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Indiana Code Title 9. Motor Vehicles § 9-18.1-7-8

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 8. (a) If a person has registered a vehicle as a farm vehicle and the person:

(1) desires to register the vehicle as a vehicle other than a farm vehicle;  or

(2) operates the vehicle in the conduct of a commercial enterprise;

the person shall apply to the bureau to change the registration from registration as a farm vehicle to the applicable registration for the vehicle under IC 9-18.1-5.

(b) The bureau shall issue to a person described in subsection (a) an amended certificate of registration and the appropriate license plate after the person pays the following:

(1) 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.

(2) Any additional excise taxes owed under IC 6-6 on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred.

(3) If the vehicle was registered as a farm semitrailer, a fee of forty-one dollars ($41).  The fee shall be distributed to the motor vehicle highway account.

(4) If the vehicle was registered as a farm vehicle other than a farm semitrailer, the amount determined under the following formula:

STEP ONE:  Determine the number of months between:

(i) the date on which the farm vehicle is registered as a vehicle other than a farm vehicle or is operated in the conduct of a commercial enterprise;  and

(ii) the next registration date under IC 9-18.1-11 of the farm vehicle.

A partial month shall be rounded to one (1) month.

STEP TWO:  Multiply the STEP ONE result by one-twelfth ( 1/12 ).

STEP THREE:  Determine the product of:

(i) the STEP TWO result;  multiplied by

(ii) the applicable fee under IC 9-18.1-5 for the classification to which the vehicle's registration is changed.

The amount determined under this subdivision shall be deposited in the motor vehicle highway account.

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