Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXV. Business and Financial Institutions § 286.10-200.Definitions for KRS 286.10-200 to 286.10-285 and KRS 286.10-991

(1) “Capital” means the assets of a business entity less the liabilities of that business entity. Assets and liabilities shall be measured according to generally accepted accounting principles or relevant pronouncements of the financial accounting standards board;

(2) “Department” means the Department of Financial Institutions;

(3) “Person” means any sole proprietorship, general partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership duly qualified to do business in Kentucky;

(4) “Pledgor” means any individual who executes a title pledge agreement as defined in subsection (5) of this section;

(5) “Title pledge agreement” means a thirty (30) day written agreement whereby a title pledge lender agrees to make a loan of money to a pledgor, and the pledgor agrees to give the title pledge lender a security interest in unencumbered titled personal property owned by the pledgor, subject to the terms and conditions of KRS 286.10-200 to 286.10-285 and KRS 286.10-991. A pledgor shall have no personal liability on a title pledge agreement and a title pledge agreement shall not be considered a debt transaction for any purpose of law;

(6) “Title pledge lender” means any person engaged in the business of making title pledge agreements;

(7) “Title pledge office” means the location at which, or premises in which, a title pledge lender regularly conducts business; and

(8) “Titled personal property” means any personal property the ownership of which is evidenced and delineated by a state issued certificate of title but shall not include mobile homes.