2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 9. Motor Vehicles
ARTICLE 18.5. DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATES
CHAPTER 6. Purple Heart License Plates
9-18.5-6-1. Purple Heart license plate; design; violation
Sec. 1. (a) The bureau shall design a license plate that will designate a vehicle as being registered to an individual who has been awarded a Purple Heart decoration.
(b) Upon proper application, the bureau may modify a license plate designed under subsection (a) to designate a vehicle as being registered to an individual who is:
(1) described in subsection (a); and
(2) eligible to be issued:
(A) a placard under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal) or IC 9-18.5-8; or
(B) a person with a disability registration plate under IC 9-18.5-8.
(c) An individual who:
(1) knowingly; or
(2) intentionally;
falsely professes to have the qualifications to obtain a license plate under subsection (b) commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) An individual who owns a vehicle bearing a license plate issued under subsection (b) and knows that the individual is not entitled to a license plate issued under subsection (b) commits a Class C misdemeanor.
[Pre-2016 Revision Citation: 9-18-19-1.]
As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.327.
