235.130 Procedure when ownership is transferred or owner renders motorboat
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(1)A person acting for himself, herself, or another shall not buy or trade for any
motorboat without receiving the certificate of title issued for that boat with a
certificate of transfer endorsed thereon. If the motorboat has not been issued a
certificate of title as noted on the certificate of registration, a county clerk may
accept an affidavit of ownership to process the application for title. The person shall
receive a completed assignment of title on a boat transaction record and the
certificate of registration.
(2)It shall be the duty of the purchaser to promptly submit the endorsed certificate of
title or boat transaction record and certificate of registration to the county clerk of
the county of the purchaser's residence or in which the motorboat is to be
principally operated. The purchaser shall apply for a new certificate of title and
registration pursuant to KRS 235.050. The county clerk shall issue to the purchaser
a transfer of registration bearing the same data and information. The clerk shall
forward the endorsed certificate of title or boat transaction record and certificate of
registration and new application for title and registration to the Transportation
Cabinet. Except when registration is prohibited by law, any unexpired registration
shall remain valid after transfer until expiration occurs according to law.
(3)For transferring the registration, the clerk shall collect a fee of five dollars ($5). The
clerk shall retain two dollars ($2), the Transportation Cabinet shall receive two
dollars ($2) and the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources administratively
attached to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet shall receive one dollar ($1).
The fee received by the Transportation Cabinet shall be deposited in a trust and
agency account for use by the Transportation Cabinet in defraying the cost of
implementing and operating the boat titling and registration program. The fee for
transferring the title shall be as required by KRS 235.085.
(4)If a transferee does not promptly submit the necessary documents to the county
clerk as required by law in order to complete the transfer transaction, a transferor
may submit to the county clerk, after the passage of fifteen
(15)calendar days, in
his or her county of residence, an affidavit that he or she has transferred his or her
interest in a specific motorboat and the clerk may enter appropriate data into the
AVIS system which would restrict any registration transaction from occurring on
that vehicle until the transfer was processed.
(5)If the owner junks or otherwise renders a motorboat unfit for future use, he or she
shall deliver the title to the county clerk of the county in which the motorboat is
junked. The county clerk shall immediately return the title to the Transportation
Cabinet. The owner shall pay to the county clerk fifty cents ($0.50) for his or her
services.