Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVI. Motor Vehicles § 186.412.Application of United States citizen or permanent resident for instruction permit or operator's license; information and documents required; applicant without fixed residence; photograph; scanning and retaining of application information; temporary license or permit; birth certificate; oath

(a) Is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; or

(b) Meets the minimum requirements for federal recognition in Section 202 of the REAL ID ACT of 2005, as amended, in 49 U.S.C. sec. 30301 note, and has been admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a compact of free association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, or the Federated States of Micronesia.

(a) Full legal name and signature;

(b) Date of birth;

(c) Social Security number or a letter from the Social Security Administration declining to issue a Social Security number;

(d) Sex;

(e) Present Kentucky resident address, exclusive of a post office box address alone;

(f) Other information necessary to permit the application of United States citizens to also serve as an application for voter registration;

(g) A brief physical description of the applicant;

(h) Proof of the applicant's Kentucky residency, including but not limited to a deed or property tax bill, utility agreement or utility bill, or rental housing agreement; and

(i) Other information the cabinet may require by administrative regulation promulgated under KRS Chapter 13A.

(3)(a) To satisfy the requirements of subsection (2)(e) and (h) of this section, an applicant seeking to obtain a renewal or duplicate operator's license may use a completed form attesting to the lack of an established and fixed nighttime residence of regular return as established in accordance with paragraph (b) of this subsection. The form developed under paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not be used by an applicant for an initial operator's license or instruction permit.

(b) The cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to develop forms and procedures whereby an applicant for a renewal or duplicate operator's license under this section or KRS 186.4121, or an applicant for an initial, renewal, or duplicate personal identification card under KRS 186.4122 or 186.4123, who does not have an established and fixed nighttime residence of regular return may use as proof of residency, a form, attested to by a homeless shelter, health care facility, or social service agency currently providing the applicant treatment or services, that the applicant is a resident of Kentucky. An applicant who does not have an established and fixed nighttime residence of regular return shall not be issued a voluntary travel ID operator's license under this section or KRS 186.4121.

(a) Permanent resident shall present one (1) of the following documents issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services:

(b) Person who meets the definition in subsection (1)(b) of this section shall present a valid, unexpired passport from his or her country of origin, along with one (1) of the following documents issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services:

(6)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the cabinet shall electronically scan the documents required for application under this section and shall electronically retain the application, supporting documents, and the photograph of the applicant. Upon completion of any required examinations under KRS 186.480, the cabinet shall present the applicant with a temporary operator's license or instruction permit, which shall be valid for thirty (30) days until a permanent operator's license or instruction permit is mailed to the applicant by the Transportation Cabinet.

(b) The cabinet shall only electronically scan the birth certificate of an individual applying for a voluntary travel ID instruction permit or operator's license. If the applicant is not seeking such a permit or license, the cabinet shall not electronically scan the applicant's birth certificate.

(c) An applicant for an operator's license or instruction permit shall not be required to surrender the applicant's birth certificate for image capture, image storage, or image transmission to any entity, including the federal government, unless express consent is given by the applicant during the course of obtaining a voluntary travel ID license or permit.