8-173. Registration of vehicles; proof of payment of personal property taxes or assessment and financial security required; verification of insurance by insurance company.
8-173
8-173. Registration of vehicles; proof of payment of
personal property
taxes or assessment and financial security required; verification of insurance
by insurance company.
(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 June
21 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 application for registration or renewal of 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. 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 of any of these documents shall suffice for
verification of
registration or renewal. 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.
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. 2004, ch. 128, § 3; July 1.