CHAPTER 32 HOUSE BILL No. 2118 An Act relating to antique vehicles; concerning the registration thereof; amending K.S.A.
8-172 and K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 8-170 and repealing the existing sections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 8-170 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 8-170. (a) Upon the transfer of ownership of any vehicle regis-
tered under the foregoing provisions of this act, its registration and right
to use the license plates thereon shall expire and thereafter there shall
be no transfer of any registration, and the license plates shall be removed
by the owner thereof and it shall be unlawful for any person other than
the person to whom such license plates were originally issued to have the
same in possession. In case of a transfer of ownership of a registered
vehicle the original owner of the license plates may register another an-
tique vehicle under the same license plate designation, upon application
therefor and the payment of a fee of $1.50. On and after January 1, 2000,
any model year license plate transferred shall comply with the provisions
of subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-172, and amendments thereto.

      (b) Upon the transfer and sale of a registered vehicle by any person,
the new owner thereof, before using a vehicle on the highways of this
state, shall make application to the division for registration of the vehicle.

      (c) Certificate of title:

      (1) Application for certificate of title on an antique vehicle shall be
made by the owner or the owner's agent upon a blank form to be fur-
nished by the division and shall contain such information as the division
shall determine necessary. The division may waive any information re-
quested on the form if it is not available. For any antique vehicle having
a model year prior to 1950, the application together with a bill of sale for
the antique vehicle shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that the
applicant is the owner of the vehicle and the certificate of title shall be
issued for such vehicle. If the application and bill of sale are used to obtain
a certificate of title for any antique vehicle having a model year of 1950
or later, the certificate of title shall not be issued until an inspection in
accordance with subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-116, and amendments thereto,
has been completed. The certificate of title shall be delivered to the ap-
plicant. The certificate shall contain the words ``antique vehicle.''

      (2) The certificate of title shall contain upon the reverse side a form
for assignment of title to be executed by the owner before a notary public
or some other officer authorized to administer an oath. A certificate of
title may be issued under the provisions of this act without an application
for registration.

      (3) The fee for each original certificate of title so issued shall be $8
until July 1, 2004, and $3.50 thereafter. The certificate of title shall be
good for the life of the antique vehicle, so long as the same is owned or
held by the original holder of the certificate of title, and shall not have to
be renewed. In the event of a sale or transfer of ownership of an antique
vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued under the provisions
of this subsection, the holder of such certificate of title shall endorse on
the same an assignment thereof, with warranty of title in form printed
thereon, as prescribed by the director, and the transferor must deliver
the same to the buyer at the time of delivery of the vehicle. The buyer
shall then present such certificate of title, assigned as aforesaid, to the
director or an authorized agent of the director, whereupon a new certif-
icate of title shall be issued to the buyer, the fee therefor being $8 until
July 1, 2004, and $3.50 thereafter.

      Sec.  2. K.S.A. 8-172 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-172. (a)
Except as provided in subsection (c), license plates issued for antique
vehicles shall be distinctive and shall contain the words ``Kansas'' and
``antique'' and there shall be no year date thereon. The numbering system
shall consist of combinations of not more than seven letters of the alpha-
bet or numerals or a combination of such letters and numerals. The com-
binations of such letters and numerals shall be at the direction of the
director of vehicles, except that any person owning an antique vehicle,
other than an antique motorcycle, may make application for a special
combination of letters and numerals not exceeding seven. Antique mo-
torcycle license plates shall be the same as other antique vehicle license
plates, except the numbering system shall consist of not more than five
letters of the alphabet or numerals or a combination of letters and nu-
merals. Such application shall be made in a manner prescribed by the
director of vehicles and shall be accompanied by a special combination
fee of $40. Unless the combination of letters or numerals designated by
the applicant have been assigned to another antique vehicle registered in
this state, or unless the combination of letters or numerals designated by
the applicant have a profane, vulgar, lewd or indecent meaning or con-
notation, as determined by the director, the division shall assign such
combination of letters to the applicant's vehicle.

      (b) In addition to the fees required under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-
167, and amendments thereto, and subsection (a) or (c) of this section,
the registration fee for any antique vehicle shall be $40 and once paid
shall not be required to be renewed.

      (c) On and after January 1, 2000, In lieu of the license plate issued
under subsection (a), a person who owns an antique vehicle who wants
to display a model year license plate on the vehicle shall make application
in a manner prescribed by the director of vehicles, including the execution
of an affidavit setting forth that the model year license plate the person
wants to display on the person's antique vehicle is a legible and serviceable
license plate that originally was issued by this state. Except for license
plates issued prior to 1921, such license plate shall be inscribed with the
date of the year corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was
manufactured. For license plates issued prior to 1921, such license plate
shall be the license plate issued by the state corresponding to the model
year when the vehicle was manufactured. Duplicate numbers for any year
shall not be allowed for any model year license plate under the provisions
of this subsection. The model year license plate fee shall be $40.

      (d) In addition to the license plates authorized under subsection (a)
or (c), a person who owns an antique vehicle may display a model year
license plate originally issued by the state of Kansas on the front of an
antique vehicle. Except for license plates issued prior to 1921, such license
plate shall be inscribed with the date of the year corresponding to the
model year when the vehicle was manufactured. For license plates issued
prior to 1921, such license plate shall be the license plate issued by the
state corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufac-
tured.

 Sec.  3. K.S.A. 8-172 and K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 8-170 are hereby re-
pealed.

 Sec.  4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.

Approved April 3, 2003.
 Published in the Kansas Register April 17, 2003.
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