2020 Indiana Code
Title 9. Motor Vehicles
Article 13. General Provisions and Definitions
Chapter 2. Definitions
9-13-2-164. "Semitrailer"

Universal Citation: IN Code § 9-13-2-164 (2020)

Sec. 164. (a) "Semitrailer", except as provided in subsection (b), means a vehicle without motive power, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of the weight of the semitrailer and that of the semitrailer's load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. The term does not include the following:

(1) A pole trailer.

(2) A two (2) wheeled homemade trailer.

(b) "Semitrailer", for purposes of IC 9-21, means a vehicle with or without motive power, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. The term does not include a pole trailer.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-1-1-2(f); subsection (b) formerly 9-4-1-5 part.]

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.165.

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