Title 9, MOTOR VEHICLES

Sec. 4. (a) The fees for a kids first trust license plate are as follows: (1) An annual supplemental fee of fifteen dollars ($15) under IC 9-18.5-12-16. (2) An annual fee of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) as provided in IC 9-18.5-12-14(d)(2) or IC 9-18.5-12-15(b). (b) Th…

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies only to a license plate issued under IC 9-18-3-5(b) (before its expiration) or IC 9-18.1-9-4. (b) A municipal corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-10) that registers a vehicle under this title is eligible to receive a kids first trust license plat…

Sec. 1. A person may not operate a motor vehicle for the transportation of explosives unless the motor vehicle is equipped with the equipment required under IC 9-19-5-6(d). [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-41(b) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7.

Sec. 2. A person operating a vehicle transporting an explosive as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a highway shall comply with this chapter. This chapter does not apply to a vehicle transporting an interstate shipment or shipments that is otherwise in compliance with the regulatio…

Sec. 3. A vehicle transporting explosives must meet one (1) of the following requirements: (1) Be marked or placarded on each side and the rear with the word "explosives" in letters not less than eight (8) inches high. (2) Have displayed on the rear of the vehicle a red flag not …

Sec. 4. A vehicle transporting explosives must be equipped with not less than two (2) fire extinguishers, filled and ready for immediate use and placed at a convenient point on the vehicle. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-43(b) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7.

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to a person who owns or operates a vehicle or combination of vehicles that: (1) contains parts and accessories; and (2) is equipped; as required under regulations of the United States Department of Transportation. (b) A person who violates …

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "person" means: (1) a mobile home or sectionalized building transport company; (2) a mobile home or sectionalized building manufacturer; (3) a mobile home or sectionalized building dealer; or (4) a mobile home or sectionalized building owner. As…

Sec. 1. (a) A person may not operate a special tractor-mobile home rig on a highway unless the person first secures a permit to operate the rig from: (1) the Indiana department of transportation; or (2) an agency or a political subdivision of the state designated by the departmen…

Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana department of transportation may grant a permit to operate a special tractor-mobile home rig on a highway to a person upon the following conditions and in accordance with the rules that the department prescribes: (1) The special tractor-mobile home rig mus…

Sec. 2.1. (a) Notwithstanding IC 9-20-14 or this chapter, a manufacturer of mobile homes or an agent of a manufacturer of mobile homes may transport a tractor-mobile home rig of any size permitted under IC 9-20-14 or this chapter from the manufacturing facility to a storage lot i…

Sec. 3. A special tractor-mobile home rig that is: (1) more than thirteen (13) feet, six (6) inches, in height, but less than fourteen (14) feet, six (6) inches, in height; and (2) not wider than one hundred forty-eight (148) inches at the base; is subject to section 2 of this ch…

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "individual owner" means the owner of a mobile home or sectionalized building who bought the mobile home or sectionalized building for the owner's personal or business use and not for immediate resale. (b) The Indiana department of transportat…

Sec. 5. This chapter does not apply to interstate highways to the extent that the application of this chapter to those highways would cause the state to be deprived of any federal funds for highway purposes. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1.6-5.] As added by P.L.2-1991, S…

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "extra wide manufactured home rig" means any combination of a manufactured home or sectionalized building and a towing vehicle having all of the following dimensions: (1) Some part of the combination with a width greater than one hundred seven…

Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to a person that purchases a quarterly or an annual permit under section 1 of this chapter to move a special tractor-mobile home rig. (b) A person described in subsection (a) shall use only the permissible routes for moving a special tractor-mobil…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following vehicles: (1) A motor truck. (2) A passenger bus. (3) A truck tractor. (4) A trailer. (5) A semitrailer. (6) A pole trailer. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-42(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.…

Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter, whenever a vehicle is disabled upon the traveled portion of a highway or the shoulder of a highway outside of a municipality at a time when lighted lamps are required on vehicles, the person who drives the vehicle shall dis…

Sec. 3. If a vehicle is disabled within five hundred (500) feet of a curve, hillcrest, or other obstruction to view, the warning signal in that direction shall be placed to afford ample warning to other users of the highway. The warning signal may not be placed less than five hun…

Sec. 4. Whenever a vehicle is disabled upon a roadway of a divided highway during the time that lights are required, the warning devices prescribed in sections 2 and 6 of this chapter shall be placed as follows: (1) One (1) device at a distance of approximately two hundred (200) …

Sec. 5. Whenever a vehicle is disabled upon the traveled part of the highway or the shoulder of the highway outside of a municipality at a time when the display of fusees, flares, red electric lanterns, or portable red emergency reflectors is not required under this chapter, the …

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) A motor vehicle used in the transportation of explosives. (2) A cargo truck used for the transportation of a flammable liquid or compressed flammable gas. (3) A motor vehicle that uses compressed gas as a fuel. (b) Whenever a…

Sec. 7. A flare, fusee, red electric lantern, portable red emergency reflector, and flag to be displayed under this chapter must conform with the requirements of IC 9-19. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-43(f).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

Sec. 8. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-45.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "mobile home" has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-103.2. The term includes a manufactured home (as defined in IC 9-13-2-96(a)). As added by P.L.108-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.256-2017, SEC.163; P.L.157-2026, SEC.206.

Sec. 1.3. This chapter does not apply to a mobile home that is located in a mobile home community (as defined in IC 16-41-27-5). As added by P.L.71-2015, SEC.3.

Sec. 1.5. For purposes of this chapter, a mobile home is considered "abandoned" if three (3) or more of the conditions set forth in IC 32-30-10.6-5(a) exist with respect to the mobile home. As added by P.L.71-2015, SEC.4.

Sec. 2. A private landowner who finds a mobile home that the person believes to be abandoned on real estate the person owns or controls, including rental property, may sell or salvage the mobile home if it was built at least fifteen (15) years ago and has been left without permis…

Sec. 3. (a) A landowner shall send notice of a mobile home described in section 2 of this chapter as follows: (1) To the owner of the mobile home at the last known address of the owner as shown by: (A) the records of the bureau; or (B) if the unique serial number or special ident…

Sec. 4. The landowner shall: (1) request that a search be performed in the records of the bureau or the county assessor, in accordance with section 3(a)(1) of this chapter, for the name and address of the owner of the mobile home and the name and address of any person holding a l…

Sec. 5. (a) Upon payment of the bid price by the purchaser, the landowner shall provide the purchaser with the affidavit of sale or disposal described in this chapter. (b) If the auction produces a purchaser, notwithstanding IC 6-1.1-23, the landowner shall distribute the amount …

Sec. 6. The affidavit of sale or disposal under this chapter constitutes proof of ownership and right to have the mobile home titled in the purchaser's, landowner's, or donee's name under section 7 of this chapter. As added by P.L.108-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.375…

Sec. 7. After the purchaser, landowner, or donee: (1) presents the bureau with the affidavit of sale; (2) completes an application for title under IC 9-17 with any other information the bureau requires; and (3) pays any applicable fee; the bureau shall issue to the purchaser, lan…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "alcoholic beverage" has the meaning set forth in IC 7.1-1-3-5. As added by P.L.53-1994, SEC.11.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "container" has the meaning set forth in IC 7.1-1-3-13. As added by P.L.53-1994, SEC.11.

Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to the following: (1) A container possessed by a person, other than the operator of the motor vehicle, who is in the: (A) passenger compartment of a motor vehicle designed, maintained, or used primarily for the transportation of persons for…

Sec. 4. The operator of a motor vehicle who knowingly consumes an alcoholic beverage while the motor vehicle is being operated upon a public highway commits a Class B infraction. As added by P.L.53-1994, SEC.11.

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to a franchise if: (1) the franchise is granted to a dealer other than a new motor vehicle dealer; and (2) the franchise or other written document filed with the franchisor includes the franchisee's designation of a successor to the franchise w…

Sec. 2. A designated family member of a deceased or incapacitated franchisee may succeed the franchisee under the existing franchise if: (1) the manufacturer or distributor determines, subject to section 3 of this chapter, that the existing franchise should be honored; and (2) th…

Sec. 3. A manufacturer or distributor may refuse to honor the succession of an existing franchise under section 2 of this chapter only for good cause. As added by P.L.92-2013, SEC.78.

Sec. 4. To qualify under section 2 of this chapter to succeed a franchisee under the existing franchise, a designated family member must do all the following: (1) Not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the franchisee's death or disability, give the manufacturer or dis…

Sec. 5. (a) Not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of: (1) notice from a designated family member under section 4(1) of this chapter; or (2) requested personal or financial data under section 4(4) of this chapter; a manufacturer or distributor that determines that good caus…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to annual motor vehicle registrations occurring after December 31, 2017. (b) This chapter does not apply to the following vehicles: (1) Trailers. (2) Semitrailers. (3) Nonmotive recreational vehicles. (4) Special machinery. (5) Vehicles registered…

Sec. 2. (a) Each year, the owner of a motor vehicle that is registered in Indiana shall pay a transportation infrastructure improvement fee. (b) The amount of the annual transportation infrastructure improvement fee is fifteen dollars ($15). (c) The transportation infrastructure …

Sec. 3. Fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the local road and bridge matching grant fund established by IC 8-23-30. As added by P.L.218-2017, SEC.89.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "school corporation" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-17. [Pre-2016 Revision Citation: 9-18-31-1.] As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.327.