Lexington, KY

A Lexington-Fayette homeowner must pull a building permit before erecting a residential swimming pool, and LFUCG Code Sec. 5-29 sets that permit fee at a flat one hundred dollars…

Lexington-Fayette's park ordinance keeps smoking and food or drink out of designated swimming pool areas at public parks, and limits swimming itself to waters the parks division has…

Lexington-Fayette short-term rental applicants must submit a site plan showing exactly how many vehicles the property can legally park without spilling onto the street, sidewalk, alley…

Every Lexington-Fayette short-term rental license application must include proof of at least $1,000,000 in general liability insurance per occurrence, and Sec. 13-77 requires that…

A Lexington short-term rental may hold only the maximum number of occupants set in its conditional use permit, or otherwise the applicable Zoning Ordinance limit for that zone. Any…

Lexington short-term rental licensees may not host weddings, parties or other private events between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and commercial special events are banned at any hour…

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government revokes a short-term rental's special fees license once the licensee or the property is found in violation of the STR ordinance two or…

Lexington-Fayette limits an individual to one primary residence, and Sec. 13-76 requires 275 days of actual occupancy a year before a property counts as that primary residence for…

A hosted short-term rental in Lexington-Fayette requires the primary resident to keep living on the property while paying guests are there. Sec. 13-76 draws the hosted-versus-un-hosted…

No one may own a short-term rental in Lexington-Fayette County without a special fees license from the Division of Revenue. Applicants must supply contact and emergency-contact…

Only short-term rentals registered under Lexington's licensing article may be advertised for stays under 30 days on a hosting platform. Every such ad must display the rental's local…

Hosting platforms operating in Lexington-Fayette County must collect and remit transient room tax on every booking they process; if a platform does not collect it, the licensee owner…

Lexington-Fayette County Code § 4-11.1 makes it unlawful to keep any wildlife the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has identified as inherently dangerous to human…

Every dog in Lexington-Fayette must be confined on the owner's property or kept on a leash off it. LFUCG Code Sec. 4-19 bans dogs running at large county-wide, requires a properly…

Lexington-Fayette County Code § 4-13, adopted in June 2024, makes it unlawful for any retail pet store to sell or offer for sale a dog or cat. Stores may still host an animal rescue…

Lexington-Fayette County Code § 4-11 makes it unlawful to keep hogs, goats or pigs anywhere in the Urban County Government's jurisdiction except land zoned agricultural. The fine is…

Lexington-Fayette County Code § 4-12.3 requires every dog or cat six months or older to carry an annual county license, with rabies vaccination required starting at four months…

Lexington-Fayette County Code § 4-1.1 requires any person or nonprofit placing ten or more dogs or cats in a calendar year to register as an adoption agency and, at minimum, spay or…

Lexington-Fayette does not require microchipping of dogs generally, but LFUCG Code Sec. 4-14 makes it mandatory for any dog a court has declared vicious. Within thirty days of the…

Lexington-Fayette has no breed ban; instead LFUCG Code Sec. 4-14 lets a court declare any individual dog vicious after it bites a person or animal without provocation or is kept for…

Kentucky requires beekeepers to register colonies with the State Apiarist and comply with disease inspection requirements. The state regulates apiary health uniformly under KRS Chapter…

Kentucky has no stand-alone hoarding statute. Neglecting a hoard of animals is prosecuted under KRS 525.130 as cruelty to animals in the second degree: cruel neglect, or failing to…

Kentucky bars feeding wildlife statewide from March 1 through July 31 under 301 KAR 2:015, and prohibits feeding and baiting year-round on Wildlife Management Areas. Bird feeders…

Contractors and demolition crews in Lexington-Fayette cannot run construction, drilling or demolition tools overnight if the sound crosses onto a neighboring dwelling, and the mayor's…

Lexington-Fayette bans loud saws, drills, lawnmowers and similar power tools between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. every night, and before 9 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, if the noise carries…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code § 14-72 bars running construction, drilling or demolition tools between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. whenever the noise crosses into a neighbor's…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code § 14-72 bans any loudspeaker, PA system or mobile sound vehicle used to amplify sound on a public right-of-way or public space for a commercial…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code § 14-72 bars running a lawnmower, saw, drill, sander, grinder or other lawn or garden tool outdoors between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code § 14-72 makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any animal, pets included, that repeatedly or frequently barks, yelps, howls, meows or squawks in a way…

Lexington-Fayette bans engine brakes, compression brakes ('Jake brakes') and other mechanical exhaust devices that cause a 'noise disturbance' anywhere except on limited-access…

Lexington-Fayette makes it unlawful for any owner to let weeds or grass grow past 10 inches anywhere on a property, including the strip between the sidewalk and the street, and repeat…

Lexington-Fayette's nuisance code carves out an explicit exemption for native, naturalized landscaping from its weed and grass height rule. Under Sec. 12-2, plantings intended for…

Lexington-Fayette regulates backyard compost piles through its general nuisance code. Sec. 12-2 requires every compost pile on a property to sit in a clearly definable area, stay out…

Street trees in Lexington-Fayette's right-of-way must be kept clear of sidewalks and streets, minimum overhead clearance is 7 feet over sidewalks, 12 feet over ordinary streets, and 14…

No one may remove a street tree over 3 inches in diameter from Lexington-Fayette's right-of-way without a permit from the division of environmental services. Permits issue routinely…

Kentucky's Division of Water and Public Service Commission oversee drought response, authorizing public water systems to impose mandatory conservation restrictions during emergencies.

Where LFUCG's urban county council has designated a residential parking permit area and posted signs, only vehicles displaying the authorized permit may park longer than the posted…

When the mayor declares a Stage 3 snow emergency, Lexington-Fayette bans all parking on designated snow emergency routes; a Stage 2 emergency triggers alternate-side parking on…

Lexington-Fayette bans truck parking in central-district loading zones between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. unless posted signs say otherwise. Code § 18-135 backs a 30-minute…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government can tow a car off any street in Fayette County that carries outstanding delinquent parking citations, and under Article XII of Chapter 18 an…

Lexington-Fayette's nuisance code makes it unlawful to keep a junked, wrecked, unlicensed or inoperative vehicle on any premises: with carve-outs for licensed dealers, hobbyist…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government makes it unlawful to park any vehicle that is carrying or has carried cattle, other livestock, offal, manure, or other offensive material on…

Parking a vehicle anywhere in a Lexington-Fayette residential front, side or back yard is unlawful unless it's on an approved residential driveway as defined in Chapter 17, and under…

Lexington-Fayette forbids parking any vehicle, including an RV, trailer, or boat, in a residential front, side, or back yard unless it sits on an approved driveway. Code § 18-129 also…

Lexington-Fayette bans stopping, standing or parking in front of any driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, on a sidewalk or crosswalk, inside an intersection, or within 20 feet…

Lexington-Fayette bans open burning by default, but the fire chief may issue an open burn permit for recreational or ceremonial backyard fires under Code § 9-20. No permit covers a…

Lexington-Fayette's Code of Ordinances § 9-20 makes open burning illegal by default across the urban county, defining it as any fire whose smoke is released straight into the outdoor…

Every one- and two-family dwelling and Group R rental in Lexington must have smoke alarms outside each sleeping area and on every story, including basements, under the locally adopted…

Kentucky law restricts brush and natural debris burning under KRS 149.400, allowing only natural plant matter to be burned and prohibiting daytime burns near woodland during forest…

Kentucky law universally defines and regulates consumer fireworks under KRS 227.700-227.750, sets a minimum purchase age of 18, prohibits display fireworks without a permit, and…

Kentucky State Fire Marshal regulates LP-gas storage statewide under KRS 234.180 and 815 KAR 10:060, requiring NFPA 58 compliance and permits for installation of all flammable and…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government outright bans electric fences on residential property under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-61: no owner, tenant, or license holder may erect or…

When an unsecured earth embankment abuts a sidewalk or street in Lexington-Fayette, the property owner must build a barrier or retaining wall to keep loose earth off the walk. On…

Kentucky's division, or partition, fence law, KRS Chapter 256, requires adjoining owners to share the cost of a farm boundary fence between their properties. It applies to agricultural…

Kentucky permits home-based food sales under the Home-Based Processor and Microprocessor program administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, with statewide rules that…

Kentucky requires state certification or licensure for any home caring for children from more than one unrelated family, with capacity limits, background checks, and inspection…

Kentucky issues no microenterprise home kitchen permit. You cannot buy a licence to cook meals to order in your own kitchen and sell them to the public. The one route that lets a…

Lexington-Fayette bars peddlers and itinerant merchants from vending in parks without a permit, within 100 feet of a permitted special event, in ways that block sidewalks, or in the…

Each food truck operating in Lexington-Fayette needs its own license, the ordinance licenses per unit, not per operator, and running more than one truck costs an extra $50.00 flat fee…

Every peddler operating within Lexington-Fayette must secure a license from the division of revenue under Code § 15-7 before doing business. Applicants must post a $500 indemnity or…

Selling food or goods inside a mayor-designated festival area in Lexington requires a permit from the festival or special event organizer, not the city, and covers the full public…

Any parade or procession on a Lexington-Fayette public street needs a special license from the police chief before it can happen, under LFUCG Code § 18-29. The chief must approve after…

Getting a Lexington outdoor cafe permit means filing detailed paperwork with the division of building inspection under section 17-29.2: a copy of the business license, at least $1…

Any group wanting exclusive or organized use of a Lexington-Fayette park, whether a picnic reservation, amplified event or fenced-off gathering, needs a written temporary permit from…

Lexington lets a permitted outdoor cafe turn up to two on-street parking spaces directly in front of its business into dining space under section 17-29.1(b), the closest thing the code…

Any memorial, monument or other permanent artwork proposed for a public space in Lexington-Fayette must go through the Public Arts Commission, which reviews design and installation for…

When a new building sewer tap into Lexington-Fayette's public sanitary sewer is smoke tested and inspected by the Division of Engineering before backfill, any leak the inspection turns…

Lexington-Fayette parks close on a schedule the parks director sets, and staying in a park outside posted hours is a criminal offense. The rule sits inside the general park-conduct…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government bars anyone under 18 from being in any public place, street, or highway between midnight and 5:00 a.m. under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-37…

Drinking or carrying alcohol in a Lexington-Fayette park is banned outright unless the parks director has issued a written permit for it, making park alcohol use a permission-only…

Lexington-Fayette's Party Plan lets police brand a home a 'no party property' after two enforcement actions for disorderly conduct, underage drinking, or drugs at the address within a…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government bans begging or soliciting money altogether on public streets and at street intersections under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-5: the ordinance is…

Lexington-Fayette bars smoking within a 'reasonable distance' of any building's outside entrance, aiming to keep tobacco smoke from drifting back in through doors, windows, or vents…

On Lexington-Fayette's busiest streets, pedestrians must use a crosswalk to cross: no wandering into traffic mid-block. LFUCG Code § 18-94 lists dozens of named arterial roadways, from…

LFUCG Code § 18-11 bars anyone on roller skates, in a coaster, or on a 'similar device', the category skateboards fall into, from riding on any roadway in Lexington-Fayette County…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-34 bans loitering, eating, sleeping, or wandering on another person's premises without permission, splitting the…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government requires every medicinal cannabis cultivator, dispensary, producer, processor, or safety-compliance facility to prove its site is not within…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government will not license a medicinal cannabis cultivator, dispensary, producer, processor, or safety-compliance facility unless the applicant first…

Kentucky law prohibits home cultivation of cannabis by patients, caregivers, and the general public. The medical cannabis program created under KRS Chapter 218B does not authorize…

Lexington-Fayette taxes nearly every business and worker through a 2.25% occupational license tax under Sec. 13-4, applied to net profit for business entities and to wages and…

Lexington's code has no ordinance written specifically for bars or nightclubs. Instead, § 14-72's general music clause governs: operating or playing a radio, television, phonograph…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code § 14-72 bars loading, unloading, opening, closing or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, building materials or garbage cans between 11:00…

Lexington-Fayette bars running any machinery with rotating or reciprocating parts, the category that covers HVAC compressors, condenser fans and similar mechanical equipment, if the…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code § 14-72 bars operating a vehicle's radio, stereo, tape player, record player or CD player on a public street, right-of-way or public property so…

Lexington-Fayette requires a $25 permit from the division of waste management before any dumpster or its screening enclosure is placed, under Code § 16-4.1. Dumpsters need three-sided…

Every dwelling, office, and commercial or industrial building in the Lexington-Fayette urban county must place its garbage and trash in the roll cart containers the urban county…

When a regular Lexington-Fayette collection day lands on an urban county government holiday, Code of Ordinances § 16-10(a) shifts pickup to a makeup collection day rather than skipping…

Lexington-Fayette enforces the state littering and illegal-dumping offense under KRS 512.070 as a civil violation of its own, with fines that climb from $100 for a first offense to…

Lexington-Fayette doesn't automatically deliver a recycling cart with every trash cart: residents on roll cart service have to request one under Code of Ordinances § 16-3, while…

Curbside recycling in Lexington-Fayette runs on the same weekly clock as trash: once a resident has a recycling roll cart, section 16-10(a) collects it once each week on the same day…

Lexington-Fayette splits yard waste into two streams: woody debris like tree limbs must be cut to no more than six inches in diameter, bundled in four-foot lengths, and tied into…

Lexington-Fayette households must not put roll carts at the curb before 4:00 p.m. the evening before collection, and containers must be out no later than 5:00 a.m. on collection day…

Lexington-Fayette residents can fill a roll cart as long as the lid still latches shut, but the container's recommended weight limit is two hundred pounds and everything inside has to…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government residents lodge grievances about local government action or inaction through the Office of the Citizens' Advocate, an ombudsman created by…

LFUCG's Rules of Procedure set hard deadlines for the Office of the Citizens' Advocate: Supplement A § A.102 requires the advocate to begin work on a complaint by the next working day…

Lexington-Fayette regulates what a roof can be covered with based on which of the city's three fire zones a building sits in. LFUCG Code Sec. 5-5 requires new roofs in the inner fire…

Every short-term rental licensed in Lexington-Fayette County must contain a working carbon monoxide detector, installed as the Kentucky Residential Code requires, along with working…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government adopts the National Electrical Code as its minimum wiring standard and requires a $10 permit from the Division of Building Inspection before…

Every commercial or residential building permit in Lexington-Fayette Urban County includes one free initial inspection and one free re-inspection per inspection type, such as footer or…

In Lexington-Fayette's inner fire zone, a frame, ordinary, heavy-timber or unprotected-combustible building cannot be raised in height or remodeled without adding a sprinkler system…

Lexington's Property Maintenance Code requires every exterior door at a dwelling or sleeping unit entrance to have a lock that 'tightly secures' it, with egress-door hardware…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government requires a permit from the Division of Building Inspection before any plumbing work begins, alongside building, electrical, gas and mechanical…

Lexington-Fayette's indoor smoking ordinance carves out a narrow exception for dedicated vape shops: a 'retail electronic cigarette store' can let customers sample e-cigarettes…

Pawnbrokers in Lexington-Fayette must hold a $250 annual special fee license, file a daily report with the Division of Police on every pledge taken, and take a thumbprint from each…

Secondhand, junk and used auto parts dealers in Lexington-Fayette must register every seller, hold purchased goods ten business days, and report daily to police. The $250 annual junk…

Lexington-Fayette's private impound (non-consent) tow ordinance caps what a wrecker company can charge to release your car from a private lot. Storage is free for the first 24 hours…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government requires every adult cabaret, adult dancing establishment, or sexual entertainment center to hold an adult entertainment establishment license…

Kentucky's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, adopted locally under Sec. 12-54, bars a Lexington landlord from raising rent, cutting services or filing an eviction after a…

Lexington-Fayette's nuisance code doesn't just cap weed height: it names specific invasive and noxious species outright unlawful on any property under Sec. 12-2, and it separately bars…

Lexington-Fayette's Code of Ordinances flatly bars building structures, fences or walls in the public right-of-way and bans dumping vehicles, barrels, boxes, merchandise, cross-ties…

Lexington-Fayette puts sidewalk repair on the shoulders of the property owner whose land abuts the defect: holes, uneven surfaces and other damage must be fixed at the owner's own…

Anyone staging construction materials on a Lexington-Fayette sidewalk or street must first get a right-of-way blockage permit under section 17-22: from the division of engineering for…

Lexington's Property Maintenance Code splits pest-control duty by building type: occupants handle their own single-family or single-tenant pest problems, but owners of any multi-unit…

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's electioneering ordinance, Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-52.1, exempts political signs on private property from the 300-foot campaign-free zone…

Lexington-Fayette requires cyclists to use a designated bicycle path instead of the adjacent roadway whenever one exists, and bars motorized vehicles from that path except e-bikes and…

Lexington-Fayette's code skips the three-tier Class 1/2/3 e-bike system used elsewhere. It defines a single speed cap of 15 mph for both electric bicycles and electric motor-assisted…

LFUCG licenses shared dockless scooter operators under Code of Ordinances § 17D-7, starting each company at 400 electric motor-assisted scooters and permitting increases of up to 200…

Kentucky does not open any street to golf carts by state law. KRS 189.286 lets a city, county, urban-county, charter county, consolidated or unified local government, or special…

Planting a tree in the urban county right-of-way strip next to your property requires a permit from the division of environmental services, with fixed setbacks from signs and hydrants…

Lexington-Fayette imposes a combined 8.5 percent transient room tax on hotels, motels, inns, campgrounds, RV parks and short-term rentals under Code of Ordinances Sec. 2-172. The tax…

Lexington-Fayette's Property Maintenance Code, the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code as locally amended, makes landlords keep rental heat at 65°F from October through May…

In URLTA-adopting Kentucky jurisdictions, KRS 383.660 requires a 7-day written notice to pay or quit for nonpayment of rent. For other material lease violations, the landlord gives a…

In Kentucky cities and counties that adopted URLTA, KRS 383.615 requires a landlord to give at least two days' notice before entering and to enter only at reasonable times, except in…

In URLTA-adopting Kentucky jurisdictions, KRS 383.695 lets either party end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice before a periodic rental date, a week-to-week…

Kentucky prohibits any local government from enacting rent control on private residential property. KRS 65.875 reserves authority over rents exclusively to the state General Assembly…

Kentucky sets no dollar cap on residential security deposits. Where the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies, landlords must hold deposits in a separate account…

Under KRS 413.010, a squatter can claim title only after 15 years of adverse possession of real property. KRS 413.060 shortens the period to 7 years where the occupant holds under…

Lexington-Fayette treats a neglected vacant or unimproved lot as 'blighted or deteriorated' property under Sec. 12-81, opening the door to a formal review-commission process, a 90-day…

When a Lexington structure is so dilapidated it's 'dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human habitation,' the code official can order the owner to repair it or tear it…

Lexington-Fayette property owners must clear snow off the sidewalk within four hours after daylight once snowfall stops, and keep ice-covered sidewalks safe by removing the ice or…

Anyone clearing, grading, excavating or filling 5,000 square feet or more of land in Lexington-Fayette, or any acreage for a new building, must file an erosion and sediment control…

High-risk industrial and commercial facilities in Lexington-Fayette must file a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) with the Division of Water Quality every year by January…

Kentucky requires state approval before any construction, fill, or obstruction within the 100-year floodplain or stream channel under KRS 151.250, administered by the Division of Water…

Every peddler working Lexington-Fayette streets must hold a license from the Division of Revenue and post a $500 bond before selling anything door to door. Once issued, the license…

Kentucky's Home Solicitation Sales Act (KRS 367.410-460) universally grants consumers a three-business-day right to cancel any door-to-door sale of $25 or more, with mandatory written…

Lexington-Fayette exempts yard sales, garage sales and bake sales from the peddler and itinerant merchant license required under Code § 15-12, but § 15-13 conditions that exemption on…

Commercial drone operations in Kentucky require an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, with airspace rules preempting local restrictions. State law adds protections against…

Recreational drone operation in Kentucky is governed primarily by FAA rules under 14 CFR Part 107 and the Recreational UAS Safety Test, with state criminal statutes addressing…

Kentucky law sets the state minimum wage at the federal floor and bars local governments from establishing higher minimum wages. Court rulings have invalidated local ordinances that…

Kentucky has no predictive scheduling law, and state preemption prevents local governments from adopting fair workweek or scheduling ordinances. Employers retain broad discretion to…

Kentucky allows permitless concealed carry for adults 21 and older legally able to possess firearms, while continuing to issue concealed deadly weapon licenses. Local governments…

Kentucky law preempts local firearms regulation, reserving authority to the General Assembly. Cities, counties, and urban-county governments cannot enact ordinances regulating…

Open carry of firearms is generally lawful for adults in Kentucky who can legally possess a firearm. State preemption prevents local governments from banning open carry, though…

Kentucky allows lawful adults to carry firearms openly or concealed inside a motor vehicle without a permit. Permitless concealed carry at 21 and statewide preemption prevent local…

Kentucky's Office of Charitable Gaming, under the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, licenses every charitable organization running bingo, raffles, or charity game tickets…

Kentucky's penal code doesn't outlaw a card game among friends. KRS 528.010 defines a "player" as someone who gambles solely as a contestant or bettor without taking a cut, and it…

Kentucky legalized sports wagering in 2023, but only tracks licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation can operate it, in person or through a contracted platform. KRS…

Kentucky has no single HOA assessment law. Condominiums get an automatic lien under KRS 381.9193, and planned communities formed after June 29, 2023 get a continuing lien under KRS…

Kentucky's Planned Community Act requires every homeowners association declaration or bylaws to provide for an annual meeting, notice of any association meeting sent no less than 10…

Kentucky overrides HOA documents in only a narrow area. KRS 381.800 voids any governing-document provision that bans political yard signs, and that override applies to all planned…

Kentucky sets no maximum dollar amount for a homeowners association fine, but since the Planned Community Act took effect on June 29, 2023 a board must give the lot owner written…

Kentucky splits association liens three ways. A planned community governed by KRS 381.785 to 381.801 gets a continuing lien under KRS 381.799 once any assessment sits unpaid for 30…

Kentucky has no statute that authorises, defines or regulates a sobriety checkpoint. The only roadblock provision in the Kentucky Revised Statutes runs the opposite way: KRS 189.126…

Kentucky is a one-party-consent state, and the consent can be yours. KRS 526.010 defines eavesdropping as recording an oral or wire communication "of others" without the consent of at…

Kentucky has no stop-and-identify statute. No section of the Kentucky Revised Statutes makes it an offense to decline to give your name to a peace officer during a street stop, and…

The Kentucky General Assembly has never enacted a statute that tells a driver what consent to a roadside vehicle search means, who may give it, or whether an officer must say it can be…

Kentucky law restricts how local governments may zone agricultural land. Counties and cities cannot use zoning to unreasonably interfere with bona fide agricultural operations, and…

Kentucky's Right to Farm law protects established agricultural operations from nuisance suits and conflicting local ordinances. Farms operating for at least one year and following…

Kentucky has no solar access law that overrides a homeowners association covenant. The Commonwealth's only statute on the subject, KRS 381.200(2), authorizes a voluntary solar easement…

Kentucky's net metering law guarantees rooftop solar owners a two-way meter and dollar-credit compensation for exported power. Eligible solar facilities are capped at 45 kilowatts, and…

Kentucky prohibits the sale of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21. The law conforms to federal Tobacco 21 standards and applies to all retail outlets…

Kentucky has not enacted a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vapor products. Sales remain lawful for buyers 21 and older, with limited authority for local boards of health to…

Kentucky limits every visible light you add to a vehicle by color and by whether it flashes. Under KRS 189.040(14), visible front lights may only be white or amber and visible rear…

Kentucky has never written a dash camera statute, so the rule that decides where you may put one is the windshield provision, KRS 189.110(2). It bars operating a motor vehicle on a…

Kentucky has neither authorized lane splitting nor written an express ban on it. KRS 189.285, the section that governs how motorcycles are operated and ridden, says nothing about lane…

Kentucky puts the rule in its registration statute rather than its equipment chapter. KRS 186.170(1)(c) requires that plates be kept legible at all times, that the rear plate be…

A radar detector is legal in a private car in Kentucky. The Kentucky Revised Statutes contain no prohibition on owning, mounting or using one, and the word detector does not appear…

Kentucky has no studded tire statute at all. The four tire provisions in KRS Chapter 189, the chapter titled Traffic Regulations and Vehicle Equipment, regulate wheel chains, iron and…

Kentucky draws its tint line at 35 percent light transmittance on the side wings and side windows forward of or beside the driver, and 18 percent on any window behind the driver, with…