Kentucky program
A free temporary accessible parking placard
A temporary parking placard helps when your child has a certified severe mobility impairment.
What it is
A temporary parking placard helps when your child has a certified severe mobility impairment.
A qualifying mobility impairment can make parking closer useful during or after treatment. The county clerk reviews permitted professional certification or the observation allowed by law. A diagnosis alone does not establish eligibility.
Eligibility rules
- A severe temporary impairment that limits mobility, certified within the last 60 days.
- You must live in Kentucky.
What you get
- A free accessible parking placard valid for up to three months.
Amounts and limits
- Cost of a temporary placard: $0.
- Maximum validity: 3 months.
- Maximum age of the clinical statement at application: 60 days.
If you decide to apply
- Ask your clinician whether your child meets the mobility criteria for form TC 96-347.
- If certified, take the completed form to your county clerk within 60 days of the clinical statement.
Temporary parking placard: 502-564-4890 · Official page ↗
If you decide to apply
- The decision comes from the county clerk.
Good to know
The clinical statement’s date matters. A statement more than 60 days old does not meet the application rule.
Other details
- Certification can come from a physician, physician assistant, physical or occupational therapist, chiropractor or advanced practice registered nurse. The statute also allows the clerk’s qualifying observation. Initial issuance is free; replacement rules differ.
Official sources
“Would a parking placard help and fit our child’s mobility needs, what are its limits, and could you help us decide whether to request one?”
Why I’m asking: I want to understand whether temporary parking access could make clinic visits easier.
More background and detailed requirements
Additional program information and published rules
Who does what
The three parts, side by side. The agency decides; nobody on this page does.
You
Get the form signed at a clinic visit and take it to the clerk.
Your social worker
A clinician signs the statement.
The care team
A nurse practitioner or therapist can sign, not only a doctor.
- Who decides
- The county clerk.
- Ask the care team
- “Can you sign the temporary parking placard form today? I need to take it to the county clerk within 60 days.”
How to apply
First step: Print form TC 96-347 and take it to the next clinic visit for signing.
- Print form TC 96-347 and take it to the next clinic visit for signing.
- Take it to the county clerk within 60 days of the signature.
Official application / program page ↗
Where it starts: Complete form TC 96-347 with a clinician's statement and take it to your county clerk.
What to gather
- Form TC 96-347
- The signed clinical statement
- The vehicle registration details
How long: Issued at the county clerk's counter.
What a yes looks like
A placard with an expiry date up to three months away.
What a no looks like, and the next move
Check the statement's date: over 60 days old is the usual reason.
Watch out
- The clinical statement has to be dated within 60 days of the application.
The numbers and the rules
The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.
What it is worth
A free placard valid for up to three months, issued by the county clerk.
- $0 — Cost of a temporary placard
- $3 — Maximum validity
- $60 — Maximum age of the clinical statement at application
Covers: A placard for accessible parking
What it costs the family: Free.
The eligibility facts, as published
- Medical
- a severe temporary impairment that limits mobility, certified within the last 60 days
- Residency
- Kentucky
The trap: The clinical statement has to be dated within 60 days of the application, so get the form signed close to the day you take it in, not months before.
Where I read this
- KRS 189.458 — Temporary accessible parking placard — Kentucky Legislature, read September 10, 2026
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet — TC 96-347 application — Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, read September 10, 2026