2019 Indiana Code
Title 9. Motor Vehicles
Article 18.1. Motor Vehicle Registration
Chapter 11. Expiration, Replacement, and Transfer of Registrations
9-18.1-11-8. Duplicate or replacement license plate or other proof of registration; notice to law enforcement fee
Sec. 8. (a) If a license plate or other proof of registration is lost or stolen, the person in whose name the license plate or other proof of registration was issued shall notify:
(1) the Indiana law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction where the loss or theft occurred; or
(2) the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the address listed on the registration for the vehicle for which the license plate or other proof of registration was issued;
that the original license plate or other proof of registration has been lost or stolen.
(b) A person may apply to the bureau to replace a license plate or other proof of registration that is lost, stolen, destroyed, or damaged. The bureau shall issue a duplicate or replacement license plate or other proof of registration after the person does the following:
(1) Pays a fee of nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50). The fee shall be distributed as follows:
(A) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) to the state construction fund.
(B) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.
(C) One dollar ($1) to the crossroads 2000 fund.
(D) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the motor vehicle highway account.
(E) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund.
(F) Five dollars ($5) to the commission fund.
However, the bureau may waive the fee under this subsection for a duplicate certificate of registration that is processed on the Internet web site of the bureau.
(2) If the proof of registration was lost or stolen, provides proof of compliance with subsection (a) in a manner and form prescribed by the bureau.
(c) A replacement proof of registration must be kept or displayed in the same manner as the original proof of registration.
[Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-18-6-2; subsection (b) formerly 9-29-5-17.]
As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.326. Amended by P.L.256-2017, SEC.126; P.L.108-2019, SEC.177.
