2014 Indiana Code TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES ARTICLE 24. DRIVERS LICENSES CHAPTER 3. OPERATOR'S LICENSE
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IC 9-24-3
Chapter 3. Operator's License
IC 9-24-3-1
Issuance; conditions
Sec. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the bureau
shall issue an operator's license to an individual who meets the
following conditions:
(1) Satisfies the age requirements set forth in section 2.5 of this
chapter.
(2) Makes proper application to the bureau under IC 9-24-9
upon a form prescribed by the bureau. The form must include an
attestation concerning the number of hours of supervised driving
practice that the individual has completed if the individual is
required under section 2.5 of this chapter to complete a certain
number of hours of supervised driving practice in order to
receive an operator's license. The:
(A) parent or guardian of an applicant less than eighteen (18)
years of age; or
(B) applicant, if the applicant is at least eighteen (18) years
of age;
shall attest in writing under penalty of perjury to the time logged
in practice driving.
(3) Satisfactorily passes the examination and tests required for
issuance of an operator's license under IC 9-24-10.
(4) Pays the fee prescribed by IC 9-29-9.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.101-2009, SEC.3;
P.L.145-2011, SEC.11; P.L.125-2012, SEC.173.
IC 9-24-3-2
Expired
(Expired 6-30-2010 by P.L.101-2009, SEC.4.)
IC 9-24-3-2.5
Age, experience, and examination requirements
Sec. 2.5. (a) Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, an
individual must satisfy the requirements set forth in one (1) of the
following subdivisions to receive an operator's license:
(1) The individual meets the following conditions:
(A) Is at least sixteen (16) years and one hundred eighty
(180) days of age.
(B) Has held a valid learner's permit for at least one hundred
eighty (180) days.
(C) Obtains an instructor's certification that the individual
has satisfactorily completed an approved driver education
course.
(D) Passes the required examination.
(E) Completes at least fifty (50) hours of supervised driving
practice, of which at least ten (10) hours are nighttime
driving, with:
(i) a licensed instructor or a licensed driver, with valid
driving privileges, who is at least twenty-five (25) years of
age; or
(ii) the spouse of the individual who is a licensed driver
with valid driving privileges and is at least twenty-one (21)
years of age;
(2) The individual meets the following conditions:
(A) Is at least sixteen (16) years and two hundred seventy
(270) days of age.
(B) Has held a valid learner's permit for at least one hundred
eighty (180) days.
(C) Passes the required examination.
(D) Completes at least fifty (50) hours of supervised driving
practice, of which at least ten (10) hours are nighttime
driving, with:
(i) a licensed instructor or a licensed driver, with valid
driving privileges, who is at least twenty-five (25) years of
age; or
(ii) the spouse of the individual who is a licensed driver
with valid driving privileges and is at least twenty-one (21)
years of age;
(3) The individual meets the following conditions:
(A) Is at least sixteen (16) years and one hundred eighty
(180) days of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(B) Has previously been a nonresident of Indiana, but, at the
time of application, qualifies as an Indiana resident.
(C) Has held a valid driver's license, excluding a learner's
permit or the equivalent, in the state or a combination of
states in which the individual formerly resided for at least
one hundred eighty (180) days.
(D) Passes the required examinations.
(4) The individual meets the following conditions:
(A) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(B) Has previously been a nonresident of Indiana but, at the
time of application, qualifies as an Indiana resident.
(C) Held a valid driver's license, excluding a learner's permit
or the equivalent, from the state of prior residence.
(D) Passes the required examinations.
(b) An applicant who is required to complete at least fifty (50)
hours of supervised practice driving under subsection (a)(1)(E) or
(a)(2)(D) must submit to the commission under IC 9-24-9-2(c)
evidence of the time logged in practice driving.
As added by P.L.101-2009, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.145-2011,
SEC.12; P.L.125-2012, SEC.174; P.L.85-2013, SEC.27.
IC 9-24-3-3
Age and experience requirements; hardship waiver
Sec. 3. (a) The bureau may waive up to six (6) months of the age
and experience requirements for an individual making an application
for the individual's initial operator's license due to hardship
conditions.
(b) The bureau shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to state the
conditions under which the age requirement may be waived under
subsection (a).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12.
IC 9-24-3-4 Version a
Surrender of current license and identification card
Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2015. See also
following version of this section, effective 1-1-2015.
Sec. 4. To receive an operator's license, an individual must
surrender to the bureau any and all driver's licenses or identification
cards issued to the individual by Indiana or any other jurisdiction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.125-2012,
SEC.175.
IC 9-24-3-4 Version b
Surrender of current license and identification card
Note: This version of section effective 1-1-2015. See also
preceding version of this section, effective until 1-1-2015.
Sec. 4. To receive an operator's license, an individual must
surrender to the bureau any and all driver's licenses or identification
cards issued under IC 9-24 to the individual by Indiana or any other
jurisdiction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.125-2012,
SEC.175; P.L.217-2014, SEC.80.
IC 9-24-3-5
Violations
Sec. 5. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C
infraction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12.
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