2016 Indiana Code TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES ARTICLE 18. MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSE PLATES CHAPTER 13. RECOVERY VEHICLE REGISTRATION
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Chapter 13. Recovery Vehicle Registration
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License plates; design and issuance
Sec. 1. The bureau shall design and issue a license plate that will
designate a registered vehicle as a recovery vehicle.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.
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Transport operator plates; display
Sec. 2. A vehicle registered as a recovery vehicle is not required
to display a transport operator license plate on either:
(1) the recovery vehicle; or
(2) the vehicle being towed by the recovery vehicle.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.
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Registration; highway operation; violation
Sec. 3. (a) A person shall register a vehicle as a recovery vehicle
if the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The vehicle is capable of lifting and pulling a disabled, a
wrecked, an abandoned, an improperly parked, or a burnt
vehicle by attaching a pickup bar with an adequate chain or
steel structured lifting apparatus to the vehicle in lift.
(2) The vehicle is equipped with a power driven winch.
(3) The vehicle is equipped with proper emergency lighting for
the recovery vehicle and the vehicle in lift.
(4) The vehicle is capable of attaching safety chains on the
vehicle in lift.
(5) The vehicle is capable of traveling the highways safely at
least at the minimum speed limit.
(b) A person may not operate a recovery vehicle on a highway
unless the vehicle is registered as a recovery vehicle under this
chapter.
(c) A person that violates this section commits a Class C
infraction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.198-2016,
SEC.289.
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Repealed
(As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.217-2014,
SEC.28. Repealed by P.L.198-2016, SEC.290.)
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Exemption of certain vehicles
Sec. 5. A truck registered as a vehicle having a declared gross
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weight greater than sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds, or a tractor
having a declared gross weight greater than twenty thousand (20,000)
pounds, that is owned by a person and used to lift or pull a vehicle or
combination of vehicles is exempt from this chapter if the vehicle or
combination of vehicles being pulled are:
(1) owned by the same person who owns or operates the truck
or tractor used as the pulling vehicle;
(2) leased by the same person who owns or operates the truck
or tractor used as the pulling vehicle; or
(3) owned or leased to a subsidiary or other related corporation
of the person owning or operating the truck or tractor used as
the pulling vehicle.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.
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International Registration Plan registration
Sec. 6. A recovery vehicle registered under this chapter may be
registered under the International Registration Plan and be issued an
apportioned license plate.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.
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Operation of unqualified vehicle; infraction
Sec. 7. (a) A person may not operate a vehicle:
(1) that is not qualified to register as a recovery vehicle under
this chapter;
(2) for the purpose of lifting and pulling:
(A) a disabled;
(B) a wrecked;
(C) an abandoned;
(D) an improperly parked; or
(E) a burnt;
vehicle; and
(3) on a highway.
(b) A person that violates this section commits a Class C
infraction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.217-2014, SEC.29;
P.L.198-2016, SEC.291.
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Registration and highway operation violations; infraction;
detention of vehicle
Sec. 8. (a) A person who violates section 3 of this chapter
commits a Class C infraction.
(b) A vehicle that is:
(1) in violation of section 3 of this chapter; and
(2) used on a highway to tow a disabled or an improperly
parked vehicle;
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shall be detained by the law enforcement officer until the person who
owns the recovery vehicle shows the law enforcement officer proof
of proper registration.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6.
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Repealed
(As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.217-2014,
SEC.30.)
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Repealed
(As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.217-2014,
SEC.31.)
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