Title 9, MOTOR VEHICLES

Sec. 2. The Indiana department of transportation or local authority, when charged with the repair or maintenance of a bridge, causeway, or viaduct, may reduce the gross load weight allowed on the structure below the maximum load prescribed in IC 9-20-4-1 and IC 9-20-5 if the auth…

Sec. 3. The order, resolution, or ordinance shall fix the gross weight allowed in percentage or maximum load prescribed in IC 9-20-4-1 and IC 9-20-5. An order, a resolution, or an ordinance does not take effect until signs indicating the gross weight allowed on a bridge, causeway…

Sec. 4. A vehicle may not be moved over a bridge, causeway, or viaduct when the vehicle's gross weight is greater than the gross weight allowed on the bridge, causeway, or viaduct. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-15(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

Sec. 5. IC 4-22-2 does not apply to a restriction or traffic control determination under this chapter that is by order of the Indiana department of transportation and entirely local in nature, applying to at least one (1) described bridge, causeway, or viaduct. [Pre-1991 Recodifi…

Sec. 1. A person may not drive or move on a highway a: (1) motor vehicle; (2) trailer; (3) semitrailer; (4) pole trailer; or (5) combination of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer; unless the equipment upon the vehicle is in good working order and adjustment, a…

Sec. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not drive or move a vehicle or equipment upon a highway with a lamp or device on the vehicle or equipment displaying light other than white or amber visible from directly in front of the center of the vehicle or equi…

Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a vehicle may not display flashing lights. (b) Flashing lights may be displayed on a vehicle as follows: (1) On an authorized emergency vehicle. (2) On a school bus. (3) On snow-removal equipment. (4) As a means of indicating a r…

Sec. 13. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-1-127.1(b) part; 9-8-6-45.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 8 of this chapter, each vehicle upon a highway: (1) between the time from sunset to sunrise; and (2) at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the h…

Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to a motorcycle or motor driven cycle. (b) A motor vehicle must display at least two (2) lighted lamps, one (1) on each side at the front of the motor vehicle. (c) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps required under subsection …

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps, and school bus warning lamps. (b) A lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle that projects a beam of light of an intensity g…

Sec. 5. (a) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent to a roadway during the times specified in section 2 of this chapter, the person who drives the motor vehicle shall use a distribution of light or composite beam directed high enough and of s…

Sec. 6. (a) Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required under section 2 of this chapter, the person who drives the vehicles operated in combination is not required to light any lamp (except tail lamps) that, because of th…

Sec. 7. (a) This subsection applies during the times specified in section 2 of this chapter. Whenever the load upon a vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the bed or body of the vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load a red light …

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to a vehicle that is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent to a roadway between thirty (30) minutes after sunset and thirty (30) minutes before sunrise. (b) If there is sufficient light to reveal a person or object within a distanc…

Sec. 9. A motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in section 2 of this chapter when equipped with two (2) lighted lamps upon the front of the motor vehicle capable of revealing persons and objects seventy-five (75) feet ahead instead of the lamps required und…

Sec. 1. (a) The bureau shall issue a learner's permit to an individual who satisfies the following conditions: (1) Makes a proper application in the form and manner prescribed by the bureau. (2) Except as provided in subsection (d), pays a fee under subsection (b) or (c), as appl…

Sec. 4. (a) A learner's permit authorizes the holder to operate a motor vehicle, except a motorcycle or a commercial motor vehicle, upon a highway under the following conditions: (1) While the holder is participating in practice driving in an approved driver education course and …

Sec. 5. A holder of a learner's permit may take the skills examination for a driver's license not later than the expiration date of the learner's permit. A holder who does not pass the skills examination after a third attempt is not eligible to take the examination until two (2) …

Sec. 6. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-9-53(c).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12.

Sec. 7. The bureau shall publish the following: (1) An online driving guide that may be used by the holder of a learner's permit and the parent of the holder of a learner's permit, if applicable. (2) An online log that must be completed to show evidence of the completion of the h…

Sec. 8. (a) The bureau may impose an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) if the bureau processes an application for a physical credential under this chapter in a period of time that is shorter than the normal processing period. The bureau shall deposit the fee in the comm…

Sec. 1. The bureau may not suspend or revoke the driver's license, driving privileges, or registration plates of the owner or operator of a motor vehicle who has been involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in bodily injury or death or in damage to property in excess of tw…

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to or affect the registration of a motor vehicle sold by a person who, under the terms or conditions of a written instrument giving a right of repossession, has exercised the right and has repossessed a motor vehicle from a person whose cer…

Sec. 3. (a) The bureau shall, upon request, cancel a bond or return a certificate of insurance, direct the treasurer of state to return to the person entitled any money or securities deposited under this article as proof of financial responsibility, or waive the requirement of fi…

Sec. 4. If a judgment is rendered against the principal of a surety bond upon a liability covered by the conditions of the bond and the judgment is not satisfied within sixty (60) days after the judgment becomes final, the judgment creditor may, for the judgment creditor's own us…

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to an Indiana resident or an individual who operates a motor vehicle in Indiana. (b) Subject to subsection (c), an individual: (1) whose driver's license, driving privileges, or registration was suspended and who is required to prove financ…

Sec. 1. If a fence adjacent to a highway maintained by the state is damaged or destroyed as the result of a traffic accident occurring on the state highway, the owner of the damaged fence shall notify the Indiana department of transportation of the occurrence of the accident and …

Sec. 2. The Indiana department of transportation shall furnish the labor used in the repair or replacement of the fence. The owner of the fence shall furnish the materials or money to cover the cost of materials for the repair or replacement of the fence. [Pre-1991 Recodification…

Sec. 3. This chapter does not mitigate or extinguish the liability of a person causing or responsible for damage to respond in damages. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-3-5-1(c).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.

Sec. 4. This chapter does not relieve the owner or operator of a motor vehicle involved in an accident subject to this chapter of compliance with this article. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-3-5-1(d).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies after December 31, 2011. As added by P.L.145-2011, SEC.22.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "rider coach trainer" means a licensed motorcycle operator who meets standards established by the bureau for instructors in motorcycle safety and education. As added by P.L.145-2011, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.551; P.L.178-2019, SEC.60.

Sec. 3. The bureau shall develop and administer a motorcycle operator safety education program that, at a minimum, must: (1) provide motorcycle operator education; (2) train and certify rider coach trainers; (3) increase public awareness of motorcycle safety; and (4) evaluate and…

Sec. 4. The commissioner shall appoint: (1) a program coordinator of the motorcycle operator safety education program developed under section 3 of this chapter who shall administer the motorcycle operator safety education program and conduct an annual evaluation; and (2) a traini…

Sec. 5. The bureau may enter into contracts with regional training centers or any other sites approved by the commissioner for the conduct of approved motorcycle driver education and training courses. If necessary, course sites may charge a reasonable tuition fee for the courses.…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 6. (a) The commissioner shall appoint a five (5) member advisory board consisting of at least three (3) active motorcyclists to serve in an advisory capacit…

Sec. 7. The motorcycle operator safety education fund is established. The commissioner shall administer the fund. The fund consists of money received from motorcycle registrations as provided under IC 9-18 (before its expiration) or IC 9-18.1-5-3. The money in the fund may be use…

Sec. 8. (a) The following are immune from civil liability for an act or omission occurring during a motorcycle operator safety education course that results in an injury or property damage: (1) The state of Indiana. (2) A regional training center contracted by the bureau or any o…

Sec. 0.5. This chapter does not apply to the operator of an electric personal assistive mobility device. As added by P.L.143-2002, SEC.9.

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "portable breath test" means a hand held apparatus that measures the alcohol concentration in a breath sample delivered by a person into the mouthpiece of the apparatus. (b) As used in this chapter, "fatal accident" means an accident, a collis…

Sec. 2. A person who operates a vehicle impliedly consents to submit to the portable breath test or chemical test under this chapter as a condition of operating a vehicle in Indiana. A person must submit to each portable breath test or chemical test offered by a law enforcement o…

Sec. 3. (a) A law enforcement officer shall offer a portable breath test or chemical test to any person who the officer has reason to believe operated a vehicle that was involved in a an accident involving serious bodily injury. If: (1) the results of a portable breath test indic…

Sec. 4. (a) If a chemical test conducted under this chapter involves an analysis of breath, the test must comply with the requirements under IC 9-30-6-5. (b) IC 9-30-6-6 applies if a physician or a person trained in obtaining bodily substance samples who is acting under the direc…

Sec. 5. (a) A person who refuses to submit to a portable breath test or chemical test offered under this chapter commits a Class C infraction. However, the person commits a Class A infraction if the person has at least one (1) previous conviction for operating while intoxicated. …

Sec. 1. (a) The dealer compliance account is established as a separate account to be administered by the secretary. The funds in the account must be available, with the approval of the budget agency, for use in enforcing and administering this article. (b) The expenses of adminis…