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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 281A.185 — Masking, delaying, or diverting CLP or CDL holder's conviction for violation of state or local traffic control law prohibited -- Exemptions -- Report of conviction

281A.185. Masking, delaying, or diverting CLP or CDL holder's conviction for violation of state or local traffic control law prohibited -- Exemptions -- Report of conviction

(1) The Commonwealth shall not mask, defer imposition of judgment, or allow an individual to enter into a diversion program that would prevent a CLP or CDL holder's conviction for any violation, in any type of motor vehicle, of a state or local traffic control law from appearing on the CDLIS driver record, whether the driver's conviction was for an offense committed in the Commonwealth or another state.

(2) This section shall not apply to the following violations:

(a) Parking;

(b) Vehicle weight; or

(c) Vehicle defect.

(3) When any actions under subsection (1) of this section occur, the conviction must be reported from the court to the licensing agency to be recorded on the driver's record and trigger any appropriate disqualifying action.

Source notes

Effective: June 27, 2025

History and annotations

Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 2, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2024. -- Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2018.

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