Indiana § 9-18.1-13-3 Registration; license plates; transfers

Indiana Statutes

§ 9-18.1-13-3 — Registration; license plates; transfers

Indiana § 9-18.1-13-3

Title 9MOTOR VEHICLES

Art. 18.1MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION

Ch. 13Department of State Revenue Registrations and Permits

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Ind. Code § 9-18.1-13-3 (2026).

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(a)Upon payment of the annual registration fee under IC 9-18.1-5 and any applicable commercial vehicle excise tax under IC 6-6-5.5, the department of state revenue may issue a license plate for each commercial vehicle registered to the owner of at least five (5) commercial vehicles. The license plate issued under this section for a commercial vehicle is permanently valid.

(b)The application of registration for the commercial vehicles must be on an aggregate basis by electronic means. If the application is approved, the department of state revenue shall issue a certificate of registration that shall be carried at all times in the vehicle for which it is issued.

(c)The registration for a commercial vehicle is void when the registered owner:

(1)sells (and does not replace);

(2)disposes o

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(a) Upon payment of the annual registration
fee under IC 9-18.1-5 and any applicable commercial vehicle excise tax
under IC 6-6-5.5, the department of state revenue may issue a license
plate for each commercial vehicle registered to the owner of at least
five (5) commercial vehicles. The license plate issued under this
section for a commercial vehicle is permanently valid.
(b) The application of registration for the commercial vehicles must
be on an aggregate basis by electronic means. If the application is
approved, the department of state revenue shall issue a certificate of
registration that shall be carried at all times in the vehicle for which it
is issued.
(c) The registration for a commercial vehicle is void when the
registered owner:
(1) sells (and does not replace);
(2) disposes of; or
(3) does not renew the registration of;
the commercial vehicle or the commercial vehicle is destroyed.
(d) This section does not relieve the owner of a vehicle from
payment of any applicable commercial vehicle excise tax under IC 6-6-5.5 on a yearly basis.
(e) A registered license plate issued under subsection (a) may be
transferred to another vehicle in a fleet of the same weight and plate
type, with a new certificate of registration issued under subsection (b),
upon application to the department of state revenue. A commercial
vehicle excise tax credit may be applied to any plate transfer of the
same vehicle type and same weight category.
(f) The following apply to rules adopted by the bureau before
January 1, 2014, under IC 9-18-2-4.5(f) (before its expiration):
(1) The rules are transferred to the department of state revenue
and are considered rules of the department of state revenue.
(2) The rules are treated as if they had been adopted by the
department of state revenue.
(g) Upon qualification under this section, a vehicle subject to the
commercial vehicle excise tax under IC 6-6-5.5, including trailers and
semitrailers, must be registered with the department of state revenue
and issued a permanent license plate.
(h) A registered owner may continue to register commercial vehicles
under this section even after a reduction in the registered owner's fleet
to fewer than five (5) commercial vehicles.