Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article does not apply to the following with respect to equipment on vehicles: (1) Implements of agriculture designed to be operated primarily in a farm field or on farm premises. (2) Road machinery. (3) Road rollers. (4) Farm tractors. (5) Vehicle chassis that: (A) are a part of a vehicle manufacturer's work in process; and (B) are: (i) driven under this subdivision only for a distance of less than one (1) mile; or (ii) towed under this subdivision only for a distance of less than forty (40) miles on a highway that is not an interstate highway. (6) Golf carts and off-road vehicles when operated in accordance with an ordinance adopted under IC 9-21-1-3(a)(14) or IC 9-21-1-3.3(a). (b) A farm type dry or liquid fertilizer tank trailer or spreader that is drawn or towed on
a highway by a motor vehicle other than a farm tractor at a speed greater than thirty (30) miles per hour is considered a trailer for equipment requirement purposes and all equipment requirements concerning trailers apply. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-8-6-2(c); 9-8-6-2(d).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.98-1991, SEC.1; P.L.210-2005, SEC.27; P.L.150-2009, SEC.7; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.289; P.L.259-2013, SEC.14; P.L.2-2026, SEC.1.