Title 9, MOTOR VEHICLES

Sec. 157.5. "Roundabout" means a circular intersection or junction in which road traffic flows almost continuously in one (1) direction around a central island. As added by P.L.11-2017, SEC.1.

Sec. 158. "Safety glazing materials", for purposes of IC 9-19-19, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-19-19-1. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-40 part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1.

Sec. 159. "Safety zone" means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and that is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-17.] As …

Sec. 159.5. "Sale", for purposes of IC 9-32, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-32-2.1-36. As added by P.L.92-2013, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.104-2024, SEC.23.

Sec. 16. "Bureau", unless otherwise indicated, refers to the bureau of motor vehicles. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-1-12-1 part; 9-1.5-1-2; 9-4-1-10 part; 9-7-6-1 part; 9-7-15-1 part; 9-9-1.1-2 part; 9-11-1-2; 9-12-1-2.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.85-2…

Sec. 160. "Salvage vehicle" means any of the following: (1) A vehicle that meets at least one (1) of the criteria set forth in IC 9-22-3-3. (2) A vehicle, ownership of which is evidenced by a salvage title or by another ownership document of similar qualification and limitation i…

Sec. 161. (a) "School bus" means, except as provided in subsection (b), a bus used to transport preschool, elementary, or secondary school children to and from: (1) school; (2) school athletic games or contests; or (3) other school functions. (b) "School bus", for purposes of IC …

Sec. 161.3. "School crossing guard" means a person at least eighteen (18) years of age appointed by one (1) of the following: (1) Safety board. (2) Board of public works and safety. (3) Town board. (4) Board of public safety. (5) Sheriff. As added by P.L.116-1993, SEC.1.…

Sec. 161.5. "School crossing zone" means a part of a roadway distinctly indicated for crossing by children on the way to or from school by lines or other markings on the surface of the roadway or by signs. As added by P.L.116-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 162. "Scrap metal processor" means a person: (1) that engages in the acquisition of vehicles or the remains of vehicles; (2) that has facilities for processing iron, steel, or nonferrous scrap; and (3) whose principal product is scrap iron, scrap steel, or nonferrous scrap f…

Sec. 162.5. "Secretary", for purposes of IC 9-32, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-32-2.1-37. As added by P.L.92-2013, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.104-2024, SEC.24.

Sec. 163. (a) "Sectionalized building" means, except as provided in subsection (b), any part of a finished structure. (b) "Sectionalized building", for purposes of IC 9-20-15, means any part of a finished structure that has living quarters suitable for human use and that can be i…

Sec. 164. (a) "Semitrailer", except as provided in subsection (b), means a vehicle without motive power, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of the weight of the semitrailer and that of the semitrailer's load re…

Sec. 165. "Serious bodily injury" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-292. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-11-1-8.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.114-2012, SEC.20.

Sec. 166. "Shopping center" or "private business property", for purposes of IC 9-21-18, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-21-18-2. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-14-1(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1.

Sec. 167. "Sidewalk" means the part of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-14 part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1.

Sec. 167.5. "Snowmobile" has the meaning set forth in IC 14-8-2-261. As added by P.L.259-2013, SEC.9.

Sec. 168. "Solid tire" means a tire of rubber or other resilient material that does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-6 part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1.

Sec. 168.3. "Solid waste hauler", for purposes of IC 9-21-8, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-21-8-0.5. As added by P.L.188-2015, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.185-2018, SEC.31.

Sec. 17. "Bus" means a motor vehicle that is: (1) designed for carrying more than nine (9) passengers, including the driver; and (2) used to transport passengers. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-1-1-2(l); 9-7-3-1(a) part; subsection (b) formerly 9-4-…

Sec. 170. "Special group" means a class or group of persons that the bureau finds: (1) have made significant contributions to the United States, Indiana, or the group's community or are descendants of native or pioneer residents of Indiana; (2) are organized as a nonprofit organi…

Sec. 170.3. "Special machinery" means a vehicle: (1) that is designed and used to perform a specific function that is unrelated to transporting people or property on a highway; (2) on which is permanently mounted machinery or equipment used to perform operations unrelated to tran…

Sec. 170.7. "Special purpose bus" has the meaning set forth in IC 20-27-2-10. As added by P.L.107-2006, SEC.1.

Sec. 171. "Special tractor-mobile home rig" means any combination of a mobile home or sectionalized building and a towing vehicle having a width greater than one hundred forty-eight (148) inches and not greater than one hundred seventy-two (172) inches at the base and: (1) of whi…

Sec. 172. "Speed contest" means an unnecessary rapid acceleration by two (2) or more vehicles that creates a hazard to pedestrians, passengers, vehicles, or other property. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-6-1.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1.

Sec. 173. (a) "State" means, except as otherwise provided by this section and unless by the context some other state or territory or federal district of the United States is meant or intended, the state of Indiana. (b) "State", for purposes of IC 9-27-1, means the state of Indian…

Sec. 173.1. "State construction fund" refers to the state construction fund described in IC 7.1-4-8-1. As added by P.L.108-2019, SEC.158.

Sec. 173.3. "State highway fund" refers to the state highway fund established by IC 8-23-9-54. The term is synonymous with the primary highway system special account described in IC 8-14-2-1(1). As added by P.L.216-2014, SEC.22.

Sec. 173.7. "State motor vehicle technology fund" refers to the state motor vehicle technology fund established by IC 9-14-14-3. As added by P.L.216-2014, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.170.

Sec. 174. "Stinger-steered vehicle" means an automobile or a boat transporter configured as a semitrailer combination in which the fifth wheel is located as a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power unit. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-2.3 par…

Sec. 174.3. "Stop sale directive", for purposes of IC 9-32-11, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-32-2.1-39. As added by P.L.134-2023, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.104-2024, SEC.25.

Sec. 174.5. "Storage yard" for purposes of IC 9-22-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-22-1-3.5. As added by P.L.104-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 175. "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. The term includes an alley in a city or town. [Pre-1991 Recodification Ci…

Sec. 175.5. "Supplemental restraint system", for purposes of IC 9-19-10.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-19-10.5-1. As added by P.L.120-2020, SEC.15.

Sec. 177. "Tandem axle group" means two (2) or more axles spaced more than forty (40) inches and less than ninety-six (96) inches. For the purpose of enforcing the single axle weight limitation, the third axle of a tri-axle group of a truck shall be treated as if it were a single…

Sec. 177.3. (a) "Telecommunications device", for purposes of IC 9-21-8, IC 9-25-4-7, IC 9-24-11-3.3 (before its repeal), and IC 9-24-11-3.7, means an electronic or digital telecommunications device. The term includes the following: (1) A wireless telephone, personal digital assis…

Sec. 178. "Through highway" means a highway or portion of a highway at the entrance to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield right-of-way to vehicles on the through highway in obedience to either a stop sign or a yield sign. [Pre-1991 Reco…

Sec. 179. "Towing service" means a person that engages in moving or removing abandoned or disabled vehicles and, once the vehicles are moved or removed, stores or impounds the vehicles. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-9-1.1-2 part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by …

Sec. 18. "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when at least fifty percent (50%) of the frontage of the territory for a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet is occupied by buildings in use for business. [Pre-1991 Recodification Cita…

Sec. 18.3. "Camping trailer", for purposes of section 150 of this chapter and IC 9-32-19, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-32-19-3. As added by P.L.42-2025, SEC.2.

Sec. 18.8. "Catastrophic injury" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-34.5. As added by P.L.184-2019, SEC.1.

Sec. 180. "Tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing or propelling trailers, semitrailers, or vehicles of any kind. The term does not include a farm tractor. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-1-2(g).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L…

Sec. 181. "Tractor-mobile home rig" means a combination of a mobile home or sectionalized building and a towing vehicle having either a combined overall length of more than sixty (60) feet and not more than one hundred ten (110) feet of which: (1) the mobile home, including the h…

Sec. 182. "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-20.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.113-2014, SEC.18;…

Sec. 183. "Traffic offense" means: (1) a violation of a statute, an ordinance, a rule, or a regulation relating to the operation or use of motor vehicles; and (2) any violation of a statute, an ordinance, a rule, or a regulation relating to the use of streets and highways by pede…

Sec. 184. (a) "Trailer" means, except as otherwise provided in this section, a vehicle: (1) without motive power; (2) designed for carrying persons or property; (3) designed for being drawn by a motor vehicle; and (4) so constructed that no part of the weight of the trailer rests…