186.410 Operators' licenses -- Requirements and issuance -- Personal identification cards, validity -- Driver training programs -- Application for travel ID or standard document. (1) Every person except those exempted by KRS 186.420 and 186.430 shall, before operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped upon a highway, secure an operator's license as provided in this chapter. (2) Except as provided in KRS 186.4121, all original, renewal, and duplicate licenses for the operation of motor vehicles, motorcycles, or mopeds shall be applied for with the circuit clerk in the county of the applicant's residence, or through alternative technology, including a Transportation Cabinet mobile unit, and issued by the Transportation Cabinet. Subject to the provisions of KRS 186.4101, applications for renewal licenses shall be made every eight (8) years within the birth month of the applicant. A license shall not be issued until the application has been certified by the cabinet and the applicant has, if required under KRS 186.635, successfully completed the examinations required under KRS 186.480. (3) All personal identification cards shall be issued under the provisions of KRS 186.4102, 186.4122, and 186.4123. (4) A person under the age of eighteen (18) years who applies for an instruction permit shall, at any time between the age of sixteen (16) and before the person's eighteenth birthday, enroll in one (1) of the following driver training programs: (a) A driver's education course administered by a school district; (b) A driver training school licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 332 which offers a course meeting or exceeding the minimum standards established by the Transportation Cabinet; or (c) State traffic school. The person may seek to enroll in state traffic school before the person's eighteenth birthday. Persons enrolling in state traffic school pursuant to this paragraph shall not be required to pay a fee. (5) If, for any reason, a person fails to successfully complete the required driver training pursuant to subsection (4) of this section within one (1) year of being issued an operator's license, the Transportation Cabinet shall enroll the person in state traffic school and cancel or suspend the operator's driving privileges until the person completes state traffic school. (6) Any applicant for any initial or renewal instruction permit, operator's license, or personal identification card under KRS 186.400 to 186.640 may apply for either: (a) A voluntary travel ID document; or (b) A standard document that does not meet standards for federal identification purposes. Effective: January 1, 2019 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2019. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 29, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 264, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 535, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 198, sec. 3, effective October 1, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 267, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 389, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 349, sec. 3, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 434, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(7). -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 1. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 208, secs. 1, 2, and 3. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 1. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739m-34.