2020 Indiana Code
Title 9. Motor Vehicles
Article 13. General Provisions and Definitions
Chapter 2. Definitions
9-13-2-105. "Motor Vehicle"

Universal Citation: IN Code § 9-13-2-105 (2020)

Sec. 105. (a) "Motor vehicle" means, except as otherwise provided in this section, a vehicle that is self-propelled. The term does not include a farm tractor, an implement of agriculture designed to be operated primarily in a farm field or on farm premises, an electric bicycle, an electric foot scooter, or an electric personal assistive mobility device.

(b) "Motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-21, means:

(1) a vehicle that is self-propelled; or

(2) a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.

The term does not include an electric foot scooter.

(c) "Motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-32, includes a semitrailer, trailer, an off-road vehicle, a snowmobile, a mini-truck, a manufactured home, or a recreational vehicle. The term does not include an electric foot scooter.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-1-1-2 part; 9-4-8-4 part; 9-7-3-1 part; 9-10-1-1 part; subsection (b) formerly 9-4-1-2(b); subsection (c) formerly 9-2-1-2(j).]

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.94-1997, SEC.1; P.L.143-2002, SEC.2; P.L.248-2003, SEC.2 and P.L.265-2003, SEC.2; P.L.210-2005, SEC.9; P.L.191-2007, SEC.1; P.L.9-2010, SEC.8; P.L.92-2013, SEC.25; P.L.221-2014, SEC.12; P.L.174-2016, SEC.8; P.L.198-2016, SEC.133; P.L.142-2019, SEC.2; P.L.206-2019, SEC.8; P.L.211-2019, SEC.7; P.L.120-2020, SEC.11.

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