2020 Indiana Code
Title 9. Motor Vehicles
Article 17. Certificates of Title
Chapter 2. General Procedures for Obtaining Certificates of Title
9-17-2-12. Inspection of Vehicle; Fee Charged by Inspecting Police Officer

     Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2021. See also following version of this section, effective 1-1-2021.

Sec. 12. (a) This section does not apply to the following:

(1) A trailer or semitrailer.

(2) A new motor vehicle or recreational vehicle sold by a dealer licensed under IC 9-32.

(3) A vehicle transferred or assigned on a certificate of title issued by the bureau.

(4) A vehicle that is registered under the International Registration Plan.

(5) A vehicle that is titled in the name of a financial institution, lending institution, or insurance company in Canada and imported by a registered importer, if the registered importer provides:

(A) a copy of the registered importer's validation agreement issued by the United States customs and border protection;

(B) a copy of the entry summary issued by the United States customs and border protection (CBP form 7501); and

(C) a vehicle history report issued by an independent provider of vehicle history information that includes the vehicle's title information, odometer readings, and number of owners.

(6) A vehicle that is titled in another state and is in the lawful possession of a financial institution, a lending institution, an insurance company, a vehicle rental company, a vehicle leasing company, or a lessee of a vehicle leasing company if the financial institution, lending institution, insurance company, vehicle rental company, vehicle leasing company, or lessee of a vehicle leasing company:

(A) provides a vehicle history report issued by an independent provider of vehicle history information that includes the vehicle's:

(i) title information;

(ii) odometer readings; and

(iii) number of owners; and

(B) maintains a copy of all documentation required under this subsection for at least ten (10) years.

(7) A vehicle that is purchased in another state and titled in Indiana by a vehicle rental company or a vehicle leasing company if the vehicle rental company or vehicle leasing company:

(A) provides a vehicle history report issued by an independent provider of vehicle history information that includes the vehicle's:

(i) title information;

(ii) odometer readings; and

(iii) number of owners; and

(B) maintains a copy of all documentation required under this subsection for at least ten (10) years.

(b) Subject to subsection (d), an application for a certificate of title for a vehicle may not be accepted by the bureau unless the vehicle has been inspected by one (1) of the following:

(1) An employee of a dealer licensed under IC 9-32.

(2) A military police officer assigned to a military post in Indiana.

(3) A police officer.

(4) A designated employee of the bureau.

(5) An employee of a qualified person operating under a contract with the commission.

(c) A person described in subsection (b) inspecting a vehicle shall do the following:

(1) Make a record of inspection upon the application form prepared by the bureau.

(2) Verify the facts set out in the application.

(d) The bureau may accept an inspection performed by a police officer from a jurisdiction outside Indiana if the bureau determines that an inspection performed by an individual described in subsection (b) is unavailable or otherwise insufficient to complete an application for a certificate of title.

(e) A police officer who makes an inspection under this section may charge a fee, subject to the following:

(1) The fee must be established by ordinance adopted by the unit (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23) that employs the police officer.

(2) The fee may not exceed five dollars ($5).

(3) The revenue from the fee shall be deposited in the following manner:

(A) A special vehicle inspection fund if the police officer making the inspection is a member of the county sheriff's department. The fiscal body of the unit must appropriate the money from the inspection fund only for law enforcement purposes.

(B) A local law enforcement continuing education fund established by IC 5-2-8-2 if the police officer making the inspection is a member of a city or town police department, a town marshal, or a town marshal deputy.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-2-1(h) part; (i) part; Pre-2016 Revision Citation: subsection (e) formerly 9-29-4-2.]

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.81-1991, SEC.4; P.L.117-1993, SEC.1; P.L.113-1995, SEC.1; P.L.2-1996, SEC.222; P.L.106-2008, SEC.3; P.L.107-2008, SEC.10; P.L.131-2008, SEC.40; P.L.1-2009, SEC.78; P.L.109-2011, SEC.2; P.L.262-2013, SEC.22; P.L.198-2016, SEC.211.