2021 Indiana Code
Title 9. Motor Vehicles
Article 19. Motor Vehicle Equipment
Chapter 10.5. Inflatable Restraint Systems
9-19-10.5-2. Manufacture, Import, Install, Reinstall, Distribute, or Sale of Component; Penalty
Sec. 2. (a) A person may not knowingly or intentionally manufacture, import, install, reinstall, distribute, sell, or offer for sale a component intended to replace a supplemental restraint system component in a motor vehicle, if any of the following apply to the component:
(1) The component is a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component.
(2) The component is a nonfunctional airbag.
(3) The component causes a motor vehicle to fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 208 (49 CFR 571.208) for the respective make, model, and year of the motor vehicle in question.
(b) For purposes of this section, an installation or reinstallation is considered to not have occurred until the vehicle is returned to the customer who requested the work be performed or when ownership of the vehicle is intended to be transferred.
(c) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if a person in a motor vehicle is injured or dies as a result of the violation of subsection (a).
As added by P.L.248-2003, SEC.3 and P.L.265-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.217-2014, SEC.38; P.L.120-2020, SEC.25.
