2016 Indiana Code
TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES
ARTICLE 18. MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSE PLATES
CHAPTER 3. MOTOR VEHICLES USED FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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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.
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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
Distinctive permanent plates
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.
(6) A township for the use of the constable for a small claims
court elected under IC 33-34-6-4. However, each eligible
township may be issued only one (1) distinctive permanent
plate under this subdivision.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.109-2011, SEC.3;
P.L.149-2015, SEC.42.
IC 9-18-3-6.5
Exemption during term of employment by exempt agency;
violation
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 9-24-6.1 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.
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(2) Pay the appropriate fee for licensing under IC 9-24-6.1.
(d) A person who fails to:
(1) renew the person's license; and
(2) pay an appropriate license fee under IC 9-24-6.1;
subsequent to ending employment with an exempt agency commits
a Class C infraction.
As added by P.L.96-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.188-2015,
SEC.34; P.L.198-2016, SEC.274.
IC 9-18-3-7
Repealed
(As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.188-2015,
SEC.35.)
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