From Adair County Sheriff Josh Brockman:

Beginning July 15, 2024, per Kentucky House Bill 833 HCS1 and KRS186A.115, this bill mandates a change in fee for vehicle inspections completed by Kentucky Sheriffs.

The new fee schedule is as follows:

• $15 per vehicle inspection 
• $20 trip fee added if travel is required to inspect the vehicle

NOTE: Travel fee is only added to the first inspection. If you have multiple vehicles, it will be $15, plus $20 on first inspection and then $15 for each one thereafter.

Summary - HB833

Amends KRS 70.030 to allow a sheriff to appoint nonsworn special inspectors solely to perform motor vehicle inspections; amends KRS 186A.115 to allow sheriffs to appoint up to two employees of a motor vehicle dealer licensed under KRS Chapter 190 and doing business in the sheriff’s county as special inspectors solely to complete inspections of motor vehicles to be sold by that dealer if the motor vehicle dealer is a new motor vehicle dealer or a used motor vehicle dealer that makes an average of 100 motor vehicle sales per month for the preceding 12 months, to allow the sheriff to retain fees for conducting motor vehicle inspections in the amount of $30 for a motor vehicle dealer that has an employee who is appointed as a special inspector, $15 for a motor vehicle dealer that does not have an employee appointed as a special inspector, or $15 for an individual, to require that the Transportation Cabinet promulgate administrative regulations to create an electronic certified vehicle inspection form to electronically input all required information for motor vehicle inspections, and to exempt certified inspector numbers from open records requests unless required by a court order; and amends KRS 186A.990 to add intentionally or willfully divulging a certified inspector number as a Class A misdemeanor and selling a certified inspector number as a Class D felony.