affidavit, that he or she was a bona fide resident of such foreign state at the time of the registration.
History: L. 1939, ch. 85, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 48, § 1; May 1.
8-156. Manufacture of highway markers and signs; powers and duties of secretary of transportation and secretary of corrections.
Prior to November first of each year, the secretary of transportation shall furnish the secretary of corrections complete and detailed specifications, with an estimate of the number required, for the manufacture of all highway markers or signs to be delivered during the ensuing year for use the following year. The secretary of corrections shall cause the same to be manufactured on the basis of said specifications and estimate and shall cause the same to be packed in suitable containers and shipped, prepaid, to the designated destination as they are finished, which shall not be later than December fifteenth of the year of manufacture: Provided,That all additional orders for extra markers or signs and 'miss-outs' shall be manufactured and shipped as soon as convenient after the order is received. Annually, on June 1, the secretary of corrections shall file a verified statement with the secretary of transportation showing the total number of highway markers and signs manufactured and delivered during the preceding twelve (12) months.
History: L. 1945, ch. 87, § 6; L. 1947, ch. 98, § 2; L. 1951, ch. 106, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 44, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 35, § 10; L. 1975, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 5; Aug. 15.
8-159. Purchase of materials for manufacture; approval of secretary of transportation.
The secretary of corrections shall purchase all materials necessary for the manufacture of all items contemplated in K.S.A. 8-156, including steel, background paint, numeral paint and necessary dies. All such materials shall be purchased subject to inspection and approval by the secretary of transportation and upon specifications written and provided by the secretary of transportation.
History: L. 1953, ch. 44, § 4; L. 1955, ch. 49, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 51, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 36; L. 1977, ch. 33, § 3; July 1.
8-160. Free license plates for disabled veterans; definition.
As used in this act, the term 'disabled veteran' means a person who has served in the armed forces of the United States and who is entitled to compensation for service-connected
disability of at least 50% and the laws administered by the veterans administration or who is entitled to compensation for the loss, or permanent loss of use, of one or both feet or one or both hands, or for permanent visual impairment of both eyes to a prescribed degree.
History: L. 1951, ch. 102, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 48, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 89, § 3, April 23.
8-161. Disabled veterans registration and license plates; free; parking privileges; penalties.
(a) Any disabled veteran as defined in K.S.A. 8-160, and amendments thereto, who resides in Kansas and who makes application to the director of vehicles on a form furnished by the director for registration of a motor vehicle that is a passenger vehicle, a truck with a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds, or a motorcycle and is owned or leased and used by such veteran may have such motor vehicle registered, and the director shall issue a distinctive license plate for it. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates are issued. Such registration shall be made and such license plates issued free of charge to the disabled veteran. The director of vehicles shall also issue to the disabled veteran an individual identification card which must be carried by the disabled veteran when the motor vehicle being operated by the disabled veteran or used for the transportation of such disabled veteran is parked in a designated accessible parking space. Such distinctive license plate shall not be printed with the international symbol of access to the physically disabled unless the disabled veteran meets the definition of a person with a disability as defined in K.S.A. 8-1,124, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any Kansas resident who owns or leases a motor vehicle and who is responsible for the transportation of a disabled veteran or any resident disabled veteran desiring a distinctive license plate for a vehicle other than a motor vehicle owned or leased by the veteran may make application to the director of vehicles for such a license plate. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates are issued. There shall be no fee for such license plates in addition to the regular registration fee. Such license plates shall not be printed with the international symbol of access to the physically disabled unless the applicant is responsible for the transportation of the disabled veteran who meets the definition of a person with a disability as defined in K.S.A. 8-1,124, and amendments thereto.
(c) (1) The director of vehicles shall design a special license plate to be issued as provided in this act. No registration or license plates issued under this act shall be transferable to any other person. No registration under this act shall be made until the applicant has filed with the director acceptable proof that the applicant is a disabled veteran as defined by K.S.A. 8-160, and amendments thereto, or is responsible for the transportation of such veteran. Any applicant who requests the international symbol of access to be printed on the applicant's distinctive license plate shall provide the director with acceptable proof that the applicant meets the definition of a person with a disability as defined in K.S.A. 8-1,124, and amendments thereto.
(2) Motor vehicles displaying the distinctive license plates with the international symbol of access displayed on such license plates shall be permitted to:
(A) park in any parking space on public or private property which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of persons with a disability or persons responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability, except a parking space on private property which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of a specified person with a disability,
(B) park without charge in any metered zone. Such motor vehicle shall be exempt from any time limitation imposed on parking in any zone designated for parking during the hours in which parking is permitted in any city; or
(C) park without charge in any parking space in a public parking facility or public parking lot if such parking space is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of persons with a disability or persons responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability and such public parking facility or public parking lot employs persons who are parking attendants and who collect payment. Any parking occurring under the provisions of this subparagraph shall also comply with all regulations and restrictions posted at the entrance of the public parking facility or public parking lot by the management thereof.
(3) Motor vehicles displaying the distinctive license plates without the international symbol of access on such license plates shall be permitted to:
(A) Park without charge in any metered zone. Such motor vehicle shall be exempt from any time limitation imposed on parking in any zone designated for parking during the hours in which parking is permitted in any city; or
(B) park without charge in any parking space in a public parking facility or public parking lot if such parking space is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of persons with a disability or persons responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability and such public parking facility or public parking lot employs persons who are parking attendants and who collect payment. Any parking occurring under the provisions of this subparagraph shall also comply with all regulations and restrictions posted at the entrance of the public parking facility or public parking lot by the management thereof.
(d) Any person who willfully and falsely represents that such person has the qualifications to obtain the distinctive license plates provided for by this section, or who falsely utilizes the parking privilege accorded by this section, shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $250.
History: L. 1951, ch. 102, § 2; L. 1953, ch. 45, § 2; L. 1957, ch. 60, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 28, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 30, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 6; L. 1981, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1986, ch. 36, § 10; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 4; L. 2014, ch. 77, § 2; L. 2015, ch. 23, § 1; L. 2022, ch. 57, § 6; July 1.
8-161a. Free license plates for disabled citizens organizations; definition.
As used in this act, the term 'disabled citizens organization' means any nonprofit corporation duly authorized to operate in this state for the purpose of training the physically handicapped citizens to become self-supporting and which assists such persons by conducting drivers training courses for the operation of motor vehicles.
History: L. 1963, ch. 45, § 1; April 8.
8-161b. Same; application; issuance; nontransferable; proof of eligibility.
Any such disabled citizens organization which makes application to the division of vehicles of the Kansas department of revenue on a form prescribed and furnished by said division of registration of passenger motor vehicles and trucks owned and used by said organization shall be entitled to have two (2) such passenger vehicles and two (2) trucks registered, and the division shall issue distinctive license plates or tags for such motor vehicles. Such license plates or tags shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates or tags are issued. Such registration shall be made and such license plates or tags issued free of charge to such disabled citizens organization. Said division of vehicles shall design a special license plate or tag, and no plate or tag issued under authority of this act shall be transferable to any other person, firm or corporation. Before such registration or issuance of plates or tags shall be made, such disabled citizens organization shall have filed acceptable proof that it is duly authorized to operate in the state of Kansas as a nonprofit organization and that it has actually established and is operating such motor vehicle drivers training courses for disabled citizens who are residents of this state.
History: L. 1963, ch. 45, § 2; April 8.
8-162. License plates with amateur radio call letters; fee.
Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger motor vehicles or trucks licensed for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds who are residents of the state of Kansas, and who hold an unrevoked and unexpired official amateur radio station license issued by the federal communications commission, upon application, accompanied by proof of ownership of such amateur radio station license, complying with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon the payment of the regular license fee for plates, as prescribed under K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and the payment of an additional fee of $1, shall be issued license plates as prescribed under K.S.A. 8-147, and amendments thereto, upon which, in lieu of the letters and numbers as prescribed by K.S.A. 8-147, and amendments thereto, shall be inscribed the official amateur radio call letters of such applicant as assigned by the federal communications commission.
History: L. 1953, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 5; July 1.
8-163. License plates with amateur radio call letters; rules and regulations.
The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to obtain compliance with all state licensing laws relating to use and operation of a private passenger vehicle or a truck licensed for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds before issuing these plates in lieu of the regular Kansas license plates, and all applications for such plates shall be made in a manner prescribed by the division of vehicles.
History: L. 1953, ch. 40, § 2; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 36; L. 1980, ch. 34, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 9; L. 2013, ch. 8, § 3; July 1.
8-165. Same; act supplemental.
This act is supplementary to the motor vehicle licensing laws of Kansas and nothing herein shall be construed as abridging or amending such laws.
History: L. 1953, ch. 40, § 4; Jan. 1, 1954.
8-166. Registration of antique vehicles; definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall for the purpose of this act have the following meaning:
(a) "Antique" means any vehicle, including an antique military vehicle, more than 35 years old, propelled by a motor using petroleum fuel, steam or electricity or any combination thereof, regardless of the age or type of the components or equipment installed on the vehicle.
(b) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, club or organization.
(c) "Antique military vehicle" means a vehicle, regardless of the vehicle’s size or weight, that was manufactured for use in any country’s military forces and is maintained to represent its military design, except that an antique military vehicle shall not include a fully tracked vehicle.
(d) The words and phrases defined in K.S.A. 8-126 and 8-126a, and amendments thereto, when used in this act shall mean the same as defined by such sections.
History: L. 1955, ch. 62, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 136, § 4; L. 2021, ch. 51, § 1; July 1.
8-167. Registration of antique vehicles; registration for operation on highway; registration for the purpose of taxation, registration fee.
(a) Every owner of an antique motor vehicle intended to be operated upon any highway in this state shall, before the same is operated, apply for the registration thereof, as provided by this act.
(b) In addition to the registration required under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and K.S.A. 8-168 et seq., and amendments thereto, each antique vehicle shall be registered for the purpose of taxation as prescribed by article 51 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, at the time such owner intends to commence the operation of the same upon the highways of the state and at the times prescribed by K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto, for the registration of any other motor vehicle owned by the owner of such antique vehicle. The fee for registration of an antique vehicle under the provisions of this subsection shall be five dollars.
History: L. 1955, ch. 62, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 325, § 7; L. 2013, ch. 8, § 4; July 1.
8-168. Same; how application made.
Application for the registration of a vehicle required to be registered hereunder shall be made by the owner thereof, by mail or otherwise, in the office of the county treasurer of the county in which such owner resides, upon the appropriate form furnished by the division of vehicles.
History: L. 1955, ch. 62, § 3; June 30.
8-169. Same; issuance of receipt.
Upon the filing of such application for registration and payment of the fees hereinafter provided the division shall register the vehicle and shall issue to the owner a registration receipt in such form as the division shall deem adequate.
History: L. 1955, ch. 62, § 4; June 30.
8-170. Registration of antique vehicles; fee for transfer of ownership; fee and form for certificate of title.
(a) Upon the transfer of ownership of any vehicle registered under of this act, its registration and right to use the license plates on such vehicle shall expire. Upon such transfer of ownership there shall be no transfer of any registration, and the license plates shall be removed by the owner thereof. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the person to whom such license plates were originally issued to have such license plates in possession. In the case of a transfer of ownership of a registered vehicle the original owner of the license plates may register another antique vehicle under the same license plate designation, upon application therefor and the payment of a fee of $1.50. Any model year license plate transferred shall comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-172(c), and amendments thereto.
(b) Upon the transfer and sale of a registered vehicle by any person, the new owner thereof, before using a vehicle on the highways of this state, shall make application to the division for registration of the vehicle.
(c) Certificate of title:
(1) Application for certificate of title on an antique vehicle shall be made by the owner or the owner’s agent upon a blank form to be furnished by the division and shall contain such information as the division shall determine necessary. The division may waive any information requested on the form if it is not available. For any antique vehicle with a model year 60 years old or older, the application together with a bill of sale for the antique vehicle shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that the applicant is the owner of the vehicle and the certificate of title shall be issued for such vehicle. If the application and bill of sale are used to obtain a certificate of title for any antique vehicle having a model year newer than 60 years, the certificate of title shall not be issued until an inspection in accordance with K.S.A. 8-116)(a), and amendments thereto, has been completed. The certificate of title shall be delivered to the applicant. The certificate shall contain the words "antique vehicle."
(2) The certificate of title shall contain upon the reverse side a form for assignment of title to be executed by the owner. A certificate of title may be issued under the provisions of this act without an application for registration.
(3) The fee for each original certificate of title so issued shall be $10. The certificate of title shall be good for the life of the antique vehicle, so long as such certificate of title is owned or held by the original holder of the certificate of title, and shall not have to be renewed. In the event of a sale or transfer of ownership of an antique vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued under the provisions of this subsection, the holder of such certificate of title shall endorse on the certificate of title an assignment thereof, with warranty of title in form printed thereon, as prescribed by the director, and the transferor shall deliver such assigned certificate of title to the buyer at the time of delivery of the vehicle. The buyer shall then present such assigned certificate of title to the director or an authorized agent of the director, whereupon a new certificate of title shall be issued to the buyer. The fee for such new certificate of title shall be $10.
History: L. 1955, ch. 62, § 5; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 10; L. 1980, ch. 31, § 3; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 10; L. 1987, ch. 42, § 4; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 7; L. 1996, ch. 260, § 5; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 11; L. 1999, ch. 114, § 6; L. 2002, Ch. 190,. § 2, L. 2003, ch. 30, § 5; L. 2004, ch. 180, § 2; L. 2022, ch. 66, § 1; July 1.
8-171. Same; lost license plate, certificate of title or registration receipt; fee for duplicate.
In the event that any license plate, certificate of title or registration receipt issued hereunder, shall be lost, mutilated, or shall have become illegible, the person who is entitled thereto shall make immediate application for and obtain a duplicate therefor, upon furnishing information of such fact satisfactory to the division and upon payment of the required fees: Namely, the same fees for certificate of title, registration receipt and license plates as listed in K.S.A. 8-139, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1955, ch. 62, § 6; L. 1959, ch. 46, § 11; L. 1972, ch. 22, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 31, § 4; L. 1987, ch. 42, § 5; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 8; L. 1996, ch. 260, § 6; L. 1999, ch. 114, § 7; L. 2002, ch. 134, § 9; L. 2003, ch. 30, § 6 ; L. 2013, ch. 8, § 5; July 1.
8-172. Antique vehicles; license plates, design, fees; model year license plates; requirements.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), license plates issued for antique vehicles shall be distinctive and shall contain the words 'Kansas' and 'antique' and there shall be no year date thereon. The numbering system shall consist of combinations of not more than seven letters of the alphabet or numerals or a combination of such letters and numerals. The combinations of such letters and numerals shall be at the direction of the director of vehicles, except that any person owning an antique vehicle, other than an antique motorcycle, may make application for a special combination of letters and numerals not exceeding seven. Antique motorcycle license plates shall be the same as other antique vehicle license plates, except the numbering system shall consist of not more than five letters of the alphabet or numerals or a combination of letters and numerals. Such application shall be made in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles and shall be accompanied by a special combination fee of $40. Unless the combination of letters or numerals designated by the applicant have been assigned to another antique vehicle registered in this state, or unless the combination of letters or numerals designated by the applicant have a profane, vulgar, lewd or indecent meaning or connotation, as determined by the director, the division shall assign such combination of letters to the applicant's vehicle.
(b) In addition to the fees required under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-167, and amendments thereto, and subsection (a) or (c) of this section, the registration fee for any antique vehicle shall be $40 and once paid shall not be required to be renewed.
(c) In lieu of the license plate issued under subsection (a), a person who owns an antique vehicle who wants to display a model year license plate on the vehicle shall make application in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles, including the execution of an affidavit setting forth that the model year license plate the person wants to display on the person’s antique vehicle is a legible and serviceable license plate that originally was issued by this state or a license plate originally issued by a Kansas city or a reproduction of such city issued license plate.. Except for license plates issued prior to 1921, such license plate shall be inscribed with the date of the year corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured. For license plates issued prior to 1921, such license plate shall be the license plate issued by the state or a Kansas city or a reproduction of such city issued license plate corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured. Duplicate numbers for any year shall not be allowed for any model year license plate under the provisions of this subsection. Upon application to display a reproduction of a city issued license plate, the division of vehicles shall issue a number to be used for such reproduction license plate. The model year license plate fee shall be $40.
(d) In addition to the license plates authorized under subsection (a) or (c), a person who owns an antique vehicle may display a model year license plate originally issued by the state of Kansas or a Kansas city or a reproduction of such city issued license plate on the front of an antique vehicle. Except for license plates issued prior to 1921, such license plate shall be inscribed with the date of the year corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured. For license plates issued prior to 1921, such license plate shall be the license plate issued by the state corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured.
(e) For a model year license plate issued during calendar year 1976 or thereafter, and which is displayed on an antique vehicle pursuant to subsection (c), the owner may display a decal of the type described in K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, for the year of the vehicle so long as such decal is legible. Otherwise, on and after January 1, 2013, the owner may obtain a replacement decal from the county treasurer which displays the year of the vehicle.
History: L. 1955, ch. 62, § 7; L. 1972, ch. 23, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 35, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 30, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 11; L. 1989, ch. 209, § 24; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 12; L. 2003, ch. 32, § 2; L. 2009, ch. 22, § 1, L. 2012, ch. 45, § 1; July 1.
8-173. Registration of vehicles; proof of payment of personal property taxes or evidence of assessment; registration not accepted if personal property taxes delinquent.
(a) An application for registration of a vehicle as provided in article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto, shall not be accepted unless the person making such application shall exhibit:
(1) A receipt showing that such person has paid all personal property taxes levied against such person for the preceding year, including taxes upon such vehicle, except that if such application is made before May 11 such receipt need show payment of only one-half the preceding year's tax; or
(2) evidence that such vehicle was assessed for taxation purposes by a state agency, or was assessed as stock in trade of a merchant or manufacturer or was exempt from taxation under the laws of this state.
(b) An application for registration of a vehicle as provided in article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall not be accepted if the records of the county treasurer show that the applicant is delinquent and owes personal property taxes levied against the applicant for any preceding year.
(c) An original application for registration of a motor vehicle shall not be accepted until the applicant signs a certification, provided by the director of motor vehicles, certifying that the applicant has and will maintain, during the period of registration, the required insurance, self insurance or other financial security required pursuant to K.S.A. 40-3104 and amendments thereto.
(d) An application for registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle shall not be accepted if the applicant is unable to provide proof of the insurance, self insurance or other financial security required by article 31 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. Proof of insurance shall be verified by examination of the insurance card or other documentation issued by an insurance company, a certificate of self insurance issued by the commissioner, a binder of insurance, a certificate of insurance, a motor carrier identification number issued by the state corporation commission, proof of insurance for vehicles covered under a fleet policy, a commercial policy covering more than one vehicle or a policy of insurance required by K.S.A. 40-3104, and amendments thereto and for vehicles used as part of a drivers education program, a dealership contract and a copy of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued to a school district or accredited nonpublic school. Examination of a photocopy or facsimile or an image displayed on a cellular phone or any other type of portable electronic device of any of these documents shall suffice for verification of registration or renewal. Any person to whom such image of proof of insurance, self-insurance or other financial security required by article 31 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, is displayed, shall view only such image displayed on such cellular phone or other portable electronic device. Such person shall be prohibited from viewing any other content or information stored on such cellular phone or other portable electronic device. Proof of insurance may also be verified on-line or electronically and the commissioner of insurance may require, by duly adopted rules and regulations, any motor vehicle liability insurance company authorized to do business in this state to provide verification of insurance in that manner. Any motor vehicle liability insurance company which is providing verification of insurance on-line or electronically on the day preceding the effective date of this act may continue to do so in the same manner and shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section.
(e) On and after January 1, 2018, an application for registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle shall not be accepted, if the records of the division show that after three attempts by the Kansas turnpike authority to contact the registered owner, including at least one registered letter, the registered owner of such vehicle has unpaid tolls and that the director of the Kansas turnpike authority or the director’s designee has instructed the division to refuse to accept the registration or renewal of registration, pursuant to K.S.A. 68-2020a, and amendments thereto, unless the owner or registered owner makes payment to the county treasurer at the time of registration or renewal of registration. Of such moneys collected, 15% shall be retained by the county treasurer and the remainder shall be remitted to the Kansas turnpike authority.
History: L. 1957, ch. 56, § 1; L. 1960, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 49, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 37, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 162, § 10; L. 2001, ch. 140, § 1, L. 2010, ch. 26, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 45, § 2; L. 2013, ch. 19, § 1; L. 2016, ch. 56, § 2; July 1.
8-174. Same; duty of county clerk; receipt by county treasurer.
The county clerk shall show on the tax rolls or by separate listing which he or she delivers to the county treasurer each year the make, model and year of each vehicle assessed in the county. Upon the payment of personal property taxes by any person including personal property taxes upon a vehicle, the county treasurer shall issue a receipt showing the foregoing information concerning the vehicle upon which taxes are being paid.
History: L. 1957, ch. 56, § 2; Jan. 1, 1958.
8-175. Registration of vehicles; application to appraiser for appraisal; preparation of tax bill.
Any person applying for registration of a vehicle who is unable to comply with any of the requirements of K.S.A. 8-173, and amendments thereto, by reason of the fact that such person resided in another county in this state on January 1 of the preceding year and did not list the vehicle for taxation purposes, shall make application to the county appraiser in the county in which the registration is desired, who shall immediately appraise such vehicle and cause a tax bill to be prepared therefor, to enable such applicant to pay personal property taxes upon such vehicle. Any person applying for registration of a vehicle who is unable to comply with any of the requirements of K.S.A. 8-173, and amendments thereto, for any other reason, shall make application to the county appraiser in the county in which the registration is desired, who shall appraise the personal property of such person including such vehicle, as of January 1 of the preceding year, and cause a tax bill to be prepared therefor to enable such applicant to pay personal property taxes. In cases where registration is made without regard to county designation, the personal property of the person making application for registration shall be valued in, and personal property taxes shall be paid to, the county in which the personal property had situs on January 1 of the preceding year.
History: L. 1957, ch. 56, § 3; L. 1960, ch. 45, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 391, § 21; L. 1985, ch. 46, § 2; July 1.
8-176. Rules and regulations; forms.
The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this act. The director of property valuation shall prescribe and furnish forms for use of county officials.
History: L. 1957, ch. 56, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 342, § 37; July 1.
8-177. Same; false affidavit; penalty.
Any person swearing falsely to any affidavit required herein shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
History: L. 1957, ch. 56, § 5; Jan. 1, 1958.
8-177a. License plates for members or retired members of Kansas national guard; application; issuance; nontransferability; design of plate.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who is a regularly enlisted or retired, warrant or commissioned member of the Kansas national guard, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such motor vehicle or truck that is not required to be registered with the state corporation commission designating the owner or lessee of such vehicle as a member or retired member of the Kansas national guard. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any such member or retired member of the Kansas national guard may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such member's renewal of registration date, on a form furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with such applicant's armed forces of the United States identification card as proof that the applicant is a member or a retired member of the Kansas national guard. Application for the registration of passenger vehicles or trucks and issuance of the distinctive license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(e) The adjutant general, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a distinctive license plate for issuance to members and retired members of the Kansas national guard.
History: L. 1979, ch. 34, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 34, § 3; L. 1982, ch. 38, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 12; L. 1993, ch. 252, § 3; L. 1997, ch. 79, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 6; July 1.
8-177c. Prisoner of war license plates; surviving spouse; no fee or charge; rules and regulations.
(a) As used in this section, "prisoner of war" means any person who was held as a prisoner of war while serving in the army, navy, coast guard, air force or marine corps of the United States in World War I or World War II or while serving with the armed forces of the United States during the military, naval and air operations in Korea, Vietnam or other places under the flags of the United States and the United Nations or under the flag of the United States alone. "Prisoner of war" shall also include any civilian who was held as a prisoner of war.
(b) Any owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle or truck of gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a former prisoner of war or is the surviving spouse of a former prisoner of war, may, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, be issued one distinctive license plate designating such person as a prisoner of war. The license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates are issued upon proper registration without payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto. Only one distinctive license plate may be issued to any prisoner of war or surviving spouse of a prisoner of war, to be displayed on such a vehicle owned or leased by such person.
(c) Any prisoner of war or surviving spouse of a prisoner of war may make application for the distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with such proof as the director shall require that the applicant was a prisoner of war or is the surviving spouse of a prisoner of war. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the distinctive license plate under the provisions of this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon the appropriate form furnished by the director.
(d) Any registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall not be transferable to any other person, except to the surviving spouse of a prisoner of war.
(e) Renewals of registration hereunder shall be made annually, without charge, in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until the applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (c). If the form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to register the motor vehicle as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer.
(f) The rights of the surviving spouse of a prisoner of war under this section shall terminate upon remarriage of such person.
(g) Nothing in this section shall authorize the surviving spouse of a prisoner of war to be issued a distinctive license plate under this section, unless the deceased prisoner of war had already been issued such distinctive license plate.
History: L. 1983, ch. 30, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 43, § 13; L. 1993, ch. 252, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 7; L. 2005, ch. 123, § 4; July 1.
8-177d. Gold star mother license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2009, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is the mother of a person who died while in good standing on active duty in the military service of the United States, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a gold star mother. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a gold star mother may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a gold star mother pursuant to subsection (a). Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
History: L. 2008, ch. 59, § 1; January 1, 2009.
8-194. Special interest vehicles; definitions.
As used in this act:
(a) 'Collector' means the owner of one or more special interest vehicles, street rod vehicles or military surplus vehicles who acquires, collects, purchases, trades or disposes of such vehicles or parts therefor for such person's own use in order to restore, preserve and maintain such vehicle or vehicles for historic interest.
(b) 'Parts car' means a motor vehicle generally in nonoperable condition that is owned by a collector to furnish parts that will enable the collector to restore, preserve and maintain a special interest vehicle, street rod vehicle, antique vehicle or military surplus vehicle.
(c) 'Special interest vehicle' means a motor vehicle that is more than 20 years of age and that has not been altered or modified from the original manufacturer's specifications except to assure normal running operation or to meet specific safety inspection requirements on original equipment, or both. 'Special interest vehicle' shall also mean and include a motor vehicle manufactured before 1949 that when altered or modified is referred to as a 'street rod.'
(d) "Military surplus vehicle" means the same as defined in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-1499, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1973, ch. 29, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 37, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 37, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 18, § 2; July 1.
8-195. Special interest vehicles; registration; fees; collector's identification number.
(a) Any person who is the owner of a special interest vehicle street rod vehicle or military surplus vehicle at the time of making application for registration or transfer of title of the vehicle may upon application register the same as a special interest vehicle, street rod vehicle or military surplus vehicle upon payment of an annual fee of $26 and be furnished each year upon the payment of such fee license plates of a distinctive design in lieu of the usual license plates that shall show in addition to the identification number, that the vehicle is a special interest vehicle or that the vehicle is a special interest vehicle and it meets the qualifications of a street rod vehicle or military surplus vehicle, as the case may be, owned by a Kansas collector. The registration shall be valid for one year and may be renewed by payment of such annual fee. Special interest vehicles including street rod vehicles vehicle and military surplus vehicles, may be used as are other vehicles of the same type, except that special interest vehicles including street rod vehicles and military surplus vehicles, may not transport passengers for hire. Special interest vehicles including street rod vehicles shall not haul material weighing more than 500 pounds.
(b) Each collector applying for special interest vehicle, street rod vehicle or military surplus vehicle license plates will be issued a collector's identification number that will appear on each license plate. Second and all subsequent registrations under this section by the same collector will bear the same collector's identification number followed by a suffix letter for vehicle identification.
(c) A collector must own and have registered one or more vehicles with regular license plates that are used for regular transportation.
(d) Special interest license plates issued to military surplus vehicles shall display a decal on such plates identifying the vehicle as a military surplus vehicle.
(e) A military surplus vehicle shall not be registered until an inspection has been completed in accordance with K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 8-116a, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1973, ch. 29, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 37, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 209, § 25; L. 2021, ch. 18, § 3; July 1.
In addition to the fee in K.S.A. 8-195, and amendments thereto, there shall be an original first time only processing fee of $20 to defray the cost of issuing the original collector's special interest vehicle license plates or special interest vehicles with street rod vehicle or military surplus vehicle designation license plates and to ensure that each collector will be issued only one collector's identification number.
History: L. 1973, ch. 29, § 3; L. 1981, ch. 37, § 3; L. 2021, ch. 18, § 4; July 1.
(a) The provisions of K.S.A. 8-197 to 8-199, inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall be a part of and supplemental to the provisions of article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, and as used in such sections, the words and phrases defined by K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them therein.
(b) As used in K.S.A. 8-197 through 8-199, and amendments thereto:
(1) (A) "Nonhighway vehicle" means:
(i) Any motor vehicle which cannot be registered because it is not manufactured for the purpose of using the same on the highways of this state and is not provided with the equipment required by state statute for vehicles of such type which are used on the highways of this state;
(ii) any motor vehicle, other than a salvage vehicle, for which the owner has not provided motor vehicle liability insurance coverage or an approved self insurance plan under K.S.A. 40-3104, and amendments thereto, and has not applied for or obtained registration of such motor vehicle in accordance with article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated; and amendments thereto;
(iii) any all-terrain vehicle;
(iv) any work-site utility vehicle;
(v) any micro utility truck;
(vi) recreational off-highway vehicle; or
(vii) any travel trailer which cannot be registered because it is not manufactured for the purpose of using the travel trailer on the highways of this state and is not provided with the equipment by state statute for travel trailers which are used on the highways of this state; and
(B) "nonhighway vehicle" shall not include an implement of husbandry, as defined in K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto.
(2) "salvage vehicle" means:
(A) Any motor vehicle, other than a late model vehicle, which is of a type required to be registered in this state, but which cannot be registered because it has been wrecked or damaged to the extent that: The equipment required by state statute on any such vehicle used on the highways of this state is not present or is not in good condition or proper adjustment, as prescribed by state statute or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or such vehicle is in an inoperable condition or a condition that would render the operation thereof on the highways of this state a hazard to the public safety; and in either event, such vehicle would require substantial repairs to rebuild or restore such vehicle to a condition which will permit the registration thereof;
(B) a late model vehicle which is of a type required to be registered in this state and which has been wrecked or damaged to the extent that the total cost of repair is 75% or more of the fair market value of the motor vehicle immediately preceding the time it was wrecked or damaged and such condition was not merely exterior cosmetic damage to such vehicle as a result of windstorm or hail; or
(C) a motor vehicle, which is of a type required to be registered in this state that the insurer determines is a total loss and for which the insurer takes title;
(D) a travel trailer which is of a type required to be registered in this state, but which cannot be registered because it has been wrecked or damaged to the extent that: (i) The equipment required by state statute on any such travel trailer used on the highways of this state is not present or is not in good condition or proper adjustment, as prescribed by state statute or any rules and regulations; or (ii) such travel trailer is in an inoperable condition or a condition that would render the operation on the highways of this state a hazard to the public safety; and in either event, such travel trailer would require substantial repairs to rebuild or restore to a condition which will permit the registration of the travel trailer;
(3) "salvage title" means a certificate of title issued by the division designating a motor vehicle or travel trailer a salvage vehicle;
(4) "rebuilt salvage vehicle" means any motor vehicle or travel trailer previously issued a salvage title;
(5) "rebuilt salvage title" means a certificate of title issued by the division for a vehicle previously designated a salvage vehicle which is now designated a rebuilt salvage vehicle.
(6) "late model vehicle" means any motor vehicle which has a manufacturer’s model year designation of or later than the year in which the vehicle was wrecked or damaged or any of the six preceding years;
(7) "fair market value" means the retail value of a motor vehicle as:
(A) Set forth in a current edition of any nationally recognized compilation, including an automated database of retail value; or
(B) determined pursuant to a market survey of comparable vehicles with regard to condition and equipment;
(8) "cost of repairs" means the estimated or actual retail cost of parts needed to repair a vehicle plus the cost of labor computed by using the hourly labor rate and time allocations for automobile repairs that are customary and reasonable. Retail costs of parts and labor rates may be based upon collision estimating manuals or electronic computer estimating systems customarily used in the automobile industry. The total cost of repairs to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle shall not include the cost of repairing, replacing or reinstalling tires, sound systems, or any sales tax on parts or materials to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle.
History: L. 1975, ch. 31, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 220, § 5; L. 2000, ch. 73, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 132, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 135, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 167, § 5; L. 2009, ch. 91, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 164, § 6; L. 2016, ch. 49, § 1; July 1.
8-198. Nonhighway vehicles exempt from registration; nonhighway certificates of title; permit for temporary operation; certificate of title for reconstructed vehicle; all-terrain vehicles; no-fault insurance law inapplicable, exception.
(a) A nonhighway or salvage vehicle shall not be required to be registered in this state, as provided in K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, but nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating, limiting or otherwise affecting the provisions of K.S.A. 8-142, and amendments thereto, which make it unlawful for any person to operate or knowingly permit the operation in this state of a vehicle required to be registered in this state.
(b) Upon the sale or transfer of any nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle, the purchaser thereof shall obtain a nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title, whichever is applicable, in the following manner:
(1) If the transferor is a vehicle dealer, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, and a certificate of title has not been issued for such vehicle under this section or under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, such transferor shall make application for and assign a nonhighway certificate of title or a salvage title, whichever is applicable, to the purchaser of such nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle in the same manner and under the same conditions prescribed by K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, for the application for and assignment of a certificate of title thereunder. Upon the assignment thereof, the purchaser shall make application for a new nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title, as provided in subsection (c) or (d).
(2) Except as provided in K.S.A. 8-199(b), and amendments thereto, if a certificate of title has been issued for any such vehicle under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, the owner of such nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle may surrender such certificate of title to the division of vehicles and make application to the division for a nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title, whichever is applicable, or the owner may obtain from the county treasurer's office a form prescribed by the division of vehicles and, upon proper execution thereof, may assign the nonhighway certificate of title, salvage title or the regular certificate of title with such form attached to the purchaser of the nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle. Upon receipt of the nonhighway certificate of title, salvage title or the regular certificate of title with such form attached, the purchaser shall make application for a new nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title, whichever is applicable, as provided in subsection (c) or (d).
(3) If the transferor is not a vehicle dealer, as defined in K.S.A. 8- 2401, and amendments thereto, and a certificate of title has not been issued for the vehicle under this section or a certificate of title was not required under K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, the transferor shall make application to the division for a nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title, whichever is applicable, as provided in this section, except that in addition thereto, the division shall require a bill of sale or such transferor's affidavit, with at least one other corroborating affidavit, that such transferor is the owner of such nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle. If the division is satisfied that the transferor is the owner, the division shall issue a nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title, whichever is applicable, for such vehicle, and the transferor shall assign the same to the purchaser, who shall make application for a new nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title, whichever is applicable, as provided in subsection (c) or (d).
(c) Every purchaser of a nonhighway vehicle, whether assigned a nonhighway certificate of title, or a regular certificate of title with the form specified in subsection (b)(2) attached, shall make application to the county treasurer of the county where such person resides for a new nonhighway certificate of title in the same manner and under the same conditions as for an application for a certificate of title under K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto. Such application shall be in the form prescribed by the director of vehicles and shall contain substantially the same provisions as required for an application under K.S.A. 8-135(c)(1), and amendments thereto. In addition, such application shall provide a place for the applicant to certify that the vehicle for which the application for a nonhighway certificate of title is made is a nonhighway vehicle and other provisions the director deems necessary. Each application for a nonhighway certificate of title shall be accompanied by a fee of $10, and if the application is not made to the county treasurer within the time prescribed by K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, for making application for a certificate of title thereunder, an additional fee of $2.
(d) (1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the owner of a vehicle that meets the definition of a salvage vehicle shall apply for a salvage title before the ownership of the motor vehicle or travel trailer is transferred. In no event shall such application be made more than 60 days after the vehicle is determined to be a salvage vehicle.
(2) Every insurance company, that pursuant to a damage settlement, acquires ownership of a vehicle that has incurred damage requiring the vehicle to be designated a salvage vehicle, shall apply for a salvage title within 60 days after the title is assigned and delivered by the owner to the insurance company, with all liens released. In the event that an insurance company is unable to obtain voluntary assignment of the title after 30 days from the date the vehicle owner enters into an oral or written damage settlement agreement where the owner agrees to transfer the title, the insurance company may submit an application on a form prescribed by the division for a salvage title. The form shall be accompanied by an affidavit from the insurance company stating that: (A) The insurance company is unable to obtain a transfer of the title from the owner following an oral or written acceptance of an offer of damage settlement; (B) there is evidence of the damage settlement; (C) that there are no existing liens on the vehicle or all liens on the vehicle have been released; (D) the insurance company has physical possession of the vehicle; and (E) the insurance company has provided the owner, at the owner’s last known address, 30 days’ prior notice of such intent to transfer and the owner has not delivered a written objection to the insurance company.
(3) Every insurance company that makes a damage settlement for a vehicle that has incurred damage requiring such vehicle to be designated a salvage vehicle, but does not acquire ownership of the vehicle, shall notify the vehicle owner of the owner’s obligation to apply for a salvage title for the motor vehicle or travel trailer, and shall notify the division of this fact in accordance with procedures established by the division. The vehicle owner shall apply for a salvage title within 60 days after being notified by the insurance company.
(4) The lessee of any vehicle that incurs damage requiring the vehicle to be designated a salvage vehicle shall notify the lessor of this fact within 60 days of the determination that the vehicle is a salvage vehicle.
(5) The lessor of any motor vehicle or travel trailer that has incurred damage requiring the vehicle to be titled as a salvage vehicle, shall apply for a salvage title within 60 days after being notified of this fact by the lessee.
(6) Every person acquiring ownership of a motor vehicle or travel trailer that meets the definition of a salvage vehicle, for which a salvage title has not been issued, shall apply for the required document prior to any further transfer of such vehicle, but in no event, more than 60 days after ownership is acquired.
(7) Every purchaser of a salvage vehicle, whether assigned a salvage title or a regular certificate of title with the form specified in subsection (b)(2) attached, shall make application to the county treasurer of the county where such person resides for a new salvage title, in the same manner and under the same condition as for an application for a certificate of title under K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto. Such application shall be in the form prescribed by the director of vehicles and shall contain substantially the same provisions as required for an application under K.S.A. 8-135(c)(1), and amendments thereto.
In addition, such application shall provide a place for the applicant to certify that the vehicle for which the application for salvage title is made is a salvage vehicle, and other provisions the director deems necessary. Each application for a salvage title shall be accompanied by a fee of $10 and if the application is not made to the county treasurer within the time prescribed by K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, for making application for a certificate of title thereunder, an additional fee of $2.
(8) Failure to apply for a salvage title as provided by this subsection shall be a class C nonperson misdemeanor.
(e) A nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title shall be in form and color as prescribed by the director of vehicles. A nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title shall indicate clearly and distinctly on its face that it is issued for a nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle, whichever is applicable. A nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title shall contain substantially the same information as required on a certificate of title issued under K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, and other information the director deems necessary.
(f) (1) A nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title may be transferred in the same manner and under the same conditions as prescribed by K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, for the transfer of a certificate of title, except as otherwise provided in this section. A nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title may be assigned and transferred only while the vehicle remains a nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle.
(2) Upon transfer or sale of a nonhighway vehicle in a condition that will allow the registration of such vehicle, the owner shall assign the nonhighway certificate of title to the purchaser, and the purchaser shall obtain a certificate of title and register such vehicle as provided in K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto. No regular certificate of title shall be issued for a vehicle for which there has been issued a nonhighway certificate of title until there has been compliance with K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto.
(3) (A) Upon transfer or sale of a salvage vehicle that has been rebuilt or restored or is otherwise in a condition that will allow the registration of such vehicle, the owner shall assign the salvage title to the purchaser, and the purchaser shall obtain a rebuilt salvage title and register such vehicle as provided in K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto. No rebuilt salvage title shall be issued for a vehicle for which there has been issued a salvage title until there has been compliance with K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto, and the notice required in subsection (f)(3)(B) has been attached to such vehicle.
(B) As part of the inspection for a rebuilt salvage title conducted under K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto, the Kansas highway patrol shall attach a notice affixed to the left door frame of the rebuilt salvage vehicle indicating the vehicle identification number of such vehicle and that such vehicle is a rebuilt salvage vehicle. In addition to any fee allowed under K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto, a fee of $5 shall be collected from the owner of such vehicle requesting the inspection for the notice required under this paragraph. All moneys received under this paragraph shall be remitted in accordance with K.S.A. 8-116a(e), and amendments thereto.
(C) Failure to apply for a rebuilt salvage title as provided by this paragraph shall be a class C nonperson misdemeanor.
(g) The owner of a salvage vehicle that has been issued a salvage title and has been assembled, reconstructed, reconstituted or restored or otherwise placed in an operable condition may make application to the county treasurer for a permit to operate such vehicle on the highways of this state over the most direct route from the place such salvage vehicle is located to a specified location named on the permit and to return to the original location. No such permit shall be issued for any vehicle unless the owner has motor vehicle liability insurance coverage or an approved self-insurance plan under K.S.A. 40-3104, and amendments thereto. Such permit shall be on a form furnished by the director of vehicles and shall state the date the vehicle is to be taken to the other location, the name of the insurer, as defined in K.S.A. 40-3103, and amendments thereto, and the policy number or a statement that the vehicle is included in a self-insurance plan approved by the commissioner of insurance, a statement attesting to the correctness of the information concerning financial security, the vehicle identification number and a description of the vehicle. Such permit shall be signed by the owner of the vehicle. The permit shall be carried in the vehicle for which it is issued and shall be displayed so that it is visible from the rear of the vehicle. The fee for such permit shall be $1 and shall be retained by the county treasurer.
(h) A nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle for which a nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title has been issued pursuant to this section shall not be deemed a motor vehicle for the purposes of K.S.A. 40-3101 through 40-3121, and amendments thereto, except when such vehicle is being operated pursuant to subsection (g). Any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning financial security in obtaining a permit pursuant to subsection (f), or who fails to obtain a permit when required by law to do so is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(i) Any person who, on July 1, 1996, is the owner of an all-terrain vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto, shall not be required to file an application for a nonhighway certificate of title under the provisions of this section for such all-terrain vehicle, unless the person transfers an interest in such all-terrain vehicle.
(j) Any person who, on July 1, 2006, is the owner of a work-site utility vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto, shall not be required to file an application for a nonhighway certificate of title under the provisions of this section for such work-site utility vehicle, unless the person transfers an interest in such work-site utility vehicle.
(k) (1) A salvage vehicle pool, or a salvage vehicle dealer, as both are defined and licensed to operate in this state pursuant to K.S.A. 8-2401 et seq., and amendments thereto, may apply for an ownership document with the division of vehicles without forwarding the certificate of title to the division for a vehicle that is the subject of an insurance claim when:
(A) At the request of an insurance company, the salvage vehicle pool or salvage vehicle dealer obtains possession of the vehicle;
(B) the insurance claim for the vehicle has been closed without payment or denied by the insurance company; and
(C) the vehicle has remained unclaimed at the salvage vehicle pool's or salvage vehicle dealer's facility for more than 30 days.
(2) An application made pursuant to this subsection shall provide sufficient evidence that at least two written notices were delivered by certified mail to the address provided by the division of vehicles' ownership verification, or through another courier service that provides proof of delivery, to the owner of the vehicle and any lienholder of the vehicle identified in the division of vehicles' records requesting that the vehicle be removed from the salvage vehicle pool's or salvage vehicle dealer's facility. A salvage vehicle dealer shall also provide sufficient evidence to the division of the request by the insurance company to obtain possession of the vehicle. Such written notice shall specify that the owner of the vehicle and any lienholder of the vehicle identified in the division of vehicles' records has at least 30 days from the receipt of the notice to remove the vehicle. If the salvage vehicle pool or salvage vehicle dealer does not receive proof of delivery for the notices, the salvage vehicle pool or salvage vehicle dealer shall cause notice of the application for an ownership document to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the vehicle is located.
(3) If the most recent ownership document for the vehicle was not issued by this state, the application shall also include evidence of an inspection of the vehicle completed pursuant to K.S.A. 8-116a, and amendments thereto. The application shall also indicate whether a salvage title or a nonrepairable vehicle certificate shall be issued for the vehicle.
(4) Upon receipt of the application and all information required by this subsection, the division shall issue to the salvage vehicle pool or salvage vehicle dealer a salvage title or a nonrepairable vehicle certificate free and clear of all liens, security interests and encumbrances.
History: L. 1975, ch. 31, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1976, ch. 41, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 38, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 39, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 35, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 25, § 10; L. 1988, ch. 44, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 35, § 4; L. 1993, ch. 176, § 9; L. 1996, ch. 260, § 7; L. 1998, ch. 154, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 114, § 8; L. 2000 ch. 73 § 5; L. 2002, Ch. 134, § 10 L. 2003, ch. 30, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 132, § 3; L. 2006, ch. 135, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 5; L. 2014, ch. 58, § 1; L. 2016, ch. 49, § 2; L. 2021, ch. 73, § 2; July 1.
8-199. Unlawful acts; violations classified; sales tax act unaffected.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or transfer the ownership of any nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle, unless such person shall give to the purchaser thereof an assigned nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title.
(b) The sale or transfer of ownership of a nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle shall include the acquisition of any such vehicle by an insurer, as defined by K.S.A. 40-3103, and amendments thereto, from any person upon payment of consideration therefor in satisfaction of such insurer's obligation under a policy of motor vehicle insurance but the transferor of a vehicle for which a title has been issued under K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, shall not be required to obtain a nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title for such vehicle and may assign to the insurer the certificate of title issued pursuant to K.S.A. 8-135 and amendments thereto. It shall be unlawful for any insurer to sell or attempt to sell any nonhighway vehicle or salvage vehicle, through power of attorney or otherwise, unless such insurer shall obtain a nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title issued in the name of the insurer.
(c) Any person, firm, company, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(d) Nothing in this act shall be construed as relieving any person of the payment of the tax imposed on the sale of a motor vehicle or travel trailer pursuant to K.S.A. 79-3603 and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1975, ch. 31, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 45, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 73 § 6; L. 2016, ch. 49 § 3; July 1.
8-199a. Unlawful to remove notice required to be attached to rebuilt vehicles; penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, obliterate or alter any notice required to be attached to a rebuilt salvage vehicle, as defined under K.S.A. 8-197, and amendments thereto, in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection (f) of K.S.A. 8-198, and amendments thereto. A violation of this section shall be a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
History: L. 2004, ch. 132, § 4; July 1.
8-1,100. Apportioned registration of fleet vehicles engaged in interstate commerce; definitions.
As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein:
(a) The words 'vehicle,' 'motor vehicle,' 'truck,' 'truck tractor,' 'trailer,' 'semitrailer,' 'pole trailer,' 'specially constructed vehicle' and 'passenger vehicle' shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by K.S.A. 8-126, and amendments thereto;
(b) 'division' means the division of vehicles of the department of revenue;
(c) 'director' means the director of vehicles of the division of vehicles within the department of revenue;
(d) 'commercial vehicle' means any motor vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle, and any trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer drawn by such motor vehicle, which vehicle is designed, used and maintained for the transportation of persons or property for hire, compensation, profit, or in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise;
(e) 'fleet' means one or more commercial vehicles, at least one of which is a motor vehicle;
(f) 'jurisdiction' means the states and territories of the United States, the District of Columbia, the provinces of Canada, the states and territories of the Federal District of Mexico, and the states, provinces and territories of any foreign country;
(g) 'person' means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, estate or trust;
(h) "owner" means:
(1) Any person who is lawfully entitled to possession of a commercial vehicle and who has the right to control the operation of such vehicle.
(2) in the event a commercial vehicle is the subject of a lease without a driver, the lessor shall be deemed the owner.;
(3) in the event a commercial vehicle is the subject of a lease with a driver, the lessee or the lessor shall be deemed the owner;
(i) 'preceding year' means a period of 12 consecutive months authorized by any bilateral or multijurisdictional agreement lawfully entered into by the director of vehicles, which 12 consecutive months shall end on a date of the year immediately preceding the commencement of the registration or license year for which apportioned registration is sought. In the absence of an agreement, such 12 consecutive months shall coincide with the definition for preceding year as provided by any multijurisdictional agreement to which this state is a member jurisdiction and such multijurisdictional agreement has the greater number of member jurisdictions;
(j) 'based, base point and base jurisdiction' means the jurisdiction where an owner has an established place of business where operational records of the owner's fleet are maintained or can be made available, and where mileage is accrued by such fleet, and the vehicles of such fleet are most frequently dispatched, garaged, serviced, maintained, operated or otherwise controlled;
(k) 'place of business' means the place or location where an owner has a terminal, warehouse, office, garage or some permanent bona fide address at which one or more employees report and perform regular and continuing service for the owner;
(l) 'base plate' means a registration or license plate issued by this state to a commercial vehicle based in and registered on an apportioned basis in this state;
(m) 'total fleet miles' means the total number of miles operated during the preceding year in this state and in each and all other jurisdictions by the motor vehicles of a fleet, which motor vehicles were registered on an apportioned basis in this state during such preceding year by the owner operating such motor vehicles such total number of miles. Total fleet miles shall include miles operated upon a toll road;
(n) 'in-state miles' means the total number of miles operated in this state during the preceding year by motor vehicles of a fleet which were registered on an apportioned basis in this state during such preceding year by the owner operating such total number of miles in this state. In the case of a fleet based in this state, in-state miles operated in jurisdictions other than Kansas shall be considered as Kansas in-state miles when such jurisdictions, by virtue of law or an agreement made with this state extends interstate reciprocity to the vehicles of such fleet;
(o) 'utility trailer' means any trailer of a rental fleet of 250 or more trailers, each having an empty weight of 2,000 pounds or less and a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds; and
(p) "converter gear" means an auxiliary axle assembly having a fifth wheel used for the purpose of converting a semi-trailer to a full trailer. The axle assembly can be used to haul multiple trailers behind a single power unit, also referred to as dollies or bogie.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 6; L. 1982, ch. 39, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 104, § 1; L. 2003, ch. 18, § 2; April 3.
8-1,101. Same; application; exemption from further registration; agreements of director of vehicles to forward fee to other jurisdictions; international registration plan clearing fund.
(a) An owner engaged in operating a fleet in this state in interstate commerce may, in lieu of registration of such fleet under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-126 to 8-149, inclusive, and amendments thereto, register such fleet for operation in this state upon payment of fees prescribed by this act and the filing of an application with the division of vehicles in a manner and upon a form prescribed by the division, or in accordance with the provisions of any apportioned fleet registration agreement made by this state. The application shall be signed by the owner, if an individual, or an officer or proper representative of an entity other than an individual, and such application shall contain the following and any other information pertinent to the registration of a fleet as the division of vehicles may require: (1) Name and base address of the owner of the fleet; (2) total fleet miles; and (3) a description of each fleet vehicle by year of manufacture, name of manufacturer, the identification or serial number, the declared gross weight of each motor vehicle, and the number of axles under each listed fleet vehicle.
(b) Fleet vehicles so registered shall be determined to be fully licensed and registered in this state, and shall be exempt from further registration and license fees under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-126 to 8-149, inclusive, and amendments thereto, but nothing in this act shall be deemed to relieve any owner of fleet vehicles operated in intrastate commerce in this state, from any duty to register and operate in conformity with requirements of the state corporation commission.
(c) If so authorized by any bilateral or multijurisdictional agreement lawfully entered into by the director of vehicles, the director may collect and forward applicable registration fees and applications to other jurisdictions and may take such other action on behalf of the applicant or another jurisdiction as will facilitate the administration of such agreements, including deposits for the state of Kansas and disbursal of refunds. Amounts collected under such agreements shall be remitted by the director to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the international registration plan clearing fund. Payments due and owing to member jurisdictions under any bilateral or multijurisdictional agreement and refunds for overpayment of fees shall be made from such fund. The director shall reconcile such clearing fund balances monthly and transfer the balance to the state highway fund. The funds shall be invested in the same manner as provided in K.S.A. 68-2324, and amendments thereto, and all earnings shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the state highway fund.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 7; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 5; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 29, July 1.
8-1,102. Same; renewal, when; fees; penalty; operation without registration not authorized; director may change registration date, when.
(a) Apportioned fleet registration shall be renewed annually on January 1 of each year with such registration to be completed on or before March 1 of each year, and such registration shall expire on December 31 of each year. Apportioned fleet registration fees and other fees prescribed by this act shall be due January 1 of each year and shall be payable on or before March 1 of each year. If such registration fees and any other fees prescribed in this act are not paid by March 1 of each year, the owner of any vehicle for which such registration fees are delinquent shall be subject to a penalty fee of $2 for each fleet vehicle listed in an original or renewal application, but the sum of such penalty fee shall not exceed $100.
(b) Nothing in the provisions of subsection (a) shall be deemed to authorize the operation, prior to March 1 of any year on the highways of this state, of any vehicle required to be registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, unless and until such vehicle is duly registered.
(c) If the director of vehicles determines that appropriate identification cannot be issued to vehicles required to be registered under the provisions of this act prior to March 1 of a registration year, the director may fix a different date for the registration enforcement for such registration year.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 8; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 6; April 7.
8-1,103. Same; fees, computation.
The director of vehicles shall compute apportioned registration fees for each fleet as follows:
(a) Divide in-state miles by total fleet miles;
(b) determine the total amount necessary under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, to register each and every vehicle of a fleet for which apportioned registration is sought, based on the regular annual fees for a registration year or applicable fees for the unexpired portion of the registration year; and
(c) multiply the sum obtained under subsection (b) by the percentage factor obtained under subsection (a).
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 9; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 7; April 7.
8-1,104. Proportional registration of fleet vehicles; underpayment of fees, notice, penalty; unpaid fees and penalties constitute lien on property of owner; notice, filing, enforcement; hearing; overpayment of fees, refund.
(a) Whenever the director shall determine that the amount of fleet registration fees paid by the owner of any fleet vehicle is less than that which the owner is required to pay under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, the director shall mail to the owner a notice of additional fees and any penalty due and owing by the owner. Within 30 days after the mailing of such notice, the owner may request a hearing of the director relating to the fleet registration fees and penalty by filing a written request with the director. Based on the evidence presented at such hearing, the director shall make a final determination within a reasonable time and shall notify the owner of such decision, accompanied by a notice and demand for payment. If such additional fees and any penalty which are due and owing by the owner are not paid within 20 days after mailing to the owner the notice and demand for payment, the division shall withdraw the right for the owner to operate the vehicles of the owner's fleet upon the highways of this state, and deny the owner future registration of additional or replacement vehicles as part of the owner's fleet pending payment of such additional fees and any penalty. All such unpaid fleet registration fees and penalties shall constitute a first and prior lien in favor of the state upon all the property of the owner and shall attach at the time such additional fees and any penalty accrue and shall be paramount to all prior liens or encumbrances of any character and to the rights of any holder of the legal titles in or to any owner's fleet vehicles. The division of vehicles may collect the debt by filing a notice of lien in any county of the state in which the fleet owner has any property, and in any county where the vehicles of the fleet of the owner are based, and the lien and debt thereby secured may be enforced and collected by the division in the same manner and to the extent as provided in K.S.A. 8-1,115, and amendments thereto. All such fees and penalties remaining unpaid shall constitute a debt due the state of Kansas, which may be collected from the person owing the same by suit or otherwise by the director of vehicles in the name of the state.
(b) Whenever the director shall determine that an owner has paid a larger fleet registration fee than is required under the provisions of this act, the director shall prepare a voucher showing the net amount of the overpayment refund due and the director of accounts and reports shall draw a warrant upon the state treasurer against the state highway fund for the amount certified by the director. All such warrants shall be delivered to the director who shall mail the same to the owner entitled thereto.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 10; L. 1990, ch. 40, § 1; July 1.
8-1,105. Same; license plates or identification devices; fees; display of base plate or cab card.
(a) The division of vehicles shall register the fleet of vehicles described and identified in an application submitted pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,101, and amendments thereto, and may issue license plates or other suitable identification devices for each vehicle described in the application upon payment of the appropriate fleet registration fees, title fees applicable, and any other fees hereinafter provided. If an identification device is issued by the division, a fee of $3 shall be charged and collected for each vehicle described in the application, which fee shall be in addition to any fleet registration fees applicable.
(b) Apportioned fleet registration identification devices shall be issued by the division in accordance with the requirements of any contract, agreement, consent, arrangement or declaration made by the director and shall be displayed on a fleet vehicle as follows: (1) If an apportioned base plate is issued, it shall be displayed in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-133, and amendments thereto; or (2) if an apportioned registration cab card is issued, it shall be carried with the vehicle so described at all times, and in the case of a combination of vehicles such cab card shall be carried in the vehicle supplying the motive power.
(c) Apportioned base plates issued under this act shall be permanent in nature and designed in such a manner as to remain with a vehicle for the duration of the life span of the vehicle or until the vehicle is deleted from the owner's fleet. Such license plates shall be distinctive and there shall be no year date thereon.
(d) Motor vehicles registered under the provisions of this act shall be issued an annual apportioned registration cab card. Trailers registered under the provisions of this act shall be issued a permanent apportioned registration cab card for the duration of the life span of the trailer or until the trailer is deleted from the owner's fleet.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the director may require the reissuance of all apportioned base plates currently issued and being displayed.
(f) Apportioned fleet registration identification devices issued under this act shall not be transferable to any other vehicle.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 11; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 8; L. 1998, ch. 27, § 1; Jan. 1, 1999.
8-1,106. Same; benefits of apportioned fleet registration subject to proper registration in other jurisdictions; redetermination of fees by director.
The right to the privilege and benefits of apportioned registration of fleet vehicles extended by this act, or by any contract, agreement, consent, arrangement, or declaration made by the director of vehicles shall be subject to the condition that each of such fleet vehicles is properly, duly and regularly licensed and registered as part of an interstate fleet in each other jurisdiction entitled thereto. If the fees for such apportioned fleet registration are not paid to each other jurisdiction entitled thereto within a reasonable time, as shall be determined by the director, the director shall redetermine fees due this state, and such additional fees shall be due as are prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1,104 and 8-1,110, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 12; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 9; April 7.
8-1,107. Same; initial application, requirements; estimation of mileage; adjustments.
The initial application for apportioned registration of a fleet shall state the in-state miles and total fleet miles with respect to such fleet for the preceding year in this and other jurisdictions. Mileage applications and fees shall be charged according to the international registration plan. All mileage calculations shall comply with the rules of the international registration plan.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 13; L. 1982, ch. 39, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 10; L. 2015, ch. 49, § 2; July 1.
8-1,108. Same; addition of vehicles to fleet; determination of fees.
Vehicles acquired by a fleet owner after commencement of a registration year and subsequently added to a fleet registered hereunder, shall be proportionately registered as part of such owner's fleet by making application to the division of vehicles upon a form and in a manner prescribed by the director, and the payment of fleet registration fees, determined by applying the in-state mileage percentage from the original application filed by the fleet owner for a registration year, to the regular annual registration fees applicable with respect to such additional vehicles for the remainder of such registration year, including any title applications, title fees, and any other fees or penalties prescribed by this act.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 14; Jan. 1, 1979.
8-1,109. Same; sale, repossession, foreclosure or transfer of title of fleet vehicles; notice to division; surrender of identification devices; replacement of vehicles; fees; conditions and limitations.
(a) When a vehicle which is a part of a fleet registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, is sold, repossessed, foreclosed by mechanic's lien, has had the title transferred by operation of law or cancellation or expiration of a lease agreement or is otherwise disposed of by the owner, the owner of such vehicle shall delete such vehicle from the owner's fleet by notifying the division of vehicles in a manner and upon a form prescribed by the director. The director shall require such owner to surrender identification devices which have been issued with respect to such vehicle .
(b) A vehicle which is eligible for deletion as part of a fleet may be replaced in such fleet by a newly acquired vehicle during a registration year upon application therefor and payment of a transfer fee of $5, and any title fee applicable. New apportioned fleet registration identification devices shall be issued for such replacement vehicle. If the vehicle deleted from a fleet and the replacement vehicle to such fleet are both motor vehicles, and the declared gross weight of the replacement vehicle is greater than that for which the deleted vehicle was registered, the owner thereof shall pay the difference in apportioned registration fee for the time remaining in a registration year, including the transfer fee prescribed. The provisions of this subsection shall only be applicable if the vehicle to be deleted from a fleet and the replacement vehicle to such fleet are both motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers respectively, or the deleted vehicle is deleted or disposed of on or before the date the replacement vehicle is purchased or leased by the fleet owner.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 15; L. 1982, ch. 39, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 11; L. 1998, ch. 27, § 2; Jan. 1, 1999.
8-1,110. Same; preservation and availability of records; agreements with other jurisdictions for joint audits; penalty for amounts due, when; failure to make records available; assessment of liability.
Any owner whose application for apportioned fleet registration has been accepted for a current registration year shall preserve such application records for the three immediate preceding years. 'Preceding year' and 'registration year' shall have the meanings ascribed to them by subsection (i) of K.S.A. 8-1,100 and subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1,102, and amendments thereto. Audits conducted under the provisions of this section shall be limited to the records for the current registration year and the two registration years immediately preceding the current registration year. Such records shall be made available to the division of vehicles at the director's request for audit as to accuracy of computation and payment and assessment of deficiencies or allowances for credit. The director may enter into agreements with agencies of other jurisdictions administering motor vehicle registration laws or apportioned fleet registration laws or agreements for joint audits of any such fleet owner. No assessment for deficiency or claim for credit may be made for any period for which records are no longer required. Upon audit, any sums found to be due and owing by an owner, except for any case where it is determined by the director that the amount due and owing is not due to negligence or intentional disregard, shall be subject to a penalty in a sum equal to 5% of the amount due and owing, and such amount due and owing including the penalty, shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,104, and amendments thereto. If any owner fails to make records available to the division of vehicles upon request, or fails to maintain records from which such owner's true liability may be determined, the division of vehicles, 20 days after a written demand for available records or notification of insufficient records, may impose an arbitrary assessment of a liability based upon the division of vehicles' best estimate of the true liability of such owner as determined from information furnished by the owner, information gathered by the division of vehicles at its own instance, information available to the division concerning operations by similar owners and such other pertinent information as may be available to the division of vehicles.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 16; L. 1981, ch. 38, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 12; April 7.
8-1,111. Same; negotiable title required; no Kansas title required, when.
Vehicles required to be registered as part of a fleet under the provisions of this act, which vehicles are based in the state of Kansas, shall be required to have a Kansas negotiable certificate of title or be covered by a negotiable title issued by another jurisdiction. In those cases where it is necessary to secure a Kansas certificate of title to a vehicle which is part of a fleet under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, the division is authorized to issue such title upon the payment of the fee prescribed by law and the delivery of the necessary papers to support the issuance of such title. No Kansas title shall be required for a vehicle which is subject to a lease, if the lessor thereof has an outstanding negotiable title to such vehicle, issued by this state or another jurisdiction.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 17; Jan. 1, 1979.
8-1,113. Same; temporary authorization for operation of additional or replacement vehicle; fee; authorization by letter or electronic communication device; authorization to be carried in vehicle; failure to register additional or replacement vehicle, suspension of fleet registration.
(a) Any owner of a fleet which is currently, duly and properly registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, or under any contract, agreement, consent, arrangement or declaration made by the director of vehicles, upon making application to the division of vehicles in a manner and upon a form furnished and prescribed by the director, may be issued temporary authorization for the immediate operation of an additional or replacement vehicle to such owner's fleet, which additional or replacement vehicle is eligible for and subject to apportioned registration in this state as part of such owner's fleet. Temporary apportion authorizations, upon issuance, shall be valid for a period of time determined by the director, and shall not be renewable upon expiration. The division of vehicles shall charge and collect a fee of $5 for each temporary authorization form provided an owner, which fee shall be in addition to any apportioned registration fee, title fee or any other fee or penalty applicable under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and amendments thereto, or prescribed by law.
(b) The division of vehicles, upon written, oral or telephone request from an owner, or the proper representative of an owner, may issue a letter of authorization, or issue an authorization sent by an electronic communications device, for the immediate operation of an additional or replacement vehicle to such owner's fleet for a period of time to be determined by the director, if such owner has an application pending covering such additions or replacement vehicle. No fee shall be charged and collected by the division of vehicles for a letter of authorization or an authorization issued by the division by an electronic communications device.
(c) A temporary authorization issued under the provisions of this section shall be carried with the vehicle described in such authorization and, if such vehicle is a trailer, such authorization shall be carried in the vehicle supplying the motive power. An authorization issued under the provisions of this section shall be a valid registration identification device during the period of time covered by such authorization, and shall be in lieu of any other identification or registration device issued or required under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-126 to 8-149, inclusive, and amendments thereto.
(d) Whenever an owner fails to register an additional or replacement vehicle as part of such owner's fleet for which an authorization was issued under the provisions of this section, within the period of time extended by such authorization, the division of vehicles shall suspend the operation of such owner's fleet pending registration of such additional or replacement vehicle as part of such owner's fleet.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 19; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 14; April 7.
8-1,114. Same; lost, misplaced or mutilated base plate or cab card, replacement; information required; fees.
(a) Whenever a base plate or an apportioned registration cab card issued to an owner of a fleet vehicle registered under the provisions of this act has been lost, misplaced or mutilated, such fleet owner shall replace the identification device by filing with the division of vehicles a statement signed by an officer of the company or corporation which shall provide: (1) The serial number of the identification device being replaced; (2) the type of identification device lost, misplaced or mutilated; (3) a description of the vehicle by year of manufacture; (4) the name of the manufacturer; and (5) the identification or serial number of the vehicle to which such identification device was originally issued. The statement shall be accompanied by a replacement fee of $3 for a replacement base plate or $1 until January 1, 1995, and $3 thereafter, for a replacement apportioned registration cab card.
(b) On and after January 1, 1995, an apportioned registration cab card shall be reissued when additional jurisdictions are added or weight limits are modified. A cab card shall be reissued upon the payment of a fee of $1.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 20; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 15; April 7.
8-1,115. Same; apportioned registration fee payable in quarterly installments; conditions; delinquent payments, unlawful to operate; penalty, when; lien; collection of delinquent payment, procedure; seizure and sale of property.
(a) An owner of a fleet, the vehicles of which are based in Kansas, and which is eligible for registration under the provisions of this act, or any apportioned fleet registration agreement, reciprocity agreement, arrangement, consent, or declaration made by the director of vehicles, may elect, at the time such owner's annual apportioned fleet registration fee is payable, to pay such annual apportioned fleet registration fee in equal quarterly installments, the first of which shall be due and payable at the time of such application, but not later than March 1 in each year, and each ensuing quarter thereafter shall be due and payable respectively on the first day of April, July and October. No owner shall be eligible for payment of apportioned fleet registration fees in quarterly installments unless the annual apportioned fleet registration fee for such owner's fleet exceeds $300. The election to pay annual apportioned fleet registration fees in quarterly installments shall not be construed so as to relieve any owner of the liability for payment of the entire amount of fees which would otherwise be due for the full registration year.
(b) If a fleet owner fails to pay any quarterly installment on or before the date the same is due and payable, the right to operate the fleet vehicles registered under the provisions of this act on the highways of this state shall terminate, and it shall be unlawful to operate such fleet vehicles on the highways of this state until the delinquent quarterly installment payment, including any penalty, shall have been paid in full.
(c) If a quarterly installment shall be delinquent more than 10 days beyond the due date of such installment, except for any case where it is determined by the director of vehicles that such delinquency is not due to negligence or intentional disregard of the provisions of this section, the entire balance of the annual apportioned registration fee remaining, including the delinquent quarterly installment, plus a penalty in a sum equal to 10% of the annual apportioned fleet registration fee shall be due and payable. Any such fleet owner so delinquent may be denied the privilege of paying the annual apportioned fleet registration fee for ensuing registration years on a quarterly basis. All such apportioned registration fees and penalties remaining unpaid shall constitute a debt due the state, which may be collected from the person owing the same by suit or otherwise. All such apportioned fleet registration fees remaining unpaid after the same are due and payable, and any penalty thereon shall constitute a first and prior lien in favor of the state upon the vehicles of a fleet registered hereunder and all other real and personal property of the fleet owner located within the state in the amount that such fees and penalty remain unpaid. Such lien shall attach at the time such unpaid fees and penalty accrue, and shall be paramount to all prior liens or encumbrances of any character, and to the rights of any holder of the legal title in or to any such fleet vehicles.
(d) When any installment payment has been delinquent more than 10 days, the division of vehicles shall forthwith file a notice of lien in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the principal place of business of such fleet owner is located, or any county where the vehicles of such fleet are based, or any other county in which such owner has any property. A copy of such notice of lien shall be mailed to the delinquent fleet owner. The notice of lien shall set forth the name and address of the fleet owner, the amount of the apportioned fleet registration fee and penalty payable and unpaid, and a description of the fleet vehicles to which applicable. It shall be the duty of each register of deeds in this state to index and file immediately all such notices of lien in the manner provided in the cases of financing statements, and no fee shall be charged for filing and indexing. The division of vehicles shall issue a release of lien upon payment of the apportioned fleet registration fee and penalty payable by such fleet owner, and such person may file the same with the register of deeds of any county in which such notice of lien has been filed, and no fee shall be charged for the release of lien.
Upon filing the notice of lien, the division of vehicles shall issue a tax warrant to the sheriff of any county in which the notice of lien has been filed and may issue further warrants as may be necessary, and such sheriff shall seize and hold all personal property subject thereto and proceed to advertise and sell the same or so much thereof as may be necessary, to satisfy the state's lien, together with all expenses of selling at public sale for cash, upon such notice as is provided by law in the case of a security agreement sale. Any surplus of the proceeds of such sale, after paying to the division of vehicles the amount of the state's lien, the officer's cost of giving notice of and executing said warrant computed to the same extent as in judicial sales on execution, and the cost of securing and preserving the property pending such sale, shall be delivered to the person lawfully entitled thereto.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 21; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 16; April 7.
8-1,116. Same; sale of fleet vehicle not to affect liability for fee payment; addition of vehicle, transfer of registration; fees; loss of vehicle not being replaced, refund; conditions of refund.
(a) If a fleet owner sells or otherwise disposes of a vehicle which is part of such owner's fleet registered hereunder, the sale or disposal of such vehicle shall not affect or reduce such fleet owner's obligation or liability to pay the annual apportioned registration fee for such fleet or any apportioned quarterly installments for such fleet as determined by such fleet owner's original application.
(b) If any vehicle which is part of a fleet registered under the provisions of this act is disposed of by the fleet owner, and such owner desires to register an additional or newly acquired vehicle during the registration year, and such additional or newly acquired vehicle is eligible for and part of the owner's apportioned fleet, such additional or newly acquired vehicle may be registered as part of such owner's fleet for the remainder of the registration year without the payment of an additional apportioned registration fee, other than transfer fee and title fee, if the annual apportioned fleet registration fee applicable for the additional or newly acquired vehicle is the same as that of the vehicle which is being deleted by such owner. If the annual apportioned registration fee for the additional or newly acquired vehicle is greater than the annual apportioned registration fee for the vehicle being deleted, such fleet owner shall pay the full difference in apportioned registration fee. No certificate of title shall be assigned or transferred or a new certificate of title be issued for any vehicle which is part of such owner's fleet when such fleet owner is delinquent in the payment of apportioned fleet registration fees.
(c) Any owner of a truck or truck tractor based in Kansas and registered as a vehicle in a fleet registered on an apportioned basis for which applicable apportioned registration fees have been paid, which truck or truck tractor is sold, junked, repossessed, foreclosed by a mechanic's lien or has had title transferred by operation of law, and which vehicle is not being replaced in the fleet by another motor vehicle, may secure a refund by making application to the division of vehicles on a form provided and prescribed by the director of vehicles. Such refund shall include only the portion of the fee applicable to the Kansas apportioned registration fee for that vehicle for the remaining portion of the registration year. Such application for refund shall be accompanied by the Kansas base plate issued for that vehicle and the cab card issued therewith. In the event the owner of such vehicle is deceased and such vehicle will not be used on the highways, and title is not currently being transferred, the proper representative of the estate shall be entitled to such refund. Where the vehicle is registered on an apportioned basis under a quarterly fleet registration, as provided in K.S.A. 8-1,115, and amendments thereto, such refund shall be made on the apportioned quarterly fee paid and unused and all remaining quarterly payments applicable to such motor vehicle shall be canceled. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, refunds shall be made under the provisions of this section only where the amount exceeds $50.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 22; L. 1994, ch. 76, § 17; April 7.
8-1,117. Same; fraudulent registration; penalty.
Any person or owner who willfully files, or knowingly presents a fraudulent proration fleet registration application for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain or to assist any other person to obtain a credit or refund for reduction of liability of proration fleet registration fees applicable under this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 23; Jan. 1, 1979.
8-1,118. Same; insufficient or no fund check; penalty; collection of debt; suspension and reinstatement of registration.
Whenever any person, or owner, as payment for any fees or penalty provided by this act presents a check on a bank in which such person has no money on deposit, or in which there is insufficient money on deposit for the payment of such check upon presentation, the division of vehicles shall immediately provide notice to the owner of a fleet registered hereunder that such owner's right to operate the vehicles of such fleet upon the highways of Kansas has been suspended. Upon the owner's receiving notice aforesaid, such owner shall return the identification devices issued for the vehicles of such owner's fleet or remit full payment to cover the amount of the insufficient or no fund check together with a penalty of ten dollars ($10) to the division of vehicles. If the insufficient or no fund check is not replaced by appropriate payment and penalty within ten (10) days of the date of notice, the division of vehicles may collect the debt by filing a notice of lien in the same manner and to the extent as provided in K.S.A. 8-1,115. The amount of the insufficient or no fund check together with penalty shall constitute a debt due the state, which may be collected by suit or otherwise. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed so as to exclude criminal prosecutions as in other cases involving insufficient or no fund checks.
Upon payment of the insufficient or no fund check and penalty by the fleet owner, the division of vehicles shall give notice to the fleet owner of reinstatement of such owner's right to operate the vehicles of a fleet registered hereunder, and return any identification devices to said owner which may have been received by the division of vehicles.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 24; Jan. 1, 1979.
8-1,119. Same; utility trailers, five-year registration; annual statement; identification devices; addition of trailers to fleet; cancellation of registration, when.
The division shall provide for the registration of and the issuance of license plates for utility trailers in accordance with the provisions of this section. License plates issued under this section shall be permanent in nature and designed in such a manner as to remain with the utility trailer for the duration of the life span of the trailer or until the trailer is deleted from the owner's fleet. Such license plates shall be distinctive and there shall be no year date thereon. Trailers registered under the provisions of this section shall be issued a permanent registration cab card for the duration of the life span of the trailer or until the trailer is deleted from the owner's fleet. License plates issued under this section shall not be transferable to any other utility trailer. The division shall require the payment of all fees imposed pursuant to this act as though such trailers were registered annually. Every application for the registration of utility trailers shall be accompanied by a total fee payment equal to the amount obtained by applying the proportion of such trailers operated in this state to the total trailers in the fleet, to the fees which would otherwise be required for total fleet registration in this state plus the amount of fees required by this act for the issuance of identification devices for the vehicles in the fleet. The director shall require every owner of utility trailers registered pursuant to this act to file an annual statement each year during the period of registration, providing such information as the director deems necessary to determine the amount of fees owed for such year. If, in any year subsequent to the first year of a registration period, the number of trailers operated within this state increases, the director shall require the owner thereof to register such additional trailers for the remainder of the registration period. The director may at any time cancel the registration of any or all of the vehicles within a fleet of utility trailers for nonpayment of fees or for failure to file or provide information required pursuant to this act
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 25; Jan. 1, 1979; L. 2000 ch. 33 § 1; Apr. 6, 2000.
8-1,120. Same; enforcement of act; requests to law enforcement agencies for aid; remedies for enforcement and collection not exclusive.
(a) The director of vehicles may request the aid of the state highway patrol, any peace officer or any duly appointed representative of the division to enforce the provisions of this act within their respective jurisdiction and it shall be the duty of such officers to aid when so requested.
(b) The director may revoke, suspend, cancel, retrieve license plates, or refuse to issue or renew a registration certificate under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,100 through 8-1,123, and amendments thereto, upon receipt of notice under the federal performance and registration information systems management program that the ability of the applicant or certificate holder to operate has been terminated or denied by a federal agency.
(c) The remedies for enforcement and collection provided in this act are cumulative and the use of one shall not be deemed to be a waiver of a right to use any other.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 26; L. 2006, ch. 12, § 1; July 1.
8-1,121. Same; rules and regulations.
The secretary of revenue is authorized to adopt rules and regulations in order to administer and enforce the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,101 to 8-1,123, inclusive, and the terms and conditions of any proration fleet registration agreement, reciprocity agreement, contract, arrangement, consent or declaration made by the director of vehicles.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 27; Jan. 1, 1979.
8-1,122. Same; prior reciprocal contracts or agreements not affected.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting any reciprocal contract or agreement made prior to the effective date of this act.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 28; Jan. 1, 1979.
8-1,123. Same; act supplemental to registration laws.
This act shall be construed as supplementary to and as a part of K.S.A. 8-126 to 8-149, inclusive, and acts amendatory thereof.
History: L. 1978, ch. 30, § 29; Jan. 1, 1979.
8-1,123a - Registration of Convertor Gears
A converter gear may be registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,100 through 8-1,123, and amendments thereto, provided that the data required for registration is submitted electronically. The division shall assign a unique number to each converter gear and such number shall be durably marked on the converter gear as prescribed by the division. An annual fee of $1 shall be paid for each registration.
History: L. 2003, ch. 18, § 1; Apr. 3.
8-1,123b. Registration Termination; Law Enforcement Assistance.
(a) The director of vehicles may revoke, suspend, cancel, retrieve license plate, or refuse to issue or renew a registration certificate under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-126 through 8-149, and amendments thereto, upon receipt of notice from the state corporation commission that the ability of an intrastate motor carrier to operate has been terminated or denied by the state corporation commission.
(b) The director of vehicles may request the aid of the state highway patrol, any law enforcement officer or any duly appointed representative of the division to enforce the provisions of this section within their respective jurisdiction and it shall be the duty of such officers to aid when so requested.
(c) The remedies for enforcement and collection provided in this section are cumulative and the use of one shall not be deemed to be a waiver of a right to use any other.
History: L. 2009, ch. 9, § 1, July 1.
8-1,124. Accessible parking, definition.
As used in this act, 'person with a disability' means any individual who:
(a) Has a severe visual impairment;
(b) cannot walk 100 feet without stopping to rest;
(c) cannot walk without the use of or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assistive device;
(d) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest;
(e) uses portable oxygen;
(f) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as class III or class IV according to standards set by the American heart association; or
(g) is severely limited in such person's ability to walk at least 100 feet due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 44, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 11; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 1; July 1.
8-1,125. License plates, placards and individual identification cards for persons with disability; penalty.
(a) Any Kansas resident who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, on a form provided by the director, that such person is a person with a disability or is responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability shall be issued a special license plate or a permanent placard for any motor vehicle owned by such person or shall be issued a temporary placard. Satisfactory proof of disability, condition or impairment shall include a statement from a person licensed to practice the healing arts in any state, a licensed optometrist, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under K.S.A. 65-1131, and amendments thereto, a licensed physician assistant or a Christian Science practitioner listed in The Christian Science Journal certifying that such person is a person with a disability. The placard shall be suspended immediately below the rear view mirror of any motor vehicle used for the transportation of a person with a disability so as to be maximally visible from outside the vehicle. In addition to the special license plate or permanent placard, the director of vehicles shall issue to the person with a disability an individual identification card which must be carried by the person with a disability when the motor vehicle being operated by or used for the transportation of such person is parked in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,126, and amendments thereto. In addition to the temporary placard, a person issued such temporary placard shall carry the state or county receipt showing the name of the person who is issued such temporary placard. A person submitting satisfactory proof that such person’s disability, condition or impairment is permanent in nature, and upon such person’s request and payment of the fees prescribed in subsection (b), shall be issued an individual identification card and: (1) a permanent placard, (2) a permanent placard and a special license plate, or (3) a permanent placard and a wheelchair emblem decal to be affixed to a distinctive license plate. Upon proper request, one additional permanent placard shall be issued to the applicant who has not requested and received a special license plate. Upon proper request, one additional temporary placard shall be issued to the applicant certified as temporarily disabled. Temporary placards shall have an expiration date of not longer than six months from the date of issuance. The special license plates, decals and placards shall display the international symbol of access to the physically disabled.
(b) Special license plates issued pursuant to this section shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates are issued or for the remainder of such period if an existing license plate is to be exchanged for the special license plate. There shall be no fee for such special license plates in addition to the regular registration fee. No person shall be issued more than one special license plate, except that agencies or businesses which provide transportation for persons with a disability as a service, may obtain additional special license plates for vehicles which are utilized in the provision of that service. Special license plates may be personalized license plates subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, including the payment of the additional fee.
(c) Placards and individual identification cards issued pursuant to this section shall be valid as long as the person or a person responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability is eligible for a special license plate or permanent placard. The secretary of revenue shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to remain compliant with 23 C.F.R. § 1235.4.
(d) The color of the permanent placard shall be white on a blue background and the temporary placard shall be white on a red background.
(e) In addition to such other individual information contained on identification cards, cards shall have the date of birth and the sex of the person to whom the card is issued.
(f) Permanent placards and individual identification cards shall be returned to the department of revenue upon the death of the person with a disability. Temporary placards shall be returned to the department of revenue upon the expiration of the placard or upon the death of the person with a disability. Special license plates shall be returned to the county treasurer to be exchanged for another license plate upon the death of the person with a disability. The individual identification cards issued with the special license plates shall be returned to the department of revenue upon the death of the person with a disability.
(g) Violation of subsection (f) is an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $50.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 44, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 45, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 12; L. 1995, ch. 186, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 2; L. 2002, Ch. 70, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 114, § 50, L. 2014, ch. 35, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 42, § 3; January 1, 2018.
8-1,126. Parking privileges for persons with disability.
When a motor vehicle which bears a special license plate,placard or decal issued pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,125, and amendments thereto, is being operated by or used for the transportation of a person with a disability, such motor vehicle:
(a) May be parked in any parking space, whether on public or private property, which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of persons with a disability or persons responsible for the transportation of a person with a disability, except a parking space on private property which is clearly marked as being reserved for the use of a specified person with a disability;
(b) may be parked for a period of time not to exceed 24 hours in any parking zone which is restricted as to the length of parking time permitted, except where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited to all vehicles, where parking is reserved for special types of vehicles or where parking would clearly present a traffic hazard; and
(c) shall be exempt from any parking meter fees of the state or any city, county or other political subdivision.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 4; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 3; L. 2000 ch. 179, § 6; L. 2017 ch. 42, § 4; January 1, 2018.
8-1,127. Acceptable identification from other jurisdictions for persons with a disability.
Official identification devices issued to persons with a disability by any other state, district, or territory subject to the laws of the United States, or any foreign jurisdiction, shall be recognized as acceptable identification in the state of Kansas. Motor vehicles bearing a valid device from such a jurisdiction shall be accorded the parking privileges contained in K.S.A. 8-1,126, and amendments thereto, except that if such person becomes a resident of the state of Kansas, such identification devices shall not be recognized as acceptable identification 60 days after such person becomes a resident of this state and such devices shall be deemed expired. Possession of an identification device deemed to have expired shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 81,130a, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 4; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 5; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 13; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 4; July 1.
8-1,128. Accessible parking spaces; marking.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 8-2003, and amendments thereto, each designated accessible parking space shall be clearly marked by vertically mounted signs bearing the international symbol of access.
(b) All parking shall conform to Title II or Title III, as required by the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, 42 USCA 12101 et seq. and 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 5; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 6; L. 1992, ch. 208, § 3; L. 1994, ch. 195, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 186, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 5; July 1.
8-1,129. Unlawful parking in accessible parking; blocking access ramp or aisle; penalties.
(a) At no time, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the law or the directions of a law enforcement officer or official traffic-control device, shall a person:
(1) Stop, stand or park a vehicle, as defined in K.S.A. 8-126 and amendments thereto, in any parking space designated as accessible parking without displaying a special license plate, permanent placard or disabled veteran license plate and an individual identification card, or a valid temporary placard. Placards shall be displayed in accordance with subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1,125, and amendments thereto;
(2) stop, stand or park a vehicle so that it blocks an access entrance;
(3) stop, stand or park a vehicle so that it blocks a disabled parking stall;
(4) stop, stand or park a vehicle so that it blocks an access aisle; or
(5) stop, stand or park a vehicle in an access aisle between or beside a designated accessible parking space.
(b) Each violation of subsection (a) is an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.
(c) The provisions of subsection (a) shall be enforced by law enforcement officers on public and private property.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 6; L. 1987, ch. 44, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 7; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 15; L. 1995, ch. 186, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 6; July 1.
8-1,130. Falsely obtaining accessible parking identification; penalties.
(a) Any person who willfully and falsely represents that such person has the qualifications to obtain a special license plate, a permanent placard and an individual identification card or temporary placard pursuant to this act shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(b) Any person authorized to certify a person with a disability under subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1,125, and amendments thereto, who willfully and falsely certifies that a person has the qualifications to obtain a special license plate, a permanent placard and an individual identification card or temporary placard pursuant to this act shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 7; L. 1988, ch. 45, § 3; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 9; L. 2002, Ch. 70, § 3; July 1.
8-1,130a. Unlawfully utilizing accessible parking identification device; penalties.
(a) Any person who has in such person's possession any accessible parking identification device which has expired or has been revoked or suspended by the secretary of revenue pursuant to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-1,125, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 8-1,130b, and amendments thereto, shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $300.
(b) Any person who utilizes any accessible parking identification device issued to another person, an agency or a business, to park in any parking space specified in K.S.A. 8-1,126, and amendments thereto, which could be utilized by a person with a disability, except when transporting or arriving to transport a person with a disability to whom or for whom the identification device was issued shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $300.
History: L. 1988, ch. 45, § 5; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 8; L. 1992, ch. 105, § 16; L. 1995, ch. 186, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 68, § 7; July 1.
8-1,130b. Reissuance, suspension or revocation of accessible parking privileges; rules and regulations.
(a) The secretary of revenue shall revoke, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (c), any accessible parking identification device of any person who is convicted under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,130, and amendments thereto.
(b) The secretary of revenue shall suspend or revoke, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (c), an accessible parking identification device, when the person, agency or business to which an accessible parking identification device is issued, authorizes the use of such device or the use of a vehicle displaying such device to a person not authorized by law to use such device and such unauthorized person is convicted under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1,130a, and amendments thereto.
(c) The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations prescribing procedures for the reissuance, suspension and revocation of accessible parking privileges including the issuance or orders to return accessible parking identification devices, notification of law enforcement agencies and personnel with regard to the validity or invalidity of any accessible parking identification devices and revocation of accessible parking identification devices.
History: L. 1988, ch. 45, § 6; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 10; July 1.
8-1,131. Rules and regulations; handicapped accessible parking.
The secretary of revenue may adopt such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 8; July 1.
8-1,132. Act supplemental to 8-126 et seq.
K.S.A. 8-1,124 through 8-1,131, shall be part of and supplemental to K.S.A. 8-126 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1986, ch. 36, § 9; July 1.
8-1,133. Dispensing of motor-vehicle fuels for persons with a disability.
Every dealer engaged in the retail sale of motor-vehicle fuels at any service station providing facilities for both self-service and full-service sales shall require any attendant whose duties include the dispensing of motor-vehicle fuels at full-service facilities to dispense motor-vehicle fuels into any motor vehicle parked at a self-service facility which displays a license plate issued to a disabled veteran pursuant to K.S.A. 8-161, and amendments thereto, or a license plate or placard issued to a person with a disability pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,125, and amendments thereto, and such disabled veteran or person with a disability operating such motor vehicle is not accompanied by a person capable of dispensing motor-vehicle fuels. The price charged for such motor-vehicle fuel shall be the price charged the general public for motor-vehicle fuels dispensed at such self-service facility. Such service shall be provided only during hours in which full-service sales are offered to the general public and such attendant shall not be required to perform other services which are offered only at full-service facilities.
History: L. 1987, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 35, § 11; July 1.
8-1,134. Permanent registration of city, county, township or school district vehicles; utility vehicles five-year registration.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), (1) each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned or leased by any city, county, township or school district of this state or by any agency or instrumentality of any city, county or township and used exclusively for governmental, water district or school district purposes and not for any private purposes, which is not otherwise exempt from registration, or (2) each truck tractor, trailer or semitrailer leased by a community college or technical college and used exclusively for a truck driver training program, which is not otherwise exempt from registration, shall be registered for a fee established by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, except that such fee shall not exceed the actual cost of such registration. Such registration shall be permanent in nature and designed in such a manner as to remain with a vehicle for the duration of the life span of the vehicle, the duration of the lease, or until the title is transferred to an owner who is not a city, county, township, water district, school district community college or technical college.
(b) License plates issued for city, county, township, water district, school district, community college or technical college vehicles shall be distinctive and shall contain the words city, county, township, water district, school district, community college or technical college, as applicable and there shall be no year date thereon.
(c) Vehicles registered under this section which are used for utility purposes shall be issued license plates as prescribed by subsection (b), except that such license plates shall be issued for periods of five years, but shall be required to pay all license fees imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, as though such vehicles were registered annually. The secretary of revenue shall design decals to be affixed to such license plates containing the word utility and the date the registration is to expire.
(d) The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
History: L. 1987, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 41, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 221, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 41, § 1; L. 2003, ch. 11, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 62, § 1; L. 2015, ch. 49, § 3; L. 2017, ch. 46, § 1; July 1.
8-1,135. Waiver of penalty and interest on registration, when.
Whenever the county treasurer is required to impose a penalty for the failure to comply with the registration requirements in article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, the treasurer shall waive such penalty and interest if: (a) The last day to register or renew the registration on a vehicle falls on a day on which the treasurer's office is closed; and (b) the owner registers or renews the registration on the vehicle on the next day the treasurer's office is open.
History: L. 1987, ch. 90, § 1; July 1.
8-1,137. Vehicles sold for salvage, no certificate of title may be issued; major component parts, selling.
(a) Except as provided in 8-135c, and amendments thereto, if any vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued shall be crushed, dismantled, disassembled or recycled by selling such vehicle to a scrap processor for recycling after the salvageable parts have been removed by a licensed salvage vehicle dealer as defined in K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, such dealer shall surrender the original or duplicate title to the division with the word salvage or junk written or stamped across its face and no certificate of title of any type shall be issued nor any registration allowed again for such vehicle.
(b) When any major component part, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, is sold by a licensed salvage vehicle dealer to a licensed vehicle dealer, a sales receipt and a copy of the vehicle title must accompany such major component part as proof of legal possession. Any major component part, as defined in K.S.A. 8-2401, and amendments thereto, sold by a licensed salvage dealer to any other person shall be accompanied by a bill of sale and a copy of the vehicle title as proof of legal possession of such major component part.
History: L. 1990, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 302, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 73 § 7; L. 2009, ch. 63 § 2, July 1.
8-1,138. Registration of vehicles; residency; exceptions.
(a) For purposes of article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, a person shall be deemed to be a resident of a county in this state if:
(1) The person, including a student, is registered to vote in such county; or
(2) the person, partnership, company, firm, corporation or association maintains an office within such county to lease or rent motor vehicles, if such motor vehicles are operated within the state for a period exceeding 60 days.
(b) For purposes of article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, there is a rebuttable presumption that a person is a resident of a county in this state if any of the following exist:
(1) The person, other than a student, owns, leases or rents a place of domicile within such county and remains in such county for a period exceeding 90 days, except for infrequent or brief absences;
(2) the person enrolls the person's child in a school district, all or any part of which is located in such county, unless out-of-state tuition is being charged for the attendance of the child at school in such school district;
(3) the person has a place of domicile in such county and has accepted employment or engages in any trade, profession or occupation within this state;
(4) any individual, partnership, company, firm, corporation or association maintains a main or branch office or warehouse facility within such county or bases and operates motor vehicles in such county, if such motor vehicles are garaged in such county for a period exceeding 90 days; or
(5) any individual, partnership, company, firm, corporation or association operates motor vehicles in intrastate haulage in this state, if such motor vehicles are garaged in such county for a period exceeding 90 days.
(c) For purposes of this section, resident does not include:
(1) A student who is enrolled for at least nine hours of credit at a college or university in this state, if the student has a domicile in another state and has a valid driver's license and vehicle registration issued by the state of domicile; and
(2) members of the armed forces who are stationed in the state, provided such members' vehicles are properly registered in such members' state of residence.
History: L. 1990, ch. 34, § 1; July 1.
8-1,139. License plates for survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor; application; issuance.
(a) Any owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle or truck of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate designating such person as a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person making application for a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor license plate must comply with the following:
(1) Was a member of the United States armed forces on December 7, 1941;
(2) was on station on December 7, 1941, during the hours of 7:55 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Hawaii time at Pearl Harbor, the island of Oahu or offshore at a distance not to exceed three miles therefrom;
(3) received an honorable discharge from the United States armed forces; and
(4) has been approved by the chairperson of the Kansas Pearl Harbor survivors association as being a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
(c) Any survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor may make application for the distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any application for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with such proof as the director shall require that the applicant was a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (c). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
History: L. 1991, ch. 31, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 8; July 1.
8-1,140. License plates for recipients of the purple heart medal.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person was awarded a purple heart medal by the United States government for wounds received in military or naval combat against an armed enemy of the United States, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a recipient of the purple heart medal. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any recipient of the purple heart medal may make application for the distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with such proof as the director shall require that the applicant was a recipient of the purple heart medal. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
History: L. 1994, ch. 12, § 1; L. 1995, ch. 84, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 9; L. 2005, ch. 123, § 1; July 1.
8-1,141. Distinctive license plates subject to personalized license plate fee; subject to initial issuance guarantee; exceptions.
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any new distinctive license plate authorized for issuance on and after July 1, 1994, shall be subject to the personalized license plate fee prescribed by K.S.A. 8-132(c)(d), and amendments thereto. This section shall not apply to any distinctive license plate authorized prior to July 1, 1994.
(2) On and after January 1, 2025, any distinctive license plate may be a personalized license plate subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. Any personalized distinctive license plate shall be subject to a fee that is double the amount prescribed by K.S.A. 8-132(d), and amendments thereto.
(b) The director of vehicles shall not issue any new distinctive license plate unless there is a guarantee of an initial issuance of at least 250 license plates.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to distinctive license plates issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,145, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 8-177d, 8-1,145, 8-1,163, 8-1,166, 8-1,185, 8-1,186, 8-1,187, 8-1,188, 8-1,194, 8-1,195, 8-1,196, 8-1,197, 8-1,198, 8-1,199, 8-1,204 or 8-1,205, and amendments thereto, except that such distinctive license plates may be personalized license plates pursuant to subsection (a)(2) if an applicant pays the personalized license plate fee prescribed by K.S.A. 8-132(d), and amendments thereto.
(d) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to distinctive license plates issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,146 or 8-1,148, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 8-1,146, 8-1,148, 8-1,153, 8-1,158 or 8-1,161, and amendments thereto, except that such distinctive license plates may be personalized license plates pursuant to subsection (a)(2) if an applicant pays the personalized license plate fee prescribed by K.S.A. 8-132(d), and amendments thereto.
(e) The provisions of subsection (f) shall not apply to distinctive license plates issued under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,160 and, 8-1,183 and section 1, and amendments thereto, except that the division shall delay the manufacturing and issuance of such distinctive license plate until the division has received not fewer than 100 orders for such plate, including payment of the personalized license plate fee required under subsection (a). Upon certification by the director of vehicles to the director of accounts and reports that not less than 100 paid orders for such plate have been received, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer $4,000 from the state highway fund to the distinctive license plate fund.
(f) (1) Any person or organization sponsoring any distinctive license plate authorized by the legislature shall submit to the division of vehicles a nonrefundable amount not to exceed $5,000, to defray the division's cost for developing such distinctive license plate.
(2) All moneys received under this subsection shall be remitted by the secretary of revenue to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the distinctive license plate fund which is hereby created in the state treasury. All moneys credited to the distinctive license plate fund shall be used by the department of revenue only for the purpose associated with the development of distinctive license plates. All expenditures from the distinctive license plate application fee fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts, upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of the department of revenue.
(g) The director of vehicles shall discontinue the issuance of any distinctive license plate if:
(1) Fewer than 250 plates, including annual renewals, are issued for that distinctive license plate by the end of the second year of sales; and
(2) fewer than 125 license plates, including annual renewals, are issued for that distinctive license plate during any subsequent two-year period.
(h) An application for any distinctive license plate issued and the corresponding royalty fee may be collected either by the county treasurer or the entity benefiting from the issuance of the distinctive license plate. Annual royalty payments collected by the county treasurers shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of a segregated royalty fund which shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee. Payments from the royalty fund shall be made to the entity benefiting from the issuance of the distinctive license plate on a monthly basis.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any distinctive license plate, the division shall produce such distinctive license plate for a motorcycle upon request to the division by the organization sponsoring the distinctive license plate.
(j) In addition to any residency requirements for all distinctive license plates, any person not a resident of Kansas, serving as a member of the armed forces stationed in this state shall be eligible to apply for any distinctive license plate as if the individual was a resident of this state. Such person shall be eligible to renew the distinctive license plate registration as long as the person is still stationed in this state at the time the registration is renewed.
History: L. 1994, ch. 12, § 2; L. 1995, ch. 84, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 40, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 10; L. 2004, ch. 170, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 59, § 2; L. 2009, ch. 89, § 4, L. 2010, ch. 164, § 7; L. 2011, ch. 35, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 9; L. 2014, ch. 77, § 5; L. 2018, ch. 63, § 3; L. 2021, ch. 95, § 15, L. 2022, ch. 57, § 7; L. 2023, ch. 73, § 3; July 1.
8-1,142. Educational institution license plate; procedure; requirements.
(a) As used in this section, "educational institution" means:
(1) Any state educational institution under the control and supervision of the state board of regents;
(2) any municipal university;
(3) any not-for-profit independent institution of higher education that is accredited by the north central association of colleges and secondary schools accrediting agency based on its requirements as of April 1, 1985, is operated independently and not controlled or administered by the state or any agency or subdivision thereof, maintains open enrollment and the main campus or principal place of operation of which is located in Kansas;
(4) any community college organized and operating under the laws of this state; and
(5) Haskell Indian Nations university.
(b) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks or motorcycles registered for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one educational institution license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, plus the payment of an additional fee of $5 for each plate, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the alumni association or foundation or the presentation of the annual emblem use authorization statement provided for in subsection (c).
(c) Any educational institution may authorize through its officially recognized alumni association or foundation the use of such institution's official emblems to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment derived from this section, except reasonable administrative costs, shall be used for recognition of academic achievement or excellence subject to the approval of the chancellor or president of the educational institution. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may annually apply to the alumni association or foundation for the use of the institution's emblems. Upon annual application and payment to either (1) the alumni association or foundation in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as an emblem use royalty payment for each educational institution license plate to be issued, the alumni association or foundation shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, an emblem use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued..
(d) Any applicant for an educational institution license plate may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the educational institution license plates shall provide either the annual emblem use authorization statement provided for in subsection (c) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the alumni association or foundation. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(e) No registration or educational institution license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(f) The director of vehicles may transfer educational institution license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(g) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (b), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual emblem use authorization statement provided for in subsection (c) or the payment of the annual emblem use royalty payment established by the alumni association or foundation. If such emblem use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the alumni association or foundations, or the annual emblem use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the educational institution license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(h) The director of vehicles shall not issue any educational institution license plates for any educational institution, unless such educational institution's alumni association or foundation guarantees the initial issuance of at least 100 license plates.
(i) The director of vehicles shall discontinue the issuance of an educational institution’s license plate authorized under this section if:
(1) Fewer than 100 educational institution license plates, including annual renewals, are issued for an educational institution by the end of the second year of sales; and
(2) fewer than 50 educational institution license plates, including annual renewals, are issued for an educational institution during any subsequent two-year period.
(j) Each educational institution's alumni association or foundation shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for such educational license plates; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the alumni association or foundation for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(k) Each educational institution's alumni association or foundation, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a license plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(l) As a condition of receiving the educational institution license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, emblem use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the relevant educational institution and the state treasurer.
(m) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. In the case of an educational institution that is a state educational institution as defined by K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto, upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the appropriate account of the restricted fees fund of such state educational institution. In the case of an educational institution which is not a state educational institution as defined by K.S.A. 76- 711, and amendments thereto, upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall remit the entire amount to the educational institutions emblem royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the educational institutions emblem royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the educational institutions emblem royalty fund to the respective educational institutions shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 1994, ch. 221, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 79, § 3; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 11; L. 2004, ch. 170, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 10; L. 2013, ch. 81, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 95, § 16, July 1.
8-1,143. Hunter permit; requirements; application; fee.
(a) As used in this section, 'Apportioned fleet registration' shall include apportioned registrations completed under the terms of the international registration plan. The international registration plan is a registration reciprocity agreement among states of the United States and provinces of Canada providing for payment of registration fees on the basis of fleet miles operated in various jurisdictions.
(b) The owner of any motor vehicle which was duly and legally registered in Kansas on an apportioned basis with the division of vehicles, but which cannot legally be operated on Kansas highways because of lease cancellation, may, in lieu of the payment of other registration fees for such vehicle and upon proof of ownership and appropriate insurance, obtain a hunter's permit from the division of vehicles. Such permit shall authorize the operation of the vehicle on the highways of this state and the highways of all member jurisdictions of the international registration plan for a period not to exceed 30 days. Any vehicle operated under a hunter's permit issued in accordance with this section shall only be operated while empty and shall only be operated for the purpose of securing a new lease agreement under which proper registration may be obtained. No vehicle may be operated on the highways of this state when the registration of such vehicle has been canceled, unless the vehicle owner shall have been issued a hunter's permit for such vehicle. Operation of any vehicle without proper registration or a hunter's permit shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(c) No owner operating such a vehicle without proper registration or a hunter's permit shall be allowed to operate the vehicle until the owner has purchased a hunter's permit or otherwise obtained proper registration.
(d) Application for a hunter's permit shall be made upon forms prescribed by the director. Application shall be made to the division of vehicles. Before such a permit may be issued, the applicant shall provide: (1) A release signed by the previous registrant in such form as is acceptable to the division of vehicles, that the owner has surrendered all plates, cab cards and other evidence of previous registration to the previous registrant; and (2) evidence that appropriate insurance currently is in force in the vehicle owner's name.
(e) The fee for a hunter's permit shall be $26 and shall be collected by the division of vehicles and deposited by the division as provided in K.S.A. 8-146, and amendments thereto. When such fee has been paid, no other registration fee shall be required for any trailer or semitrailer owned by the permit applicant and which is being towed by such permitted vehicle.
(f) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to change the vehicle owner's duty to timely file any necessary fuel reports and to pay any fuel taxes owed.
(g) The secretary of revenue may adopt such rules and regulations for the administration of this section.
History: L. 1994, ch. 114, § 1; July 1.
8-1,144. Donated motor vehicles for charitable auctions.
(a) Any motor vehicle donated to any charitable organization, which is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) and is an eligible recipient of a charitable contribution pursuant to section 170(c)(2) of the federal internal revenue code, for the purpose of selling such motor vehicle at a charitable auction, the proceeds of which are to be used for the benefit of such charitable organization, and the certificate of title of such motor vehicle has been assigned to such charitable organization, shall not be required to be registered in this state, as provided in K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto, until such motor vehicle is sold at such charitable auction. Nothing in this section shall be construed as abrogating, limiting or otherwise affecting the provisions of K.S.A. 8-142, and amendments thereto, which make it unlawful for any person to operate or knowingly permit the operation in this state of a motor vehicle required to be registered in this state.
(b) Charitable organizations receiving donated motor vehicles for charitable auctions shall make application for and obtain certificate of titles for such motor vehicles in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-135, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1994, ch. 299, § 1; July 1.
8-1,145. License plates for recipients of the congressional medal of honor.
(a) On and after January 1, 2001, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person was awarded the congressional medal of honor, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck designating such person as a recipient of the congressional medal of honor. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and without payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any recipient of the congressional medal of honor may make application for the distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with such proof as the director shall require that the applicant was a recipient of the congressional medal of honor. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, without charge, in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
History: L. 1997, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 12; July 1.
8-1,146. License plates for United States military veterans.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles or travel trailers, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles as provided in subsectin (c) that such person has proof of (1) having served and is designated as a veteran, and has had an honorable discharge from the United States army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, space force or merchant marines, or (2) currently serving in the United States army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, space force or merchant marines, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle truck, motorcycle or travel trailer designating such person as an United States military veteran. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person issued a license plate under this section may request a decal for each license plate indicating the appropriate military branch in which the person served, or is currently serving.
(c) Any person who is a veteran or current member of the United States army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, space force or merchant marines may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a veteran or current member of the United States army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, space force or merchant marines. As proof of military veteran status, an applicant may provide a DD214 form, a DD form 2 (Retired) or a Kansas driver's license with a veteran designation pursuant to K.S.A. 8-243(e), and amendments thereto. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle truck, motorcycle or travel trailer and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143 and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(f) A fee of $2 shall be paid for each decal issued under subsection (a). The director of vehicles shall design such decals. Such decals shall be affixed to the license in the location required by the director.
History: L. 1997, ch. 79, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 140, § 13; L. 1999, ch. 125, § 13; L. 2000, ch. 87, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 170, § 3; L. 2005, ch. 123, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 182, § 4; L. 2008, ch. 156, § 5; L. 2022, ch. 57, § 8, July 1.
8-1,147. Distinctive license plates, right to possession; limitations.
In the event of the death of any person issued distinctive license plates under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-161, 8-177a, 8-177c, 8- 1,139, 8-1,140, 8-1,145, 8-1,146 or K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 8-177d, K.S.A. 8-1,163, 8-1,166, 8-1,185, 8-1,186, 8-1,187 or , 8-1,188, 8-1,194, 8-1,195, 8-1,196, 8-1,197, 8-1,198, 8-1,199, 8-1,204 and 8-1,205, and amendments thereto, the surviving spouse or other family member, if there is no surviving spouse, shall be entitled to possession of any such distinctive license plates. Such license plates shall not be displayed on any vehicle unless otherwise authorized by statute.
History: L. 1998, ch. 140, § 4; L. 2002, Ch. 4, § 1 L. 2008, ch. 59, § 3; L. 2010, ch. 164, § 8; L. 2011, ch. 35, § 3; L. 2018, ch. 63, § 9; L. 2021, ch. 95, § 17, L. 2022, ch. 57, § 9, July 1.
8-1,148. Children's trust fund license plates; procedures; requirements.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one children's trust fund license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the cabinet or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The Kansas children's cabinet established in K.S.A. 38-1901, and amendments thereto, may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment derived from this section shall be credited to the family and children trust account of the family and children investment fund, established in K.S.A. 38-1808, and amendments thereto, and, shall be used in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of K.S.A. 38-1808, and amendments thereto. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may annually apply to the cabinet for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either (1) the cabinet in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each children's trust fund plate to be issued, the cabinet shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a children's trust fund license plate may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of motor vehicles, and any applicant for the children's trust fund license plates shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the cabinet.. Application for registration of a passenger or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or children's trust fund license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer children’s trust fund license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual logo use royalty payment established by the cabinet.. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the cabinet, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer,, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the children's trust fund license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The Kansas children’s cabinet shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for such children's trust fund license plates; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the children's trust fund for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The Kansas children’s cabinet, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the children’s trust fund license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number, school district and vehicle type to the Kansas children’s cabinet.
(j) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the family and children trust account of the family and children investment fund, established by K.S.A. 38-1808, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1999, ch. 125, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 11; January 1, 2013.
8-1,150. Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom license plates; procedures; requirements.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Kansas foundation for agriculture in the class- room license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The board of directors of the Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used in accordance with the by-laws of the foundation to further the mission of the foundation. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the board for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment either: (1) to the board in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the board shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b), or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the board. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual logo use royalty payment established by the board.. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the board, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The board of directors of the Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the board for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The board of directors of the Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom.
(j) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the agriculture in the classroom royalty fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the agriculture in the classroom royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the agriculture in the classroom royalty fund to the Kansas foundation for agriculture in the classroom shall be made on a monthly basis.
History L. 2000, ch. 87 § 2; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 12; January 1, 2013.
8-1,151. Shriners license plates; procedures; requirements.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America (Shriners) license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the temple or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The shrine temple to which the person is a member in good standing may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the shriners hospitals for children. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the shrine temple for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either (1) the shrine temple in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the shrine temple shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the temple.. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be
transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer shriners license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual logo use royalty payment established by the temple. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the temple, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The shrine temples of Kansas shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the shrine temples for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The shrine temples of Kansas, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the shriner’s license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the designated shrine temple of Kansas and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the shriner’s royalty fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the shriner’s royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the shriner’s royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the designated shrine temples of Kansas shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2001 ch. 112, § 2; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 13; January 1, 2013.
8-1,152. Fleet vehicle registration.
(a) As used in this section, "fleet motor vehicle" means:
(1) Any motor vehicle which is part of a public utility commercial fleet of 250 or more and which is not required to file for apportioned registration pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1,100 through K.S.A. 8-1,124, inclusive, and amendments thereto; or
(2) any motor vehicle of a motor carrier who registers a fleet of interstate apportioned registration commercial vehicles of 250 or more in any international registration plan jurisdiction, and will register a fleet of 250 or more commercial vehicles as Kansas fleet registration vehicles, which are registered for a gross weight of at least 12,000 pounds, and is part of the commercial fleet, and such vehicle is not driven out of state, such commercial vehicle shall pay the commercial vehicle fee prescribed in section 1, and amendments thereto, at the allocation factor of 35% of the commercial vehicle fee.
(b) Upon the payment of the applicable registration fees under K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, the division shall provide for the registration of and the issuance of license plates for fleet motor vehicles in accordance with the provisions of this section. License plates issued under this section shall be permanent in nature and designed in such a manner as to remain with the fleet motor vehicle for the duration of the life span of the fleet motor vehicle or until the fleet motor vehicle is deleted from the owner’s fleet. Such license plates shall be distinctive and there shall be no year date thereon. Fleet motor vehicles registered under the provisions of this section shall be issued a permanent registration cab card for the duration of the life span of the fleet motor vehicle or until the fleet motor vehicle is deleted from the owner’s fleet. License plates issued under this section shall not be transferable to any other fleet motor vehicle, except that the unused registration fee may be transferred to another fleet motor vehicle which is registered at the same or greater weight.. The data required for registration under this section shall be submitted electronically.
(c) The secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations in order to administer the provisions of this section.
History: L. 2004, ch. 132, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 73, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 1, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 87, § 3; July 1.
8-1,153. Helping Schools License Plate
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one helping schools license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the board or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The state board of education may authorize the use of the logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the helping schools license plate program fund. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the state board of education for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) the board in an amount of $40 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the board shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall provide either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the board.. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director. The school district to receive the royalty payment shall be designated by the applicant on such forms.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer helping schools license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual logo use royalty payment established by the board.. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the board, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The helping schools license plate shall not be developed by the division until the state board of education has collected sufficient logo use royalty payments under subsection (b), to comply with the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of K.S.A. 8-1,141, and amendments thereto.
(h) The state board of education, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the helping schools license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number, school district and vehicle type to the state board of education and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the helping schools license plate program fund.
History: L. 2004, ch. 170 § 4; L. 2012, ch. 130, 14: January 1, 2013.
8-1,154. Helping Schools License Plate Program Fund.
(a) There is hereby created in the state treasury, the helping schools license plate program fund. All moneys credited to the helping schools license plate fund, except for an amount for the development of the helping schools license plate under subsection (f) of section 4, and amendments thereto, and reasonable costs to administer the helping schools license plate program provided under section 4, and amendments thereto, shall be allocated and distributed annually on or after July 1 of each year to the school districts designated by the applicants under section 4, and amendments thereto. Such money allocated and distributed to the school districts shall be used for the purchase of classroom supplies and equipment in grades K through 12 of the public schools of the school district. No moneys shall be distributed under the provisions of this section until the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141, and amendments thereto, have been satisfied. All expenditures from the helping schools license plate program fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts, upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state board of education or the state board’s designee.
(b) Moneys allocated and distributed under subsection (a), shall be deemed a donation under K.S.A. 72-8210, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2004, ch. 170 § 5; July 1.
8-1,155. Firefighter's License Plates
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, or motorcycle who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a firefighter, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a firefighter. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) On and after January 1, 2022, any applicant or renewal for a firefighter license plate authorized by this section shall make an annual payment of a firefighters training fee of $10 to the county treasurer for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any person who is a firefighter may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a firefighter. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(f) Annual firefighters training fee payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the firefighters training fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. Expenditures from the firefighting training fund may be made for the purposes of providing financial support related to honoring Kansas firefighters, training Kansas firefighters or any general use that supports Kansas firefighters. All expenditures from the firefighters training fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee. Payments from the firefighters training fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the appropriate designee of the Kansas state firefighters association.
History: L. 2004, ch. 170 § 6; L. 2006, ch. 8, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 95, § 18, July 1.
8-1,156. Decals for certain military medals or badges; fee; requirements.
(a) Any person issued a distinctive military license plate upon submitting satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary, that such person was awarded a silver star or bronze star medal by the United States government, may request a decal for each license plate indicating the person was a recipient of a silver star or bronze star medal.
(b) Any person issued a distinctive military license plate upon submitting satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary, that such person was awarded a combat medical badge, combat infantry badge, combat action badge, navy/marine corps combat action ribbon, army distinguished service cross, navy cross, air force cross, distinguished flying cross, army of occupation medal or navy occupation service medal by the United States government, may request a decal for each license plate indicating the person was a recipient of a combat medical badge, combat infantry badge, combat action badge, navy/marine corps combat action ribbon, army distinguished service cross, navy cross, air force cross, distinguished flying cross, army of occupation medal or navy occupation service medal.
(c) A fee of $2 shall be paid for each decal issued. The director of vehicles shall design such decals. Such decals shall be affixed to the license plate in the location required by the director. Not more than two decals authorized by this section shall be affixed to any one license plate.
(d) As used in this section, ‘‘distinctive military license plate’’ means any distinctive license plate for which a person is required to submit proof of military service to the director of vehicles.
History: L. 2005, ch. 123, § 3; L. 2016, ch. 81, § 2; L. 2017, ch. 42, § 5; July 1.
8-1,157. Satisfaction of lien on vehicle; requirements for release; penalties; rules and regulations.
(a) Upon the satisfaction of a lien or encumbrance on a vehicle, the lienholder shall:
(1) Within three business days after receipt of a payment of the type described by subsection (b) and a request for the release of the lien, fully execute a release of the lien or encumbrance on a form approved by and in the manner prescribed by the division and shall mail or deliver such release where directed by the person who requested the release; or
(2) within 10 business days after receipt of a payment of a type not described by subsection (b) and a request for the release of the lien, fully execute a release of the lien or encumbrance on a form approved by and in the manner prescribed by the division and shall mail or deliver such release where directed by the person who requested the release.
(b) If the payment in satisfaction of the lien or encumbrance is in cash or by intra-bank transfer of funds or wired funds, the payment shall be considered cleared immediately upon receipt by a lienholder, at which point the satisfaction of the lien or encumbrance shall be deemed to have occurred.
(c) For purposes of subsection (a), the release is deemed fully executed where the release is not by electronic means at that point in time when it is completed and placed in the United States mail, postage prepaid, or delivered to the person requesting the lien release as shown on the form so requesting it or if the release is accomplished electronically, the release is deemed fully executed when it is delivered electronically to the division, in the manner prescribed by the division.
(d) If a lienholder fails to comply with subsection (a), an aggrieved party may file a complaint against the lienholder with the division. For the purposes of this section, an aggrieved party shall be the division, the owner of the vehicle subjected to the lien or any person making a valid lien request on a form approved by the division and the lienholder has failed to comply with subsection (a).
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of vehicles, or other duly appointed hearing officer, on a complaint filed with the division may assess a civil administrative penalty on a lienholder who fails to comply with the applicable portions of subsection (a) or any rule and regulation adopted by the division pursuant to this section after a hearing pursuant to the Kansas administrative procedures act. A lienholder shall not be found liable for such noncompliance if the noncompliance occurred as a result of the action or inaction of the division or county treasurer. A lienholder who is found to be in violation of this section may, in the discretion of the director of vehicles or other duly appointed hearing officer, have a civil administrative penalty imposed as follows: (1) For the first violation not less than $100, but not more than $500; (2) except as provided in paragraph (3), for each subsequent violation within a twelve-month period, not less than $500, but not more than $2,000; or (3) if the lienholder has been cited and penalized five or more times in the preceding twelve-month period, for each subsequent violation not less than $1,000, but not more than $5,000.
(f) Whenever the division seeks to assess a civil administrative penalty itself or on complaint by a person pursuant to this section, the division shall cause to be served upon the lienholder, either by service in hand, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice in the manner provided for instituting an action under the Kansas administrative procedures act of the intent to assess a civil administrative penalty, which shall include a concise statement of the alleged act or omission for which the civil administrative penalty is sought to be assessed, the law that has not been complied with as a result of the alleged act or omission, the amount that the division seeks to assess as a civil administrative penalty for each alleged act or omission, a statement of the lienholder's right to a hearing on the proposed assessment, the requirements the lienholder shall comply with to avoid being considered to have waived the right to a hearing, and the manner of payment thereof if the lienholder elects to pay the penalty and waive a hearing.
(g) Whenever the division seeks to have a civil administrative penalty assessed against a lienholder, the lienholder shall have the right to a hearing as provided by the Kansas administrative procedures act, which shall apply except as provided in this section.
(h) Each lienholder who fails to pay a civil administrative penalty after it becomes final, shall be liable to the division for up to three times the amount of the civil administrative penalty, together with costs, plus interest from the time the civil administrative penalty became final and attorneys' fees, including all costs and attorneys' fees incurred directly in the collection thereof. The rate of interest shall be the rate of 10% per annum.
(i) In addition to the civil administrative penalties provided by this section, a lienholder who fails to provide a lien release in compliance with the provisions of subsection (a), shall be liable to the holder of the title requesting the release for any loss caused to the holder by such lienholder's failure to comply.
(j) Civil administrative penalties shall be remitted in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the vehicle dealers and manufacturers fee fund.
(k) The secretary of revenue may adopt such rules and regulations deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(l) This section shall be part of and supplemental to article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
History: L. 2006, ch. 64, § 1; Jan. 1, 2007.
8-1,158. Breast Cancer Research License Plates.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one breast cancer research and outreach license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the university of Kansas or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The university of Kansas cancer center may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support a state-wide coordinator for the midwest cancer alliance that serves as a liaison between the university of Kansas cancer center, hospitals, physicians and clinics across the state of Kansas. This statewide coordination includes the provision of assistance to the university of Kansas cancer center state-wide medical director in working to ensure that breast cancer patients in communities across Kansas are aware of what prevention and early detection protocols, treatment choices and clinical studies are available to them. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the university of Kansas cancer center for use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either (1) the university of Kansas cancer center in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued, the university of Kansas cancer center shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued..
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall provide either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the university of Kansas.. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer breast cancer research and outreach license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment established by the university of Kansas.. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the university of Kansas, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The university of Kansas cancer center shall provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the university of Kansas cancer center for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant’s license plate application.
(h) As a condition of receiving the breast cancer research and outreach license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the university of Kansas cancer center and the state treasurer.
(i) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the breast cancer research royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the university of Kansas medical center. All expenditures from the breast cancer research royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the chancellor of the university of Kansas or the chancellor’s designee.
History: L. 2007, ch. 161, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 15; January 1, 2013.
8-1,159. Emergency Medical Services License Plates; procedures; requirements.
(a) On and after January 1, 2008, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles that such person is an emergency medical service provider, as defined in K.S.A. 65-6112, and amendments thereto, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one emergency medical services license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such applicant’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require under subsection (a). Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer.
History: L. 2007, ch. 140, § 1; L. 2019, ch. 64, § 2; June 6.
8-1,160. In God We Trust License Plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2009, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, motorcycles or travel trailers, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, may apply for and be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck, motorcycle or travel trailer, an In God We Trust license plate. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck, motorcycle or travel trailer and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(e) The In God We Trust license plate shall have a background design, an emblem or colors that designate the license plate as an In God We Trust license plate.
History: L. 2008, ch. 86, § 1; July 1.
8-1,161. Support Kansas Arts License plates.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one support Kansas arts license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the commission or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The Kansas creative arts industries commission, created under 2012 Supp. 74-5207, and amendments thereto, may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment derived from this section shall be credited to the Kansas creative arts industries commission special gifts fund and, shall be used in accordance with 2012 Supp. 74-5208, and amendments thereto. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may annually apply to the commission for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment either
(1) to the commission in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the commission shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration or
(2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a support Kansas arts license plate may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of motor vehicles, and any applicant for the support Kansas arts license plates shall provide either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the commission.. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or support Kansas arts license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer support Kansas arts license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual logo use royalty payment established by the commission.. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the commission, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the support Kansas arts license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The Kansas creative arts industries commission shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for such support Kansas arts license plates; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the Kansas creative arts industries commission for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The Kansas creative arts industries commission, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the support Kansas arts license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas creative arts industries commission.
(j) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Kansas creative arts industries commission special gifts fund.
History: L. 2009, ch. 89, § 1, L. 2012, ch. 111m § 6; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 16; L. 2013, ch. 133, § 1; July 1.
8-1,162. Boy Scouts of America license plates; procedures; requirement.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Boy Scouts of America license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. In addition to the license plate, a person issued such a license plate may request a decal for the order of the arrow, wood badge, God and country award and eagle scout for each license plate. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the council or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) A Boy Scouts of America council may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates or any decal as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Boy Scouts of America. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the Boy Scouts of America for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment either (1) to the Boy Scouts of America in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate and decal to be issued, the Boy Scouts of America shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the council. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer Boy Scouts of America license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual logo use royalty payment established by the council. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the Boy Scouts of America, or the annual use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The Boy Scouts of America councils shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the Boy Scouts of America councils for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The Boy Scouts of America councils, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate and decals to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) A fee of $2 shall be paid for each decal issued under this section. Such decals shall be affixed to the license plate in the location required by the director.
(j) As a condition of receiving the Boy Scouts of America license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, royalty payment amount, decal types used, plate number and vehicle type to the designated Kansas Boy Scouts of America council and the state treasurer.
(k) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Boy Scouts of America royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the Boy Scouts of America royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the Boy Scouts of America royalty fund to the designated Boy Scouts of America council shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2010, ch. 164, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 130, § 17; January 1, 2013.
8-1,163. Vietnam War Veteran license plates; procedures; requirement.
(a) On and after January 1, 2012, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a veteran of the Vietnam war, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a veteran of the Vietnam war. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a veteran of the Vietnam war may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a veteran of the Vietnam war. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
History: L. 2010, ch. 164, § 2; January 1, 2012.
8-1,164. I'm Pet Friendly license plates; procedures; requirements.
(a) Any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one I’m pet friendly license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university may authorize the use of their I’m pet friendly logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support education regarding the spaying and neutering of dogs and cats in Kansas and veterinary student externships at animal shelters in Kansas. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply either (1) to the college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to the college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the college. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer I’m pet friendly license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual logo use royalty payment established by the college. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the college, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all the county treasurers a toll-free number where applicants can call the college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university, with approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the I’m pet friendly license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the college of veterinary medicine at Kansas state university.
(j) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the appropriate account of the restricted fees fund of the Kansas state university veterinary medical center.
History: L. 2010, ch. 164, § 3; L. 2012. ch. 130, § 18; January 1, 2013.
8-1,165. Permanent registration for certain trailers; fee; cab card; rules and regulations.
(a) On and after January 1, 2013, the division of vehicles shall provide for the registration of and the issuance of license plates for trailers used in combination with vehicles registered for a gross weight, as defined by K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, of 54,000 pounds or more in accordance with the provisions of this section. License plates issued under this section shall be permanent in nature and designed in such a manner as to remain with the trailer for the duration of the life span of the trailer or until the title to the trailer is transferred by the owner. Such license plates shall be distinctive and there shall be no year date thereon. Trailers registered under the provisions of this section shall pay a one-time registration fee of $10 and shall be issued a permanent registration cab card for the duration of the life span of the trailer or until the title to the trailer is transferred by the owner. License plates issued under this section shall not be transferable to any other trailer.
(b) The secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations in order to administer the provisions of this section.
(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
History: L. 2010, ch. 156, § 2; January 1, 2013.
8-1,166. Families of the fallen license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2012, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a department of defense-recognized next of kin of deceased military personnel, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle, with the designation "families of the fallen." Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a department of defense-recognized next of kin of deceased military personnel may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a department of defense-recognized next of kin of deceased military personnel pursuant to subsection (a). Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(e) The families of the fallen license plate shall have a gold star design printed on the plate.
(f) As used in this section, "department of defense-recognized next of kin of deceased military personnel" means any person entitled to receive the gold star lapel button under 10 U.S.C. § 1126 or the lapel button for next of kin of deceased personnel.
History: L. 2011, ch. 35, § 1; January 1, 2012.
8-1,167. Ducks unlimited license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2013, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one ducks unlimited license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by ducks unlimited or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The board of directors of ducks unlimited may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support ducks unlimited. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to ducks unlimited for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) Ducks unlimited in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, ducks unlimited shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by ducks unlimited. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer ducks unlimited license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by ducks unlimited. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by ducks unlimited, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) Ducks unlimited shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call ducks unlimited for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) Ducks unlimited, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the ducks unlimited license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to ducks unlimited and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the ducks unlimited royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the ducks unlimited royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the ducks unlimited royalty fund to the appropriate designee of ducks unlimited of Kansas shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2012, ch. 130, § 7; January 1, 2013.
8-1,168. Masonic lodge license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2013, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one masonic lodge license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. In addition to the license plate, a person issued such license plate may request a decal of various masonic designations, such as previous offices held in the organization and organizational affiliations, as determined by the grand lodge of Kansas. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be divided to support the Kansas masonic library and museum and other charities through Kansas freemasons charities, inc. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas for use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either:
(1) The grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas in an amount of not less than $25 or more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of the registration; or
(2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer Masonic lodge license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by the grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the masonic lodge, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to a county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the grand lodge of Kansas for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The grand lodge of ancient free and accepted masons of Kansas, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) A fee of $2 shall be paid for each decal issued under this section. Such decals shall be affixed to the license plate in the location required by the director of vehicles.
(j) As a condition of receiving the Masonic lodge license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the masonic lodge and the state treasurer.
(k) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Masonic lodge royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the Masonic lodge royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the Masonic lodge royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the grand lodge of ancient and free accepted masons of Kansas shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2012, ch. 130, § 8; January 1, 2013.
8-1,169. Eisenhower Foundation License Plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2014, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Eisenhower foundation license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the Eisenhower foundation or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The board of directors of the Eisenhower foundation may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Eisenhower foundation. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the Eisenhower foundation for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) The Eisenhower foundation in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the Eisenhower foundation shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the Eisenhower foundation. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer the Eisenhower foundation license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by the Eisenhower foundation. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the Eisenhower foundation, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The Eisenhower foundation shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the Eisenhower foundation for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The Eisenhower foundation, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the Eisenhower foundation license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Eisenhower foundation and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Eisenhower foundation royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the Eisenhower foundation royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the Eisenhower foundation royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the Eisenhower foundation shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2013, ch. 7, § 1; July 1.
8-1,170. Transferability of specialty plates.
Except as otherwise provided by statute, the secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations to establish a procedure for allowing the transfer of distinctive license plates issued pursuant to article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, from one vehicle to another for which such distinctive plates were originally issued, when the title to the original vehicle has not been transferred and the name or names of the owner or owners listed on the title to both vehicles are identical.
History: L. 2013, ch. 81, § 2; July 1.
8-1,171. Donate life license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2015, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one donate life license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by midwest transplant network or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The board of directors of midwest transplant network may authorize the use of their donate life logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support midwest transplant network. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to midwest transplant network for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either:
(1) Midwest transplant network in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, midwest transplant network shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by midwest transplant network. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer donate life license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by midwest transplant network. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by midwest transplant network, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) Midwest transplant network shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call midwest transplant network for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) Midwest transplant network, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the donate life license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to midwest transplant network and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the midwest transplant network royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the midwest transplant network royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the midwest transplant network royalty fund to the appropriate designee of midwest transplant network shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2014, ch. 77, § 1; January 1, 2015.
8-1,172. Rotary International license plates
(a) On and after January 1, 2015, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one rotary international license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by rotary international or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Rotary international may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support rotary international. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to rotary international for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) Rotary international in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, rotary international shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by rotary international. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer rotary international license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto.
No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by rotary international. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by rotary international, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) Rotary international shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call rotary international for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) Rotary international, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the rotary international license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to rotary international and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the rotary international royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the rotary international royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the rotary international royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the rotary international shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2014, ch. 77, § 3; January 1, 2015.
8-1,173. Kansas Horse Council license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2015, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trailers or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Kansas horse council license plate for each such passenger vehicle, trailer or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the Kansas horse council or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The Kansas horse council may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Kansas horse council. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the Kansas horse council for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) The Kansas horse council in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the Kansas horse council shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the Kansas horse council. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle, trailer or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer the Kansas horse council license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by the Kansas horse council. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the Kansas horse council, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The Kansas horse council shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the Kansas horse council for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The Kansas horse council, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the Kansas horse council license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas horse council and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Kansas horse council royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the Kansas horse council royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the Kansas horse council royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the Kansas horse council shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2014, ch. 77, § 4; January 1, 2015.
8-1,174. Omega Psi Phi license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2016, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one omega psi phi license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by omega psi phi or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Omega psi phi may authorize the use of its logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support omega psi phi. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to omega psi phi for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) Omega psi phi in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, omega psi phi shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished bythe director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by omega psi phi. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer the omega psi phi license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by omega psi phi. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by omega psi phi, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) Omega psi phi shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call omega psi phi for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) Omega psi phi, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the omega psi phi license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to omega psi phi and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the omega psi phi royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the omega psi phi royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the omega psi phi royalty fund to the appropriate designee of omega psi phi shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2015, ch. 48, § 11; January 1, 2016.
8-1,175. Alzheimer's Awareness license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2017, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Alzheimer’s disease awareness license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the Alzheimer’s association or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The board of directors of the Alzheimer’s association may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Alzheimer’s association. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the Alzheimer’s association for use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) The Alzheimer’s association in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued, the Alzheimer’s association shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the Alzheimer’s association. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer Alzheimer’s disease awareness license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment established by the Alzheimer’s association. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the Alzheimer’s association, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The Alzheimer’s association shall provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the Alzheimer’s association for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant’s license plate application.
(h) As a condition of receiving the Alzheimer’s disease awareness license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Alzheimer’s association and the state treasurer.
(i) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Alzheimer’s disease awareness royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the Alzheimer’s disease awareness royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the Alzheimer’s disease awareness royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the Alzheimer’s association shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2016, ch. 81, § 1; January 1, 2017.
8-1,176. Kansas Highway Patrol staffing and training surcharge.
In addition to any registration fee prescribed under article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, all applicants for vehicle registration shall pay at the time of registration a nonrefundable Kansas highway patrol staffing and training surcharge in the amount of $2 for each vehicle being registered.
History: L. 2016, ch. 88, § 2; July 1.
8-1,177. Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center surcharge.
In addition to any registration fee prescribed under article 1 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, all applicants for vehicle registration shall pay, at the time of registration, a nonrefundable law enforcement training center surcharge in the amount of $1.25 for each vehicle being registered.
History: L. 2016, ch. 88, § 3; July 1.
8-1,178. Autism Awareness license plates
(a) On and after January 1, 2018, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one autism awareness license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by autism hope for families, inc., or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The board of directors of autism hope for families, inc., may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support autism hope for families, inc. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to autism hope for families, inc., for use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) Autism hope for families, inc., in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued, autism hope for families, inc., shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plates shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by autism hope for families, inc. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer autism awareness license plates from a leased motor vehicle to a purchased motor vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment established by autism hope for families, inc. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by autism hope for families, inc., or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) Autism hope for families, inc., shall provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call autism hope for families, inc., for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant’s license plate application.
(h) As a condition of receiving the autism awareness license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to autism hope for families, inc., and the state treasurer.
(i) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the autism awareness royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the autism awareness royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the autism awareness royalty fund to the appropriate designee of autism hope for families, inc., shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2017, ch. 42, § 1; January 1, 2018.
8-1,179. Kansas 4-H foundation license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2018, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Kansas 4-H foundation license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. may authorize the use of the organization’s logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. for use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) The Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued, the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer Kansas 4-H foundation license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment established by the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc., or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant’s license plate application.
(h) As a condition of receiving the Kansas 4-H foundation license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. and the state treasurer.
(i) Annual royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Kansas 4-H foundation royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the Kansas 4-H foundation royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the Kansas 4-H foundation royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the Kansas 4-H foundation, inc. shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2017, ch. 42, § 2; January 1, 2018.
8-1,180. Persons needing assistance with cognition.
(a) Any person who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, on a form provided by the director, that such person needs assistance with cognition, including, but not limited to, persons with autism spectrum disorder, shall be issued a placard of a design to be determined by the director for use in any motor vehicle operated or occupied by such person. The placard shall be suitable for attachment to the visor of the vehicle or placing on the dash of the vehicle. A person meeting the requirements of this section may also request the director to issue a decal to be affixed to the license plate of a motor vehicle in addition to the placard and that such information be included as part of the vehicle registration.
(b) Satisfactory proof that a person needs assistance with cognition shall include a statement from a person licensed to practice the healing arts in any state, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under K.S.A. 65-1131, and amendments thereto, a licensed physician assistant or a person clinically licensed by the Kansas behavioral sciences regulatory board certifying that such person needs assistance with cognition.
(c) In addition to the placard, the director of vehicles shall issue to the person who needs assistance with cognition an individual identification card that must be carried by the person who needs assistance with cognition when the motor vehicle is being operated or occupied by such person.
(d) Placards and individual identification cards issued pursuant to this section shall be valid as long as the person who needs assistance with cognition is eligible for a placard.
(e) In addition to such other information contained on individual identification cards, cards shall have the date of birth and the gender of the person to whom the card is issued.
(f) Permanent placards and individual identification cards shall be returned to the department of revenue upon the death of the person who needs assistance with cognition.
(g) Any person who willfully and falsely represents that such person has the qualifications to obtain a placard pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(h) Any person authorized to certify that a person who needs assistance with cognition under subsection (a) who willfully and falsely certifies that a person has the qualifications to obtain a placard and an individual identification card pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(i) Any person who utilizes any placard or identification card issued to another person pursuant to this section shall be guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $300.
(j) The secretary of revenue may adopt such rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
History: L. 2017, ch. 26, § 1; July 1.
8-1,181. Seat belt safety fund.
There is hereby established in the state treasury the seat belt safety fund which shall be administered by the secretary of transportation. All expenditures of moneys in the seat belt safety fund shall be used for the purpose of promotion and education of occupant protection among children, including, but not limited to, programs in schools in Kansas and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of transportation or by a person or persons designated by the secretary of transportation. The secretary of transportation may accept all gifts, grants, donations and bequests to the fund. The secretary of transportation shall remit all moneys received under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the seat belt safety fund.
History: L. 2017, ch. 74, § 4; July 1.
8-1,182. Special Olympics Kansas license plate
(a) On and after January 1, 2019, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one special olympics Kansas license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by special olympics Kansas or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Special olympics Kansas may authorize the use of their logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support special olympics Kansas. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to special olympics Kansas for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) Special olympics Kansas in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, special olympics Kansas shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by special olympics Kansas. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer special olympics Kansas license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by special olympics Kansas. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by special olympics Kansas, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) Special olympics Kansas shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call special olympics Kansas for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) Special olympics Kansas, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the special olympics Kansas license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to special olympics Kansas and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the special olympics Kansas royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the special olympics Kansas royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the special olympics Kansas royalty fund to the appropriate designee of special olympics Kansas shall be made on a monthly basis.
History: L. 2018, ch. 63, § 1; July 1.
8-1,183. Choose Life license plate.
(a) On and after January 1, 2019, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, motorcycles or travel trailers, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, may apply for and be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck, motorcycle or travel trailer, a choose life license plate. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck, motorcycle or travel trailer and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(e) The choose life license plate shall have a background design, an emblem or colors that designate the license plate as a choose life license plate.
History: L. 2018, ch. 63, § 2; July 1.
8-1,184. City of Wichita license plate.
(a) On and after January 1, 2019, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one city of Wichita license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment established by the city of Wichita or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The city of Wichita may authorize the use of its flag image as its logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support physical assets identified by the Wichita parks foundation and license plate administrative costs incurred by the Wichita parks foundation. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee annually may apply to the city of Wichita for the use of such logo. Upon annual application and payment to either: (1) The city of Wichita in an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued, the city of Wichita shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement, which shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or (2) the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment for each license plate to be issued.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such plates not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment established by the city of Wichita. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer city of Wichita license plates from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant either provides to the county treasurer the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the logo use royalty payment as established by the city of Wichita. If such logo use authorization statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the city of Wichita, or the annual logo use royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer at the time of registration, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
(g) The city of Wichita shall:
(1) Pay the initial cost of silk-screening for license plates authorized by this section; and
(2) provide to all county treasurers a toll-free telephone number where applicants can call the city of Wichita for information concerning the application process or the status of their license plate application.
(h) The city of Wichita, with the approval of the director of vehicles and subject to the availability of materials and equipment, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the city of Wichita license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such plate, the applicant must provide consent to the division authorizing the division’s release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant’s name, address, logo use royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the city of Wichita and the state treasurer.
(j) Annual logo use royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the city of Wichita royalty fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the city of Wichita royalty fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee. Payments from the city of Wichita royalty fund to the appropriate designee of the city of Wichita shall be made on a monthly basis. A change of the city’s designee shall occur only by mutual agreement of the city of Wichita and the Wichita parks foundation.
History: L. 2018, ch. 63, § 4; July 1.
8-1,185. Veteran of the Korean War license plate.
(a) On and after January 1, 2019, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a veteran of the Korean war, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a veteran of the Korean war. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a veteran of the Korean war may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a veteran of the Korean war. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
History: L. 2018, ch. 63, § 5; July 1.
8-1,186. Veteran of Operation Desert Storm license plate.
(a) On and after January 1, 2019, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a veteran of operation desert storm, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a veteran of operation desert storm. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a veteran of operation desert storm may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a veteran of operation desert storm. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
History: L. 2018, ch. 63, § 6; July 1.
8-1,187. Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom license plate.
(a) On and after January 1, 2019, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance withrules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a veteran of operation Iraqi freedom, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a veteran of operation Iraqi freedom. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a veteran of operation Iraqi freedom may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a veteran of operation Iraqi freedom. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
History: L. 2018, ch. 63, § 7; July 1.
8-1,188. Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom license plate.
(a) On and after January 1, 2019, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is a veteran of operation enduring freedom, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a veteran of operation enduring freedom. Such license plates shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a veteran of operation enduring freedom may make application for such distinctive license plates, not less than 60 days prior to such person’s renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plates shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a veteran of operation enduring freedom. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plates issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plates to the county treasurer of such person’s residence.
History: L. 2018, ch. 63, § 8; July 1.
8-1,189. Fleet rental vehicles; registrations
(a) Any person registering in this state in excess of 250 motor vehicles that are subject to the taxation imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 79-5117, and amendments thereto, shall register such vehicles with the division of vehicles. Such registration shall be submitted electronically with the division.
(b) The division of vehicles shall register and issue a license plate forany motor vehicle satisfying the provisions of subsection (a) upon payment of all applicable registration fees provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto. License plates issued under this subsection shall be permanent in nature and designed in such a manner as to remain with the motor vehicle so long as the motor vehicle is subject to the taxation imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 79-5117, and amendments thereto. The license plates shall be designed by the division of vehicles and shall be distinct from all other license plates and there shall be no year or date listed on the license plate. There shall be a marking on the license plate that the license plate is a rental fleet plate.
(c) For any vehicle registered pursuant to this section, the division of vehicles shall issue to the person registering such vehicle a registration receipt. The registration receipt shall contain the registration number and any other statements of facts as may be determined by the division. Such registration receipt shall immediately become invalid if the motor vehicle is no longer subject to the taxation imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 79-5117, and amendments thereto.
(d) License plates and any unused registration fees issued pursuant to this section may be transferable to any other motor vehicle owned by the same person so long as such vehicle is subject to the taxation imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 79-5117, and amendments thereto.
(e) The division may impose an additional fee in an amount not exceeding $1 for each registration issued pursuant to this section. The division shall remit all fees received by the division under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury and credit such fees in accordance with K.S.A. 8-145, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2019, ch. 26, § 1; January 1, 2020.
8-1,190. Fleet rental vehicle administration fund
There is hereby created in the state treasury the fleet rental vehicle administration fund. All moneys credited to the fleet rental vehicle administration fund shall be used by the department of revenue only for the purposes of funding the administration costs for registering and tagging fleet rental vehicles. All expenditures from the fleet rental vehicle administration fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary of the department of revenue.
History: L. 2019, ch. 26, § 2; January 1, 2020.
8-1,191. Braden's Hope license plates
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Braden's hope for childhood cancer license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Braden's hope for childhood cancer may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to Braden's hope for childhood cancer for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to Braden's hope for childhood cancer as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) Braden's hope for childhood cancer, which shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a Braden's hope for childhood cancer license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by Braden's hope for childhood cancer, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) Braden's hope for childhood cancer shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact Braden's hope for childhood cancer for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) Braden's hope for childhood cancer, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the Braden's hope for childhood cancer license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to Braden's hope for childhood cancer and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 1; July 1.
8-1,192. Proud educator license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one proud educator license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The Kansas educators support foundation may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to the Kansas educators support foundation for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to the Kansas educators support foundation as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) The Kansas educators support foundation, who shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a proud educator license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the Kansas educators support foundation, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The Kansas educators support foundation shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the Kansas educators support foundation for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) The Kansas educators support foundation, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the proud educator license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the Kansas educators support foundation and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto, except that payments from the Kansas educators support foundation royalty fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the Kansas independent college foundation, unless another designee is made by the Kansas educators support foundation.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 2; July 1.
8-1,193. Alpha kappa alpha license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one alpha kappa alpha license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Alpha kappa alpha may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to alpha kappa alpha for the use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) Alpha kappa alpha, who shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer an alpha kappa alpha license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by alpha kappa alpha, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) Alpha kappa alpha shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact alpha kappa alpha for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) Alpha kappa alpha, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a license plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the alpha kappa alpha license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, license plate number and vehicle type to alpha kappa alpha and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 3; July 1.
8-1,194. United States Army license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is currently serving in the United States army or has separated from the United States army and was honorably discharged, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a current member or veteran of the United States army. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a current member or veteran of the United States army may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a current member or veteran of the United States army. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(e) Upon satisfactory proof submitted to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, any person issued a license plate under this section may request that the license plate be printed to indicate that such person is a retired member of the United States army.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 4; July 1.
8-1,195. United States Navy license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is currently serving in the United States navy or has separated from the United States navy and was honorably discharged, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a current member or veteran of the United States navy. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a current member or veteran of the United States navy may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a current member or veteran of the United States navy. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(e) Upon satisfactory proof submitted to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, any person issued a license plate under this section may request that the license plate be printed to indicate that such person is a retired member of the United States navy.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 5; July 1.
8-1,196. United States Marine Corps license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is currently serving in the United States marine corps or has separated from the United States marine corps and was honorably discharged, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a current member or veteran of the United States marine corps. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a current member or veteran of the United States marine corps may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a current member or veteran of the United States marine corps. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(e) Upon satisfactory proof submitted to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, any person issued a license plate under this section may request that the license plate be printed to indicate that such person is a retired member of the United States marine corps.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 6; July 1.
8-1,197. United States Air Force license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is currently serving in the United States air force or has separated from the United States air force and was honorably discharged, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a current member or veteran of the United States air force. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a current member or veteran of the United States air force may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a current member or veteran of the United States air force. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(e) Upon satisfactory proof submitted to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, any person issued a license plate under this section may request that the license plate be printed to indicate that such person is a retired member of the United States air force.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 7; July 1.
8-1,198. United States Coast Guard license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is currently serving in the United States coast guard or has separated from the United States coast guard and was honorably discharged, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a current member or veteran of the United States coast guard. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a current member or veteran of the United States coast guard may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a current member or veteran of the United States coast guard. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(e) Upon satisfactory proof submitted to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, any person issued a license plate under this section may request that the license plate be printed to indicate that such person is a retired member of the United States coast guard.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 8; July 1.
8-1,199. United States Space Force license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles, who is a resident of Kansas, and who submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person is currently serving in the United States space force or has separated from the United States space force and was honorably discharged, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a current member or veteran of the United States space force. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a current member or veteran of the United States space force may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant is a current member or veteran of the United States space force. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(e) Upon satisfactory proof submitted to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, any person issued a license plate under this section may request that the license plate be printed to indicate that such person is a retired member of the United States space force.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 9; July 1.
8-1,200. Gadsden flag license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, motorcycles or travel trailers, who is a resident of the state of Kansas, may apply for and be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck, motorcycle or travel trailer, a Gadsden flag license plate. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any applicant or renewal for a Gadsden flag license plate authorized by this section shall make an annual payment of a Gadsden flag license plate fee of $25 to the county treasurer for each license plate to be issued. Any fee received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Kansas state rifle association.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck, motorcycle or travel trailer, and issuance of the license plates under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed a form with the director as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(f) The Gadsden flag license plate shall have a background design, an emblem or colors that designate the license plate as a Gadsden flag license plate.
(g) Annual Gadsden flag license plate fee payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the Gadsden flag license plate fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the state treasurer. All expenditures from the Gadsden flag license plate fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee. Payments from the Gadsden flag license plate fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the appropriate designee of the Kansas state rifle association.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 10; July 1.
8-1,201. Love, Chloe foundation license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one love, Chloe foundation license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The love, Chloe foundation may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to the love, Chloe foundation for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to the love, Chloe foundation as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) The love, Chloe foundation, which shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a love, Chloe foundation license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the love, Chloe foundation or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The love, Chloe foundation shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the love, Chloe foundation for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) The love, Chloe foundation, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the love, Chloe foundation license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the love, Chloe foundation and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 12; July 1.
8-1,202. Delta sigma theta license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one delta sigma theta license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) Delta sigma theta may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to delta sigma theta for the use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) Delta sigma theta, who shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a delta sigma theta license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by delta sigma theta, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) Delta sigma theta shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact delta sigma theta for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) Delta sigma theta, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a license plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the delta sigma theta license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, license plate number and vehicle type to delta sigma theta and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 14; July 1.
8-1,203. Report on distinctive license plate fees.
Not later than May 1 of each year, any organization that receives payment from any fee imposed on the issuance or renewal of a distinctive license plate shall submit to the house of representatives committee on transportation, the senate committee on transportation, the legislative research department and the state treasurer a report on the prior year's finances that contains the following information:
(a) The total amount of money received by the organization from such distinctive license plate fee from the prior year; and
(b) the list of expenditures that the money in subsection (a) was spent on by the organization.
History: L. 2021, ch. 95, § 11; July 1.
8-1,204. Silver star medal license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2023, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles who is a resident of Kansas and submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person was awarded a silver star medal by the United States government may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a silver star medal recipient. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any silver star medal recipient may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant was a silver star medal recipient. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and the issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
History: L. 2022, ch. 57, § 1; July 1.
8-1,205. Bronze star medal license plates
(a) On and after January 1, 2023, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, trucks of a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less or motorcycles who is a resident of Kansas and submits satisfactory proof to the director of vehicles, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue, that such person was awarded a bronze star medal by the United States government may be issued one distinctive license plate for each such passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle designating such person as a bronze star medal recipient. Such license plate shall be issued for the same period of time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any person who is a bronze star medal recipient may make application for such distinctive license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Any applicant for the distinctive license plate shall furnish the director with proof as the director shall require that the applicant was a bronze star medal recipient. Application for the registration of a passenger vehicle, truck or motorcycle and the issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(c) No registration or distinctive license plate issued under the authority of this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(d) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant has filed with the director a form as provided in subsection (b). If such form is not filed, the applicant shall be required to comply with K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the distinctive license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
History: L. 2022, ch. 57, § 2; July 1.
8-1,206. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2023, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles, motorcycles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued a Kansas department of wildlife and parks license plate established pursuant to this section for each such passenger vehicle, motorcycle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and the payment to the county treasurer of the wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment established pursuant to this section.
(b) Any applicant or renewal for a Kansas department of wildlife and parks license plate authorized by this section shall make an annual payment of a wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment of an amount determined by the secretary of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks of not less than $40 nor more than $100. Payment of such wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment shall be made to the county treasurer for each such license plate to be issued.
(c) Subject to the approval of the director of vehicles, the Kansas department of wildlife and parks is authorized to establish four new distinctive license plates. Each such plate shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141, and amendments thereto. The plates are intended to depict and promote the following:
(1) State parks;
(2) hunting;
(3) fishing; and
(4) nongame wildlife.
(d) Any person may make an application for a license plate authorized by this section not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall pay to the county treasurer the wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle, motorcycle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(e) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(f) The director of vehicles may transfer a Kansas department of wildlife and parks license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(g) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the regular license fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer the payment of the wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment. If such annual wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(h) As a condition of receiving the Kansas department of wildlife and parks license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type, to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks and the state treasurer.
(i) Annual wildlife and parks license plate royalty payments collected by county treasurers under this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury. Of each deposit, amounts shall be credited as follows:
(1)For license plates issued pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the entire annual wildlife and parks license plate royalty payment shall be credited to the parks fee fund created by K.S.A. 32-991, and amendments thereto; and
(2) for license plates issued pursuant to subsections (c)(2), (3) and (4):
(A) An amount equal to the current cost of an annual park and recreation motor vehicle permit that is established according to K.S.A. 8-134, and amendments thereto, shall be credited to the parks fee fund created by K.S.A. 32-991, and amendments thereto; and
(B) the balance remaining after crediting pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be credited to the wildlife fee fund created by K.S.A. 32-990, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2022, ch. 57, § 3; July 1.
8-1,207. City of Hutchinson license plates
(a) On and after January 1, 2023, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one city of Hutchinson license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plates shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The city of Hutchinson may authorize the use of its flag image as its logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any royalty payment received pursuant to this section shall be used to support the Hutch rec foundation and park development in Hutchinson. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to the city of Hutchinson for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to the city of Hutchinson as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) The city of Hutchinson, who shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate, not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles. Any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and the issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a city of Hutchinson license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or sent by the city of Hutchinson, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The city of Hutchinson shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the city of Hutchinson for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) The city of Hutchinson, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the city of Hutchinson license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the city of Hutchinson and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8- 1,141(h), and amendments thereto, except that payments from the city of Hutchinson royalty fund shall be made on a monthly basis to the appropriate designee of the Hutch rec foundation. A change of the city's designee shall occur only by mutual agreement of the city of Hutchinson and the Hutch rec foundation.
History: L. 2022, ch. 57, § 4; July 1.
8-1,208. Daughter of the American Revolution license plates
(a) On and after January 1, 2023, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one daughters of the American revolution license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The daughters of the American revolution may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to the daughters of the American revolution for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to the daughters of the American revolution as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) The daughters of the American revolution, which shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a daughters of the American revolution license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or sent by the daughters of the American revolution, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The daughters of the American revolution shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the daughters of the American revolution for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) The daughters of the American revolution, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the daughters of the American revolution license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type to the daughters of the American revolution and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2022, ch. 57, § 5; July 1.
8-1,209. Downs Syndrome license plates.
(a) On and after January 1, 2023, any owner or lessee of one or more passenger vehicles or trucks registered for a gross weight of 20,000 pounds or less, who is a resident of Kansas, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, may be issued one Kansas down syndrome awareness license plate for each such passenger vehicle or truck. Such license plate shall be issued for the same time as other license plates upon proper registration and payment of the regular license fee as provided in K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and either the payment to the county treasurer of the logo use royalty payment or the presentation of the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b).
(b) The north central Kansas down syndrome society may authorize the use of the organization's logo to be affixed on license plates as provided by this section. Any motor vehicle owner or lessee may apply annually to the north central Kansas down syndrome society for use of such logo. Such owner or lessee shall pay an amount of not less than $25 nor more than $100 to the north central Kansas down syndrome society as a logo use royalty payment for each such license plate to be issued. The logo use royalty payment shall be paid to either:
(1) The north central Kansas down syndrome society, which shall issue to the motor vehicle owner or lessee, without further charge, a logo use authorization statement that shall be presented by the motor vehicle owner or lessee at the time of registration; or
(2) the county treasurer.
(c) Any applicant for a license plate authorized by this section may make application for such license plate not less than 60 days prior to such person's renewal of registration date, on a form prescribed and furnished by the director of vehicles, and any applicant for such license plate shall either provide the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or pay to the county treasurer the logo use royalty payment. Application for registration of a passenger vehicle or truck and issuance of the license plate under this section shall be made by the owner or lessee in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles upon forms furnished by the director.
(d) No registration or license plate issued under this section shall be transferable to any other person.
(e) The director of vehicles may transfer a Kansas down syndrome awareness license plate from a leased vehicle to a purchased vehicle.
(f) Renewals of registration under this section shall be made annually, upon payment of the fee prescribed in subsection (a), in the manner prescribed in K.S.A. 8-132(b), and amendments thereto. No renewal of registration shall be made to any applicant until such applicant provides to the county treasurer either the annual logo use authorization statement provided for in subsection (b) or the payment of the annual royalty payment. If such statement is not presented at the time of registration or faxed by the north central Kansas down syndrome society, or the annual royalty payment is not made to the county treasurer, the applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-143, and amendments thereto, and return the license plate to the county treasurer of such person's residence.
(g) The north central Kansas down syndrome society shall provide to all county treasurers an electronic mail address where applicants can contact the north central Kansas down syndrome society for information concerning the application process or the status of such applicant's license plate application.
(h) The north central Kansas down syndrome society, with the approval of the director of vehicles, shall design a plate to be issued under the provisions of this section.
(i) As a condition of receiving the order of the Kansas down syndrome awareness license plate and any subsequent registration renewal of such license plate, the applicant shall consent to the division authorizing the division's release of motor vehicle record information, including the applicant's name, address, royalty payment amount, plate number and vehicle type, to the north central Kansas down syndrome society and the state treasurer.
(j) The collection and remittance of annual royalty payments by the county treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,141(h), and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2022, ch. 25, § 1, July 1.