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Indiana Code Title 9. Motor Vehicles § 9-18-2-7

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

Sec. 7. (a) A person that owns a vehicle that is operated on a highway and subject to registration shall register each vehicle owned by the person as follows:

(1) A vehicle subject to section 8 of this chapter shall be registered under section 8 of this chapter.

(2) Subject to subsection (e) or (f), a vehicle not subject to section 8 or 8.5 of this chapter or to the International Registration Plan shall be registered before:

(A) March 1 of each year;

(B) February 1 or later dates each year, if:

(i) the vehicle is being registered with the department of state revenue; and

(ii) staggered registration has been adopted by the department of state revenue; or

(C) an earlier date subsequent to January 1 of each year as set by the bureau, if the vehicle is being registered with the bureau.

(3) School and special purpose buses owned by a school corporation are exempt from annual registration but are subject to registration under IC 20-27-7.

(4) A school or special purpose bus not owned by a school corporation shall be registered subject to section 8.5 of this chapter.

(b) Except as provided in IC 9-18-12-2.5, a person that owns or operates a vehicle may not operate or permit the operation of a vehicle that:

(1) is required to be registered under this chapter; and

(2) has expired license plates.

(c) If a vehicle that is required to be registered under this chapter has:

(1) been operated on the highways; and

(2) not been properly registered under this chapter;

the bureau shall, before the vehicle is reregistered, collect the registration fee that the owner of the vehicle would have paid if the vehicle had been properly registered.

(d) The department of state revenue may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to issue staggered registration to motor vehicles subject to registration under any of the following:

(1) The International Registration Plan.

(2) IC 9-18-2-4.6.

(3) IC 9-18.1-13-3.

(e) Except as provided in section 8.5 of this chapter, the bureau may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to issue staggered registration to motor vehicles described in subsection (a)(2).

(f) The registration of a vehicle to:

(1) a member of the general assembly;

(2) the spouse of a member of the general assembly; or

(3) a state official who receives a special license plate on an annual basis;

expires on December 14 of each year.

(g) A person that fails to register or reregister a motor vehicle as required under subsection (a) or (b) commits a Class C infraction.

(h) A person that operates or permits the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of subsection (b) commits a Class C infraction.

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