Kentucky drivers with vehicle renewals in January may have forgotten about their due date following an error with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Kentucky Department of Revenue.
“On the 14th of this month, I was in a meeting with transportation cabinet officials,” said Hardin County Clerk Brian D. Smith during last week’s Hardin County Fiscal Court meeting. “We were told on the 14th, two weeks ago, that the notices would go out that following Friday, which is the 17th of January. That turned out to be false information.”
Smith said clerk’s offices were initially informed that the renewal notices were delayed due to mailing issues, but he was informed Tuesday afternoon that the notices still hadn’t been mailed.
Smith encouraged drivers to check their registrations to see if they have a January renewal, and if they do they need to get to the clerk’s office to renew as soon as possible.
“By law, the renewal notices are considered a courtesy notice,” Smith said. “They’re not a legal requirement for you to have that to come in and renew. We have seen a huge drop off in January renewals. We knew this was going on. The state had to know. They monitor the collections on a daily basis. They had to know renewals were down.”
Smith said he will post updates as he gets them to the Hardin County Clerk’s Office Facebook page.
