2006 Indiana Code - CHAPTER 9. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE OR PERMIT

IC 9-24-9
     Chapter 9. Application for License or Permit

IC 9-24-9-1
Forms; affidavits; personal presentation
     Sec. 1. (a) Each application for a permit or license under this chapter must:
        (1) be made upon the approved form for the application furnished by the bureau;
        (2) include a signed affidavit in which the applicant swears or affirms that the information set forth in the application by the applicant is correct; and
        (3) include a voter registration form as provided in IC 3-7-14 and 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-3(c)(1).
The application must be presented in person.
    (b) The Indiana election commission may prescribe a voter registration form for use under subsection (a) that is a separate document from the remaining portions of the application described in subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) if the voter registration form remains a part of the application, as required under 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-3(c)(1).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.12-1995, SEC.116; P.L.2-1996, SEC.228.

IC 9-24-9-2
Required information
     Sec. 2. Each application for a license or permit under this chapter must require the following information:
        (1) The name, date of birth, sex, Social Security number, and mailing address and, if different from the mailing address, the residence address of the applicant. The applicant shall indicate to the bureau:
            (A) which address the license or permit shall contain; and
            (B) whether the Social Security number or another distinguishing number shall be the distinctive identification number used on the license or permit.
        (2) Whether the applicant has been licensed as an operator, a chauffeur, or a public passenger chauffeur or has been the holder of a learner's permit, and if so, when and by what state.
        (3) Whether the applicant's license or permit has ever been suspended or revoked, and if so, the date of and the reason for the suspension or revocation.
        (4) Whether the applicant has been convicted of a crime punishable as a felony under Indiana motor vehicle law or any other felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used.
        (5) Whether the applicant has a physical or mental disability, and if so, the nature of the disability and other information the bureau directs.
The bureau shall maintain records of the information provided under subdivisions (1) through (5). As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.39-2000, SEC.10; P.L.138-2001, SEC.1; P.L.176-2001, SEC.12; P.L.1-2002, SEC.44; P.L.123-2005, SEC.2.

IC 9-24-9-3
Applications of minors; signing and swearing by parents, guardians, custodians, employers, or responsible individuals
     Sec. 3. The application of an individual less than eighteen (18) years of age for a permit or license under this chapter must be signed and sworn to or affirmed by one (1) of the following in order of preference:
        (1) The parent having custody of the minor applicant or a designee of the custodial parent specified by the custodial parent.
        (2) The noncustodial parent (as defined in IC 31-9-2-83) of the minor applicant or a designee of the noncustodial parent specified by the noncustodial parent.
        (3) The guardian having custody of the minor applicant.
        (4) In the absence of a person described in subdivisions (1) through (3), any other adult who is willing to assume the obligations imposed by the provisions of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.156-2006, SEC.10.

IC 9-24-9-4
Minor applicants; liability of signers; cancellation of licenses and permits
     Sec. 4. (a) An individual who signs an application for a permit or license under this chapter agrees to be responsible jointly and severally with the minor applicant for any injury or damage that the minor applicant causes by reason of the operation of a motor vehicle if the minor applicant is liable in damages.
    (b) An individual who has signed the application of a minor applicant for a permit or license may subsequently file with the bureau a verified written request that the permit or license be canceled. The bureau shall cancel the permit or license and the individual who signed the application of the minor applicant shall be relieved from the liability that is imposed under this chapter by reason of having signed the application and that is subsequently incurred by the minor applicant in operating a motor vehicle.
    (c) When a minor applicant becomes eighteen (18) years of age, the individual who signed the minor's application is relieved from the liability imposed under this chapter and subsequently incurred by the applicant operating a motor vehicle.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12.

IC 9-24-9-5
Minor applicants; death of signers; replacement; cancellation of licenses and permits
     Sec. 5. (a) If the individual who signs an application of a minor

applicant dies, the minor permittee or licensee shall notify the bureau of the death and obtain a new signer.
    (b) The bureau, upon:
        (1) receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the individual who signed an application of a minor applicant for a permit or license; and
        (2) the failure of the minor permittee or licensee to obtain a new signer;
shall cancel the minor's permit or license and may not issue a new permit or license until the time that a new application is signed and an affidavit described in section 1 of this chapter is made.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12.

IC 9-24-9-6
Violations
     Sec. 6. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12.