{
 "slug": "kentucky",
 "importedOn": "2026-08-29",
 "verified": true,
 "agencyName": "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Driver Licensing",
 "firstOffenseIidNote": "Kentucky's program is incentive-based rather than mandatory. Under KRS 189A.340(1)(a), when a license is suspended for a DUI under KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (e) or (f), 'the sole license the person shall be eligible for is an ignition interlock license'; a person who does not obtain one serves the full suspension (6 months for a first offense under KRS 189A.070(1)(a)2.a.iii). A first offender who obtains an ignition interlock license and completes 90 consecutive violation-free days within the first 4 months has the suspension reduced to 4 months.",
 "sr22Note": "The KYTC DRIVE 'DUI Suspensions and Requirements' page enumerates the requirements for each DUI offense level (approved alcohol/substance abuse program, license suspension period, and optional KIIP ignition-interlock participation to shorten the suspension); an SR-22 / financial-responsibility filing is not among them. The KYTC License Reinstatement page lists the $40 reinstatement fee and testing after suspensions over one year and states that all suspension requirements must be satisfied; it does not mention an SR-22. KRS 189A.070(2) makes completion of the KRS 189A.040 program the statutory condition for reinstatement after a DUI conviction, and the active sections of KRS Chapter 187 (financial responsibility) concern unpaid judgments (KRS 187.400–187.440), not DUI. The KIIP application requires only a proof-of-insurance card. No official page affirmatively states that no SR-22 is required; the value follows from these enumerations.",
 "evidence": {
  "agencyName": {
   "url": "https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/DUI.aspx",
   "quote": "As of July 1, 2020, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet administers a fixed suspension period based on the type of conviction."
  },
  "statuteCitation": {
   "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49873",
   "quote": "189A.340 Ignition interlock licenses -- Provider fees."
  },
  "statuteUrl": {
   "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49873",
   "quote": "If a person's license is suspended pursuant to this chapter and the initial suspension was for a violation of KRS 189A.010(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f), the sole license the person shall be eligible for is an ignition interlock license pursuant to this section."
  },
  "dmvVendorListUrl": {
   "url": "https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/DUI.aspx",
   "quote": "Certified Ignition Interlock Providers Use a Kentucky-certified ignition interlock provider to install and service your ignition interlock device."
  },
  "firstOffenseIid": {
   "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49566",
   "quote": "a. For the first offense within a ten (10) year period: i. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under KRS 189A.340 and who meets the ninety (90) consecutive day requirement within the first four (4) months of the issuance of the ignition interlock license, four (4) months; ..."
  },
  "firstOffenseIidNote": {
   "url": "https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/DUI.aspx",
   "quote": "The Kentucky Ignition Interlock Program allows eligible drivers to reduce their license suspension period by driving with an approved ignition interlock device. The program is compliance-based, and participants must remain violation-free for 90 or 120 consecutive days, based on their offense."
  },
  "iidDurationFirst": {
   "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49566",
   "quote": "ii. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under KRS 189A.340 but does not meet the ninety (90) consecutive day requirement within the first four (4) months of the issuance of the ignition interlock license, until the person meets the ninety (90) consecutive day requirement or six"
  },
  "iidDurationRepeat": {
   "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49566",
   "quote": "b. For the second offense within a ten (10) year period: i. For a person who is issued an ignition interlock license under KRS 189A.340 and who meets the one hundred twenty (120) consecutive day requirement within the first twelve (12) months of the issuance of the ignition interlock license"
  },
  "reinstatementFee": {
   "url": "https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/DUI.aspx",
   "quote": "$40 reinstatement fee, payable at a Driver Licensing Regional Office when you are ready to be issued the restricted license."
  },
  "approvedVendors": {
   "url": "https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/DUI.aspx",
   "quote": "Certified Ignition Interlock Providers ... LowCost Interlock ... Alcohol Detection Systems ... Lifesafer ... Intoxalock ... Guardian Interlock ... Smart Start"
  },
  "costNotes": {
   "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49873",
   "quote": "1. An installation fee for an alternative fuel vehicle or a vehicle with a push button starter not to exceed one hundred thirty dollars ($130), an installation fee for all other vehicles not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); 2. A monthly fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); 3. A"
  },
  "sr22Required": {
   "url": "https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/DUI.aspx",
   "quote": "1st offense within a ten year period 90-day approved alcohol/substance abuse program 6-month license suspension 90-day approved alcohol abuse program 90 days of violation-free KIIP participation 4-month license suspension"
  },
  "sr22Required_reinstatementPage": {
   "url": "https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/License%20Reinstatement.aspx",
   "quote": "Paying the reinstatement fee alone does not automatically restore your driving privileges. All suspension requirements must be fully satisfied before reinstatement can occur."
  },
  "sr22Note": {
   "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49566",
   "quote": "no person shall be eligible for reinstatement of his or her full privilege to operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle until he or she has completed the alcohol or substance abuse education or treatment program ordered pursuant to KRS 189A.040."
  },
  "sr22Note_krs187": {
   "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=38036",
   "quote": ".400 Courts to report on unpaid judgments and convictions. .410 Suspension for nonpayment of judgment -- Exception. .420 Duration of suspension. .430 What constitutes satisfaction of judgment. .440 Installment payment of judgment -- Default. .450 Repealed, 1976."
  },
  "sr22Note_kiip": {
   "url": "https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/DUI.aspx",
   "quote": "Proof of insurance card. Out-of-state drivers must provide proof of insurance from their state. $40 reinstatement fee, payable at a Driver Licensing Regional Office when you are ready to be issued the restricted license."
  }
 },
 "approvedVendorNamesAsListed": [
  "LowCost Interlock",
  "Alcohol Detection Systems",
  "Lifesafer",
  "Intoxalock",
  "Guardian Interlock",
  "Smart Start"
 ],
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "methodology": "https://wheelsback.com/methodology/",
 "page": "https://wheelsback.com/kentucky/"
}