2011 Indiana Code
TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES
ARTICLE 18. MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSE PLATES
CHAPTER 3. MOTOR VEHICLES USED FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS

IC 9-18-3
Chapter 3. Motor Vehicles Used for Official Business

IC 9-18-3-1
Registration fee exemption; vehicles exempted
Sec. 1. A vehicle that is owned or leased and used for official business by the following must be registered on a date selected by the bureau but is exempt from the payment of registration fees:
(1) The state.
(2) A municipal corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-10).
(3) A volunteer fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2).
(4) A volunteer emergency ambulance service that:
(A) meets the requirements of IC 16-31; and
(B) has only members that serve for no compensation or a nominal annual compensation of not more than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500).
(5) A rehabilitation center funded under IC 12-12.
(6) A community action agency (IC 12-14-23).
(7) An area agency of aging and the aged (IC 12-10-1-6) and a county council on aging that is funded through an area agency.
(8) A community mental health center (IC 12-29-2).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.84; P.L.2-1993, SEC.65; P.L.119-1993, SEC.1; P.L.1-1999, SEC.25.

IC 9-18-3-2
License plate records
Sec. 2. The bureau shall retain a record of the license plates issued under this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.

IC 9-18-3-3
United States government vehicles
Sec. 3. The bureau may issue a license plate under this chapter for a vehicle owned by the United States government.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.

IC 9-18-3-4
Permanent plates and registration cards
Sec. 4. (a) A vehicle that is owned by an entity that is exempt from the payment of registration fees under section 1 of this chapter may be assigned permanent license plates and accompanying permanent registration cards.
(b) The permanent license plates and permanent registration cards assigned under subsection (a) are in effect from the time the certificate of title for the vehicle is acquired by the person that owns the vehicle until the certificate of title is relinquished by the person, when the license plate removed is subject to reassignment or destruction by the person.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.
IC 9-18-3-5
Confidential plates
Sec. 5. (a) A confidential license plate for investigative purposes may be issued to a state agency upon the annual consent of the bureau or the Indiana department of administration.
(b) Other investigative agencies may be issued confidential license plates for investigative purposes upon the annual consent of the superintendent of the state police.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.

IC 9-18-3-6 Version a
Permanent plates; police departments; department of natural resources
Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2012. See also following version of this section, effective 1-1-2012.
Sec. 6. The bureau may issue distinctive permanent plates under this chapter to each of the following:
(1) The state police department.
(2) The department of natural resources.
(3) County police departments.
(4) City police departments.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.

IC 9-18-3-6 Version b
Distinctive permanent plates
Note: This version of section effective 1-1-2012. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 1-1-2012.
Sec. 6. The bureau may issue distinctive permanent plates under this chapter to each of the following:
(1) The state police department.
(2) The department of natural resources.
(3) County police departments.
(4) City police departments.
(5) The department of correction, for designated departmental vehicles used by correctional police officers appointed under IC 11-8-9-1.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.109-2011, SEC.3.

IC 9-18-3-6.5
Employees of exempt agency; exemption during term of employment; notice of termination of employment
Sec. 6.5. (a) An employee of an agency that is exempt from the payment of registration fees under section 1(5) through 1(7) of this chapter is exempt from the payment of any fees for licensing under IC 9-24-6 while employed by the exempt agency if the director of the agency notifies the bureau in writing that the employee's duties include driving a commercial motor vehicle for the agency.
(b) The director of an agency that is exempt from the payment of registration fees under section 1(5) through 1(7) of this chapter shall notify the bureau if an individual who received a license without the

payment of fees under subsection (a) ceases to be employed by the exempt agency.
(c) Not later than thirty (30) days following the day on which an individual ceases to be employed by an exempt agency, the individual must do the following:
(1) Renew the individual's license.
(2) Pay the appropriate fee for licensing under IC 9-24-6.
As added by P.L.96-1991, SEC.1.

IC 9-18-3-7
Violations
Sec. 7. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.