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Exceptions to licensing requirements

KRS 211.974
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211.974. Exceptions to licensing requirements Nothing in KRS 211.972 to 211.982 shall be construed to require a business license for: (1) A property owner to clean his own sewage pretreatment unit, grease trap, or holding tank. (2) A municipality servicing and maintaining a public sewage treatment facility. (3) A master plumber, duly qualified and licensed under the laws of the State of Kentucky, except that vehicles which are used as defined in KRS 211.972 to 211.982 shall be licensed as provided. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 221, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 89, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 6. Formerly codified as KRS 224.225.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8553Fetched: 10/20/2026

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