§ 5-16-9-5 — Violations; Class C infraction and Class C misdemeanor

Indiana § 5-16-9-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 16: PUBLIC WORKS
• Ch. 9: Parking Facilities for Persons With Physical Disabilities

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(a) Any person who parks a motor vehicle which
does not have displayed a placard of a person with a physical disability
or a disabled veteran, issued under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal), IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state, or a registration plate of a
person with a physical disability or a disabled veteran, issued under IC 9-18-18 (before its expiration), IC 9-18-19-1(b) (before its expiration),
IC 9-18-22 (before its expiration), IC 9-18.5-5, IC 9-18.5-6, IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state, in a parking space reserved
under this chapter for a vehicle of a person with a physical disability
commits a Class C infraction.
(b) Any person who knowingly parks in a parking space reserved for
a person with a physical disability while displaying a placard to which
neither the person nor the person's passenger is entitled commits a
Class C infraction.
(c) Any person who displays for use in parking in a parking space
reserved for a person with a physical disability a placard or a special
license plate that was not issued under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal), IC 9-18-18 (before its expiration), IC 9-18-19-1(b) (before its expiration),
IC 9-18-22 (before its expiration), IC 9-18.5-6, or IC 9-18.5-8, or under
the laws of another state commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) A person who, in a parking space reserved for a person with a
physical disability, parks a vehicle that displays a placard or special
registration plate entitling a person to park in a parking space reserved
for a person with a physical disability commits a Class C infraction if
that person is not, at that time, in the process of transporting a person
with a physical disability or disabled veteran.
(e) Notwithstanding IC 34-28-5-4(c), a civil judgment of not less
than one hundred dollars ($100) must be imposed for an infraction
committed in violation of this section.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.44, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.58-1983, SEC.3; P.L.37-1984, SEC.3; P.L.55-1985, SEC.2;
P.L.71-1987, SEC.2; P.L.72-1989, SEC.2; P.L.2-1991, SEC.31;
P.L.23-1993, SEC.14; P.L.2-1995, SEC.17; P.L.43-1996, SEC.1;
P.L.1-1998, SEC.72; P.L.50-2013, SEC.1; P.L.216-2014, SEC.2;
P.L.198-2016, SEC.14.