The first one-stop title center will be located at the state transportation district office on Morgantown Road ( Highway 31E) in Bowling Green. State and local officials will meet there today at 2:00 p.m. (CDT) to sort out the details. The plan calls for opening the one-stop title center at 8:00 a.m. (CDT) Tuesday, April 27, with operating hours until 9:00 p.m. daily. An additional one-stop center will be located later this week in Barren County.

The Warren County Clerk, Warren County Sheriff, state Transportation and state Department of Insurance officials will all work together at the one-stop center to speed up the process Kentucky law requires vehicle owners to follow to obtain a salvage title for cars that have been damaged over 75% of their retail value. Owners of those vehicles must be issued a rebuilt title before the cars can legally be driven. The one stop center will allow the car owner to complete all required steps at one location.

Those vehicle owners should take with them to the one stop centers these items: the vehicle title, the normal $12.00 fee paid to the county clerk for the salvage and good vehicle titles, and a notarized statement of labor repairs for road worthiness. People who do not live in Warren County must first go to their county clerk’s office for the salvage title and to their local sheriff’s office for the inspection before visiting the one-stop center in Bowling Green for the rebuilt title.

Governor Patton said, "This process should help people quickly obtain the legal title they need to drive their cars, without having to mail an application or drive to Frankfort. We understand how important it is for people to have access to their vehicles, so they can get to work and take care of storm damage problems."