2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 9. Motor Vehicles
ARTICLE 32. DEALER SERVICES
CHAPTER 11. Regulation of Vehicle Merchandising
9-32-11-20. Applicability; prohibition on direct sales by manufacturers; exceptions; effect of conveying majority interest
Sec. 20. (a) This section does not apply to:
(1) a manufacturer of a trailer or semitrailer; or
(2) a manufacturer that produces fewer than one thousand (1,000) units per year.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a manufacturer may not engage in sales directly to the general public in Indiana.
(c) A manufacturer may engage in sales directly to the general public in Indiana only if:
(1) the manufacturer was granted an initial license to sell new motor vehicles before July 1, 2015; and
(2) the manufacturer establishes at least one (1) physical location in Indiana that is a warranty repair service center before January 1, 2018.
(d) A manufacturer described in subsection (c) must stop engaging in sales directly to the general public in Indiana if the manufacturer sells, transfers, or conveys a majority interest in the manufacturer to another person that is required to be licensed under this chapter.
As added by P.L.260-2017, SEC.2.
