§ 9-17-3-2 — Duplicate certificate of title; fee

(a) If a certificate of title:
(1) is lost or stolen;
(2) is mutilated;
(3) is destroyed; or
(4) becomes illegible;
the person that owns the vehicle or the legal representative or legal
successor in interest of the person that owns the vehicle for which the
certificate of title was issued, as shown by the records of the bureau,
shall apply for and may obtain a duplicate certificate of title.
(b) To obtain a duplicate certificate of title under subsection (a), a
person must:
(1) furnish information satisfactory to the bureau concerning the
loss, theft, mutilation, destruction, or illegibility of the certificate
of title; and
(2) pay the applicable fee under subsection (e) or (f).
(c) The word "duplicate" shall be notated on the certificate of title
issued under this section.
(d) When a duplicate certificate of title is issued, the previous
certificate of title becomes void.
(e) The fee for a duplicate certificate of title issued before January
1, 2017, for a vehicle other than a watercraft is eight dollars ($8). The
fee shall be distributed as follows:
(1) One dollar ($1) to the motor vehicle highway account.
(2) One dollar ($1) to the highway, road and street fund.
(3) Six dollars ($6) to the commission fund.
(f) The fee for a duplicate certificate of title issued before January
1, 2017, for a watercraft is fifteen dollars and fifty cents ($15.50). The
fee shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.
(2) Two dollars ($2) to the crossroads 2000 fund.
(3) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated
public safety communications fund.
(4) Four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75) to the commission
fund.
(5) Seven dollars ($7) to the department of natural resources.
(g) The fee for a duplicate certificate of title issued after December
31, 2016, is fifteen dollars ($15). Except as provided in subsection (h),
the fee shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.
(2) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the department of
natural resources.
(3) Three dollars and twenty-five cents ($3.25) to the motor
vehicle highway account.
(4) Five dollars ($5) to the crossroads 2000 fund.
(5) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated
public safety communications fund.
(6) Three dollars and seventy-five cents ($3.75) to the
commission fund.
(h) After June 30, 2024, when a fee imposed under subsection (g)
is collected by the department, instead of depositing three dollars and
seventy-five cents ($3.75) into the commission fund as required by
subsection (g)(6), the department shall instead deposit one dollar and
eighty-eight cents ($1.88) of that amount into the motor carrier
regulation fund established by IC 8-2.1-23-1, and the remainder shall
be deposited in the commission fund.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-3-9; Pre-2016
Revision Citations: 9-29-15-1; 9-29-15-1(b); subsection (e)
formerly 9-29-4-5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.79; P.L.198-2016, SEC.222; P.L.256-2017, SEC.104; P.L.27-2018, SEC.6; P.L.205-2025, SEC.53.