§ 9-24-9-4 — Minor applicants; liability of signers; expiration of licenses and permits

Indiana § 9-24-9-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 24: DRIVERS LICENSES
• Ch. 9: Application for License or Permit

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(a) An individual who signs an application for
a permit or driver's license under this chapter agrees to be responsible
jointly and severally with the minor applicant for any injury or damage
that the minor applicant causes by reason of the operation of a motor
vehicle if the minor applicant is liable in damages.
(b) An individual who has signed the application of a minor
applicant for a permit or driver's license may subsequently file with the
bureau a verified written request that the permit or driver's license be
expired. The bureau shall expire the permit or driver's license, and the
individual who signed the application of the minor applicant shall be
relieved from the liability that is imposed under this chapter by reason
of having signed the application and that is subsequently incurred by
the minor applicant in operating a motor vehicle.
(c) When a minor applicant becomes eighteen (18) years of age, the
individual who signed the minor's application is relieved from the
liability imposed under this chapter and subsequently incurred by the
applicant operating a motor vehicle.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-4-32(d); (e);
(f).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.467; P.L.111-2021, SEC.57.