# Kentucky license plate: Historic

> The Kentucky historic license plate: format 999, for example 733, 1968 to today, car, truck, and motorcycle. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Kentucky license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--kentucky) (8 registration series).

![Kentucky (United States) license plate, Historic (1968 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ky/us-ky-historic/kentucky-license-plate-historic.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1968 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, truck, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-ky-historic` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--kentucky/historic) |

Sources:

- [KRS 186.043 effective June 20, 2005 (created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 14 secs. 1 to 5 and 7): the legislative-intent subsection, the rolling 25-year definition with its use restriction, the two-plate issuance, the different-colour-and-design rule, the 'Historic Motor Vehicle' legend, the no-year-date prohibition, the serial beginning at 100 in consecutive sequence, the authentic-or-reproduction period-plate option, and permanent validity with a $3 transfer](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=5928)

## About this plate

Acts ch. 14, secs. That is what a state serving its own statutes with amendment histories buys you, and it is the concrete argument for prioritising jurisdictions whose legislatures publish, when a gate has to be sequenced.

## Who can have one

KRS 186.043(2): "'historic vehicle' shall mean all motor vehicles twenty-five (25) years old or older, which are used primarily for exhibition in shows, parades, tours, and other special uses, but not for general transportation." A ROLLING twenty-five-year threshold plus a USE restriction, contrast Florida, which runs a FIXED 1945 cutoff for Horseless Carriage and a rolling thirty years for Antique. Kentucky's rolling threshold silently re-qualifies a new model year every January and therefore needs re-auditing in a way a fixed cutoff never does.

## How long it is valid

Permanent. KRS 186.043(6): "The registration license and license plates of historic motor vehicles shall be valid without renewal as long as the vehicle is in existence", transferable to a new owner on application and a three-dollar fee.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ky/us-ky-historic.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/kentucky?series=us-ky-historic
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-ky` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-ky-historic"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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