Title 9, TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES

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.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-1-2(j).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.210-2005, SEC.76.

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…

As added by P.L.125-2012, SEC.22. Repealed by P.L.198-2016, SEC.166.

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…

As added by P.L.216-2003, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.216-2014, SEC.21.

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. IC 9-13-2-173.3 "State highway fund" Sec. 173.3. "State highway fund" refers to the state highway fund established by IC 8-23-9-54. The term i…

As added by P.L.216-2014, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.169. Repealed by P.L.108-2019, SEC.159.

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 9-32-2-24.8. As added by P.L.134-2023, SEC.2.

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.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-7 part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.113-2014, SEC.17; P.L.217-2014, SEC.9.

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 a: (1) wireless telephone; (2) personal digital assistant; (3) …

As added by P.L.185-2011, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.100-2020, SEC.1.

As added by P.L.268-2003, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.198-2016, SEC.172.

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…

As added by P.L.65-1992, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.118-1993, SEC.8.

As added by P.L.86-1996, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.92-2013, SEC.9. Repealed by P.L.151-2015, SEC.3.

As added by P.L.86-1996, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.92-2013, SEC.10. Repealed by P.L.151-2015, SEC.4.

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…

Sec. 185. "Transfer dealer", for purposes of IC 9-32, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-32-2-25. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-10-1-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.268-2003, SEC.6; P.L.92-2013, SEC.34.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-2.5-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.198-2016, SEC.173.

Sec. 187. "Transport operator" means any of the following: (1) An Indiana business that furnishes drivers and operators for the purpose of transporting motor vehicles in transit from one (1) place to another by the drive away or tow away methods. (2) An Indiana business that prep…

As added by P.L.147-2002, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.135-2013, SEC.4. Expired by P.L.135-2013, SEC.4.

Sec. 188. (a) "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. (b) "Truck", for purposes of IC 9-21-8-3, includes the following: (1) A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing another vehicle and constructed to…

Sec. 188.3. "Truck camper" means a device without motive power that is installed in the bed of a truck to provide living quarters for persons traveling on a highway. As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.174.

As added by P.L.188-2006, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.142; P.L.145-2011, SEC.8; P.L.107-2012, SEC.1; P.L.125-2012, SEC.26; P.L.149-2015, SEC.26. Repealed by P.L.198-2016, SEC.175.

Sec. 189. (a) "Truck-tractor" means, except as provided in subsection (b), a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn. (b) "Truck-tractor", for purpose…

Sec. 19. "Certificate of compliance" means proof of financial responsibility presented to the bureau, in a manner prescribed by the bureau, in compliance with IC 9-25 or IC 9-26. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-2-1-2 part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.125-2…

As added by P.L.145-2011, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.198-2016, SEC.86.

Sec. 19.4. "Chaplain", for purposes of IC 9-19-14.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-19-14.5-0.5. As added by P.L.22-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2014, SEC.35.

Sec. 19.5. "Charge back", for purposes of IC 9-32, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-32-2-9. As added by P.L.68-2011, SEC.1; P.L.226-2011, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.92-2013, SEC.11.

Sec. 190. "Truck-tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer" refers to a combination of vehicles containing two (2) trailing units connected with a B-train assembly. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-2.2(a).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1.