§ 9-19-3-4 — New vehicle requirements; exceptions

Indiana § 9-19-3-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 19: MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
• Ch. 3: Brakes

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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b)
through (c), a new motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer sold in Indiana
and operated upon the highways must be equipped with service brakes
upon all wheels of the vehicle.
(b) A semitrailer or trailer of less than three thousand (3,000)
pounds gross weight is not required to be equipped with brakes.
(c) A truck or truck-tractor having at least three (3) axles is not
required to have service brakes on the front wheels. If a truck or
truck-tractor is equipped with at least two (2) steerable axles, the
wheels of one (1) steerable axle are not required to have service brakes
although the truck or truck-tractor must be capable of complying with
the performance requirements of sections 7 through 8 of this chapter.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-32(4).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.81-1991, SEC.7; P.L.221-2014, SEC.27; P.L.164-2018, SEC.3.