Indiana § 9-18.1-3-2 Certificate of title required; violation

Indiana Statutes

§ 9-18.1-3-2 — Certificate of title required; violation

Indiana § 9-18.1-3-2

Title 9MOTOR VEHICLES

Art. 18.1MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION

Ch. 3General Procedures

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Ind. Code § 9-18.1-3-2 (2026).

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(a)This section does not apply to the following:

(1)Special machinery.

(2)A motor vehicle that was designed to have a maximum design speed of not more than twenty-five (25) miles per hour and that was built, constructed, modified, or assembled by a person other than the manufacturer.

(3)Snowmobiles.

(4)Motor driven cycles.

(b)The bureau may not register a vehicle unless the person applying for the certificate of registration:

(1)applies at the same time or within the immediately preceding forty-five (45) days for a certificate of title for the vehicle; or

(2)presents satisfactory evidence that a certificate of title has been previously issued to the person that covers the vehicle.

(c)If the bureau at any time determines that a certificate of title for a vehicle cannot be issued or

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(a) This section does not apply to the
following:
(1) Special machinery.
(2) A motor vehicle that was designed to have a maximum design
speed of not more than twenty-five (25) miles per hour and that
was built, constructed, modified, or assembled by a person other
than the manufacturer.
(3) Snowmobiles.
(4) Motor driven cycles.
(b) The bureau may not register a vehicle unless the person applying
for the certificate of registration:
(1) applies at the same time or within the immediately preceding
forty-five (45) days for a certificate of title for the vehicle; or
(2) presents satisfactory evidence that a certificate of title has
been previously issued to the person that covers the vehicle.
(c) If the bureau at any time determines that a certificate of title for
a vehicle cannot be issued or is invalid, the bureau:
(1) shall not issue or furnish; or
(2) may invalidate;
the certificate of registration for the vehicle.
(d) A person that operates a vehicle for which a certificate of
registration is required without a valid certificate of registration
commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-17-1-1(a); subsection (b)
formerly 9-18-2-10(a); subsection (c) formerly
9-18-2-10(b).]