See below for important updates regarding our new vehicle registration system coming in January. Are you planning to sell or trade your car? Now, when you sell or trade your vehicle, you will keep your license plate. Kentucky is changing the way it handles plates. Starting in January the State will operate in the “Plate -to- Customer” format. In this new format, when you sell or trade your vehicle, you keep the license plate with the registration decal that you paid for at the renewal time. This change allows you the option to use the full 12 months of your paid registration. If you buy another vehicle, the plate you remove from your sold or traded vehicle can be put on the newly purchased vehicle, but only after you transfer the plate to the newly purchased vehicle at your county clerk’s office. Please remember your plate must be transferred to the new, or used vehicle that you purchase, before you drive with that plate.
The Meade County Planning and Zoning Commission will have a Special Called Meeting at the Planning and Zoning Office in the Meade County Courthouse on Monday, December 18th, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST.
The Meade County Planning and Zoning Commission will have a Work Session at the Planning and Zoning Office in the Meade County Courthouse on Monday, December 18th, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST.
COMMON KENTUCKY OF KENTUCKY COURT OF JUSTICE Kentucky Court of Justice to be closed Dec. 12, 2023, for inauguration of Gov. Andy Beshear. Chief Justice of the Commonwealth Laurance B. VanMeter has announced that the Judicial Branch will join the Executive Branch in closing for business on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, to observe the inauguration of Gov. Andy Beshear. We will reopen with regular business hours Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Gov. Beshear is suspending non-essential Executive Branch services on Dec. 12 in recognition of the inauguration of his second term in office.
The Meade County Court House will be closed on Monday, December 4th from 11:30 AM EST to 1:30 PM EST for an Employee Holiday Lunch. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
The Meade County Clerk’s Office notes that Kentucky will be implementing a vehicle system upgrade beginning on January 1, 2024, through January 8, 2024, with a day-to-day rollout for counties beginning on January 9, 2024. Please keep in mind that the county clerk’s office will not be open to the public for motor vehicle, boat or disabled parking permit renewals, new issuances or vehicle or boat transfers from December 30th – January 11th. During the system downtime we will be in the office answering phones and the Deed room and Land record services will still be available. Meade County’s scheduled rollout is January 10, 2024.
We will use January 10th and 11th to process all mail and dealer work and to familiarize ourselves with the new system. The office will reopen to the public on Friday January 12, 2024.
Reminder that December Renewals need to be done during the month of December and can be done through December 29th. Visit our office during December or renew online at drive.ky.gov. Online renewals will be available through December 27th so that they can be processed by December 29th. Please know that January renewals cannot be done until January 2024. 2024 car taxes do not get uploaded until January. These 2024 taxes cannot be paid in advance.
The Meade County Courthouse has a scheduled Holiday closing for December 29th and January 1st; however, the Meade County Clerk office has decided to be open on December 29th and closed on January 1st and 2nd for the Holiday. We hope this will benefit those December renewals and vehicle transfers needing to be done before year end.
We apologize for any inconveniences that this is going to cause but know that the transition from a 45-year-old statewide system to a more modern and efficient system will better serve our public in the future. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we reopen the motor vehicle department with the adjustment to the new and improved system as well as the expected overload of renewals for the January backlog. Long lines may be expected in the beginning of this transition.