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Chapter 1. Definitions
9-18.1-1-1. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this article. As...
9-18.1-1-2. "Declared Gross Weight" - Sec. 2. "Declared gross weight" means the following: (1) For...
9-18.1-1-3. "Distinctive License Plate" - Sec. 3. "Distinctive license plate" refers to a license plate...
9-18.1-1-4. "License Plate" - Sec. 4. "License plate" includes the following: (1) A license...
9-18.1-1-4.5. "Permanent Registration" - Sec. 4.5. "Permanent registration" refers to: (1) a certificate of...
9-18.1-1-5. "Proof of Registration" - Sec. 5. "Proof of registration" includes the following: (1) A...
Chapter 2. Application
9-18.1-2-1. Applicability of Article; Validity of Certificate or Proof of Registration Issued Under Ic 9-18 (Before Its Expiration) - Sec. 1. (a) This article applies after December 31, 2016....
9-18.1-2-2. Vehicles Not Required to Be Registered - Sec. 2. The following vehicles are not required to be...
9-18.1-2-3. Registration Required for Operation on Highway - Sec. 3. Except as provided in sections 4 through 9...
9-18.1-2-4. Semitrailer or Trailer Used With Apportionable Vehicle; Exception - Sec. 4. A semitrailer or trailer that is used in...
9-18.1-2-5. Vehicle Operated by Nonresident; Exception - Sec. 5. (a) A nonresident that owns a vehicle that:...
9-18.1-2-6. Operation of Vehicle on Highway by Nonresident - Sec. 6. A nonresident that becomes an Indiana resident may...
9-18.1-2-7. Vehicle Registered in Another State; Exception - Sec. 7. An Indiana resident that: (1) has a legal...
9-18.1-2-8. Newly Acquired Vehicle; Exception - Sec. 8. A person that acquires a vehicle may operate...
9-18.1-2-9. Apportionable Vehicle; Exception - Sec. 9. A person may operate a vehicle that is...
9-18.1-2-10. Actions by Law Enforcement Officers - Sec. 10. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a law enforcement...
9-18.1-2-11. Failure to Register; Violation - Sec. 11. A person that fails to register a vehicle...
9-18.1-2-12. Registration in Other State; Violation - Sec. 12. A person that knowingly or intentionally owns a...
Chapter 3. General Procedures
9-18.1-3-1. Application; Violation - Sec. 1. (a) A person that desires to register a...
9-18.1-3-2. Certificate of Title Required; Violation - Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to the...
9-18.1-3-3. Identification Number Required - Sec. 3. The bureau may not register a vehicle that...
9-18.1-3-4. Payment of or Exemption From Excise Tax - Sec. 4. The bureau may not register a vehicle unless...
9-18.1-3-5. Proof of Financial Responsibility Required - Sec. 5. The bureau may not register a motor vehicle...
9-18.1-3-6. Vehicles Bureau May Not Register - Sec. 6. The bureau may not register the following vehicles:...
9-18.1-3-7. Withholding Registration of Vehicle Used in Commission of Toll Violation; Reinstatement; Fee - Sec. 7. (a) Upon receiving notice, as described in IC...
9-18.1-3-8. Suspension of Registration; Notice; Reinstatement - Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), upon...
9-18.1-3-9. Donations to Anatomical Gift Promotion Fund - Sec. 9. A person that registers a vehicle may indicate...
9-18.1-3-10. Genuineness, Regularity, and Legality of Application - Sec. 10. (a) The bureau shall use due diligence in...
Chapter 4. Proof of Registration
9-18.1-4-1. Registration; Proof of Registration - Sec. 1. (a) If the bureau determines that a person...
9-18.1-4-2. Requirement to Carry Certificate of Registration; Violation - Sec. 2. (a) The bureau shall adopt rules under IC...
9-18.1-4-3. Display of Proof of Registration; Rules - Sec. 3. The bureau shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...
9-18.1-4-4. Display of License Plates; Violation - Sec. 4. (a) License plates shall be displayed on a...
9-18.1-4-5. Operation of Vehicle on Highway Without Proper Proof of Registration; Violation - Sec. 5. (a) A vehicle required to be registered under...
9-18.1-4-6. Transfer of Ownership of Vehicle; Expiration of Registration - Sec. 6. (a) If the ownership of a vehicle registered...
9-18.1-4-7. Proof of Registration Remains Property of Bureau - Sec. 7. A license plate or other proof of registration...
9-18.1-4-8. Sale of False Certificate of Registration; Violation - Sec. 8. A person that knowingly sells, offers to sell,...
9-18.1-4-9. Notice of Motor Vehicle Safety Recall; Fee for Providing Information Prohibited; Liability - Sec. 9. (a) The bureau may provide notice of a...
Chapter 5. Vehicle Classification and Registration Fees
9-18.1-5-1. Classification of Vehicles by Bureau - Sec. 1. (a) The bureau shall classify each vehicle that...
9-18.1-5-2. Passenger Motor Vehicles; Fee - Sec. 2. (a) The bureau shall classify the following as...
9-18.1-5-3. Motorcycle or Motor Driven Cycle; Fee - Sec. 3. The fee to register a motorcycle or motor...
9-18.1-5-4. Not-for-Hire Bus; Fee - Sec. 4. (a) The fee to register a not-for-hire bus...
9-18.1-5-5. Collector Vehicle; Fee - Sec. 5. The fee to register a collector vehicle is...
9-18.1-5-6. Recreational Vehicle; Fee - Sec. 6. The fee to register a recreational vehicle is...
9-18.1-5-7. Special Machinery; Fee - Sec. 7. The fee to register special machinery is sixteen...
9-18.1-5-8. Trailer; Fee - Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in sections 11 and...
9-18.1-5-9. Truck, Tractor Used With Semitrailer, or For-Hire Bus; Fee - Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in section 11 of...
9-18.1-5-10. Semitrailers; Fee; Permanent Registration - Sec. 10. (a) The following vehicles shall be registered as...
9-18.1-5-10.5. International Registration Plan; Distribution of Fee Revenue - Sec. 10.5. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2017....
9-18.1-5-11. Partial Year Registration - Sec. 11. (a) This section applies to the following vehicles:...
9-18.1-5-12. Supplemental Fee; Electric Vehicles; Hybrid Vehicles - Sec. 12. (a) The supplemental fee in this section applies...
9-18.1-5-13. Trailer Registration; Gross Vehicle Weight; Fee; Distribution of Tax - Sec. 13. (a) A trailer registration under this section applies...
Chapter 6. Recovery Vehicles
9-18.1-6-1. Conditions for Registration as Recovery Vehicle - Sec. 1. A vehicle that satisfies the following conditions may...
9-18.1-6-2. Registration as Recovery Vehicle Required to Operate Recovery Vehicle; Violation - Sec. 2. A person may not operate a recovery vehicle...
9-18.1-6-3. Use of Vehicle Not Qualified to Register as Recovery Vehicle; Violation - Sec. 3. A person may not operate a vehicle on...
9-18.1-6-4. Registration Fee - Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), the...
9-18.1-6-5. Applicability; Exception - Sec. 5. This chapter does not apply to a truck...
Chapter 7. Farm Vehicles
9-18.1-7-1. Conditions for Registration as Farm Vehicle - Sec. 1. A vehicle that satisfies the following conditions may...
9-18.1-7-2. Personal Use Permitted - Sec. 2. A farm vehicle may be used for personal...
9-18.1-7-3. Fee to Register Farm Vehicle That Is a Trailer With a Declared Gross Weight of More Than 9,000 Pounds - Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 7 of this...
9-18.1-7-4. Fee to Register Farm Vehicle That Is a Truck or Tractor Used With a Semitrailer - Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 7 of this...
9-18.1-7-5. Distribution of Registration Fees - Sec. 5. A fee to register a farm vehicle under...
9-18.1-7-6. Fee for Permanent Registration of Farm Vehicle That Is Semitrailer; Annual Renewal - Sec. 6. (a) The fee for permanent registration of a...
9-18.1-7-7. Partial Year Registration; Fee - Sec. 7. The fee to register a farm vehicle for...
9-18.1-7-8. Change of Registration From Farm Vehicle; Amended Certificate of Registration; Fee - Sec. 8. (a) If a person has registered a vehicle...
9-18.1-7-9. Operation of Farm Vehicle in Conduct of Commercial Enterprise; Violation - Sec. 9. A person that operates a farm vehicle: (1)...
9-18.1-7-10. Improper Operation of Farm Vehicle Is Continuing Offense - Sec. 10. The operation of a vehicle in violation of...
Chapter 8. Military Vehicles
9-18.1-8-1. Registration of Vehicle as Military Vehicle - Sec. 1. A person that owns a military vehicle displaying...
9-18.1-8-2. Display of License Plate Not Required - Sec. 2. A military vehicle that is registered under this...
9-18.1-8-3. Military Vehicle Identification Number - Sec. 3. The registration number for a military vehicle registered...
9-18.1-8-4. Permanent Registration; Fee - Sec. 4. The registration of a military vehicle under this...
9-18.1-8-5. Annual Renewal of Permanent Registration - Sec. 5. A permanent registration under section 4 of this...
Chapter 9. Vehicles Used for Official Business
9-18.1-9-1. Exemption From Registration Fees - Sec. 1. A vehicle that is owned or leased and...
9-18.1-9-2. Issuance of License Plate - Sec. 2. The bureau may issue a license plate under...
9-18.1-9-3. Assignment of Permanent License Plates and Registration Cards; Rules - Sec. 3. The bureau may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...
9-18.1-9-4. Confidential License Plate or Other Proof of Registration for Investigative Purposes - Sec. 4. The bureau may issue a confidential license plate...
Chapter 10. Fleet Registration Program
9-18.1-10-1. "Fleet Operator" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fleet operator" means...
9-18.1-10-2. "Fleet Vehicle" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fleet vehicle" means...
9-18.1-10-3. "Operator" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "operator" means an...
9-18.1-10-4. "Program" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to...
9-18.1-10-5. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 5. This chapter does not apply to a vehicle...
9-18.1-10-6. Fleet Registration Program Established - Sec. 6. (a) The fleet registration program is established to...
9-18.1-10-7. Application; Form and Manner; Expiration - Sec. 7. (a) An operator may apply to the bureau...
9-18.1-10-8. Termination of Participation - Sec. 8. (a) The bureau shall terminate the participation in...
9-18.1-10-9. Validity of Certificate of Registration - Sec. 9. A certificate of registration as a fleet vehicle...
9-18.1-10-10. Fee - Sec. 10. The fee to register a vehicle as a...
9-18.1-10-11. Fleet Vehicle License Plate - Sec. 11. The bureau shall design a fleet vehicle license...
9-18.1-10-12. Applicability of Laws, Rules, and Regulations to Fleet Vehicles - Sec. 12. A fleet vehicle is subject to all applicable...
Chapter 11. Expiration, Replacement, and Transfer of Registrations
9-18.1-11-1. Schedule of Expiration Dates - Sec. 1. The bureau shall establish and publish a schedule...
9-18.1-11-2. Operation of Vehicle With Expired License Plates; Violation - Sec. 2. (a) If the date on which the registration...
9-18.1-11-3. Registration Period; Renewal - Sec. 3. (a) Upon becoming subject to registration under this...
9-18.1-11-4. Vehicle Subject to Continuous Registration; Affidavit of Nonuse - Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
9-18.1-11-5. Delinquent Registration; Administrative Penalty; Violation - Sec. 5. (a) The bureau shall collect an administrative penalty...
9-18.1-11-6. Transfer of Registration and License Plate Fee - Sec. 6. (a) A person that sells or otherwise disposes...
9-18.1-11-7. Refund of Unused Registration Fees Prohibited; Exceptions - Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in IC 9-33-3 and...
9-18.1-11-8. Duplicate or Replacement License Plate or Other Proof of Registration; Notice to Law Enforcement; Fee - Sec. 8. (a) If a license plate or other proof...
9-18.1-11-9. Change of Ownership of Vehicle; Amended Certificate of Registration; Fee - Sec. 9. (a) A person that owns a vehicle may...
9-18.1-11-10. Application to Display Different License Plate; Fee - Sec. 10. (a) A person that owns a vehicle may...
Chapter 12. Temporary Permits
9-18.1-12-1. Mini-Trucks; Exception - Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to mini-trucks. [Pre-2016...
9-18.1-12-2. Application; Fee; Period of Validity; Display - Sec. 2. (a) A person may apply to the bureau...
9-18.1-12-3. Operation of Vehicle Without Certificate of Title or Registration; Period of Validity; Violation - Sec. 3. (a) A person that owns a vehicle may...
Chapter 13. Department of State Revenue Registrations and Permits
9-18.1-13-1. "Commercial Vehicle" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commercial vehicle" means...
9-18.1-13-2. Authority of Department of State Revenue - Sec. 2. (a) The authority granted to the bureau throughout...
9-18.1-13-3. Registration; License Plates; Transfers - Sec. 3. (a) Upon payment of the annual registration fee...
9-18.1-13-4. Vehicle Registrations Subject to International Registration Plan; Distinctive Cab Card; Fee - Sec. 4. (a) The department of state revenue shall administer...
9-18.1-13-5. Trip Permit; Violation - Sec. 5. (a) A trip permit may be issued for:...
9-18.1-13-6. Hunter's Permit; Transfer - Sec. 6. (a) When a hunter's permit is applied for...
9-18.1-13-7. Delinquent Registration; Administrative Penalty - Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
Chapter 14. Off-Road Vehicles and Snowmobiles
9-18.1-14-1. Registration; Exceptions - Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided under subsections (b) and...
9-18.1-14-2. Application; False Statement; Violation - Sec. 2. (a) A person that desires to register an...
9-18.1-14-3. Determination of Genuineness, Regularity, and Legality; Certificates of Registration and Decals - Sec. 3. (a) The bureau shall use due diligence in...
9-18.1-14-4. Fee; Term of Validity - Sec. 4. (a) The fee to register an off-road vehicle...
9-18.1-14-5. Certificate of Registration; Decals; Display; Violation - Sec. 5. (a) The bureau may adopt rules under IC...
9-18.1-14-6. Delinquent Registration or Renewal; Administration Penalty; Violation - Sec. 6. (a) The bureau shall collect an administrative penalty...
9-18.1-14-7. Replacement Certificate of Registration or Decal; Notice to Law Enforcement; Fee - Sec. 7. (a) If a certificate of registration or decal...
9-18.1-14-8. Change of Ownership; Amended Certificate of Registration; Fee - Sec. 8. (a) A person that owns an off-road vehicle...
9-18.1-14-9. Additional Certificates of Registration for Certain Off-Road Vehicles and Snowmobiles; Fee - Sec. 9. (a) A manufacturer or person engaged in the...
9-18.1-14-10. Identifying Vehicle Number; Violations - Sec. 10. (a) A manufacturer of an off-road vehicle or...
9-18.1-14-11. Helmet Requirements for Off-Road Vehicle Operators - Sec. 11. (a) An individual less than eighteen (18) years...
Chapter 14.5. Watercraft
9-18.1-14.5-1. Registration; Exceptions - Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
9-18.1-14.5-2. Application; False Statement; Violation - Sec. 2. (a) A person that desires to register a...
9-18.1-14.5-3. Registration; Requirements - Sec. 3. The bureau may not register a watercraft unless:...
9-18.1-14.5-4. Determination of Genuineness, Regularity, and Legality - Sec. 4. (a) The bureau shall use due diligence in...
9-18.1-14.5-5. Certificates of Registration and Decals - Sec. 5. (a) If the bureau determines that a person...
9-18.1-14.5-6. Fee - Sec. 6. (a) A request for registration under this chapter...
9-18.1-14.5-7. Exempted Vehicles - Sec. 7. (a) A watercraft that is owned or leased...
9-18.1-14.5-8. Term of Validity - Sec. 8. (a) A watercraft becomes subject to registration under...
9-18.1-14.5-9. Operation of a Watercraft With Expired Plates; Violation - Sec. 9. (a) If the date on which the registration...
9-18.1-14.5-10. Delinquent Registration Renewal; Administration Penalty; Violation - Sec. 10. (a) The bureau shall collect an administrative penalty...
9-18.1-14.5-11. Replacement Certificate of Registration or Decal; Notice to Law Enforcement; Fee - Sec. 11. (a) If a certificate of registration or decal...
9-18.1-14.5-12. Change of Ownership; Amended Certificate of Registration; Fee - Sec. 12. (a) A person that owns a watercraft that...
9-18.1-14.5-13. Duties of the Bureau - Sec. 13. (a) If an agency of the federal government...
9-18.1-14.5-14. Enforcement - Sec. 14. Every law enforcement officer of this state and...
Chapter 15. Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Fee
9-18.1-15-1. Applicability - Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to annual motor vehicle...
9-18.1-15-2. Imposition - Sec. 2. (a) Each year, the owner of a motor...
9-18.1-15-3. Distribution - Sec. 3. Fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited...