Indiana § 9-25-6-3 Certificate of compliance not received from person identified in
accident report; receipt of certificate not indicating financial
responsibility in effect; suspension of license; exceptions

Indiana Statutes

§ 9-25-6-3 — Certificate of compliance not received from person identified in accident report; receipt of certificate not indicating financial responsibility in effect; suspension of license; exceptions

Indiana § 9-25-6-3

Title 9MOTOR VEHICLES

Art. 25FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Ch. 6Suspension of Driving Privileges and Vehicle

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Ind. Code § 9-25-6-3 (2026).

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(a)If the bureau:

(1)does not receive a certificate of compliance during the applicable compliance response period for a person identified under IC 9-25-5-2; or

(2)receives a certificate that does not indicate that financial responsibility was in effect with respect to the motor vehicle operated by the person or operation of the motor vehicle by the person on the date of the accident referred to in IC 9-25-5-2; the bureau shall take action under subsection (d).

(b)If the bureau:

(1)does not receive a certificate of compliance during the applicable compliance response period for a person presented with a request for evidence of financial responsibility under IC 9-25-9-1; or

(2)receives a certificate that does not indicate that financial responsibility was in effect with respect to the

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(a) If the bureau:
(1) does not receive a certificate of compliance during the
applicable compliance response period for a person identified
under IC 9-25-5-2; or
(2) receives a certificate that does not indicate that financial
responsibility was in effect with respect to the motor vehicle
operated by the person or operation of the motor vehicle by the
person on the date of the accident referred to in IC 9-25-5-2;
the bureau shall take action under subsection (d).
(b) If the bureau:
(1) does not receive a certificate of compliance during the
applicable compliance response period for a person presented
with a request for evidence of financial responsibility under IC 9-25-9-1; or
(2) receives a certificate that does not indicate that financial
responsibility was in effect with respect to the motor vehicle or
operation of the motor vehicle that the person was operating when
the person committed the violation described in the judgment or
abstract received by the bureau under IC 9-25-9-1;
the bureau shall take action under subsection (d).
(c) If the bureau:
(1) does not receive a certificate of compliance during the
applicable compliance response period for a person presented
with a request under IC 9-25-10 (before its repeal); or
(2) receives a certificate that does not indicate that financial
responsibility was in effect on the date requested;
the bureau shall take action under subsection (d).
(d) Under the conditions set forth in subsection (a), (b), or (c), the
bureau shall immediately suspend the person's driving privileges,
motor vehicle registration, or both, until proof of future financial
responsibility is filed by the person with the bureau under subsection
(g).
(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), if subsection (a), (b), or (c)
applies to a person, the bureau shall suspend the driving privileges of
the person irrespective of the following:
(1) The sale or other disposition of the motor vehicle by the
owner.
(2) The cancellation or expiration of the registration of the motor
vehicle.
(3) An assertion by the person that the person did not own the
motor vehicle and therefore had no control over whether financial
responsibility was in effect with respect to the motor vehicle.
(f) The bureau shall not suspend the driving privileges of a person
to which subsection (a), (b), or (c) applies if the person, through a
certificate of compliance or another communication with the bureau,
establishes to the satisfaction of the bureau that the motor vehicle that
the person was operating when the accident referred to in subsection
(a) took place or when the violation referred to in subsection (b) or (c)
was committed was:
(1) rented from a rental company;
(2) shared through a peer to peer vehicle sharing program (as
defined in IC 24-4-9.2-4); or
(3) owned by the person's employer and operated by the person in
the normal course of the person's employment.
(g) As to any suspension described in this section:
(1) the bureau shall stay the suspension for one hundred and
eighty (180) days upon a showing of proof of future financial
responsibility by the person who has had the person's driving
privileges, motor vehicle registration, or both, suspended; and
(2) if the bureau does not receive proof that financial
responsibility has lapsed after the period of one hundred and
eighty (180) days, the bureau shall terminate the suspension.
(h) If the bureau receives notice that financial responsibility has
lapsed during the period of one hundred and eighty (180) days under
subsection (g), the bureau shall lift the stay of suspension and again
suspend the person's driving privileges, motor vehicle registration, or
both.
(i) For a suspension that occurs under subsection (a)(1), upon
receipt of a request for review under IC 9-33-2-1, the bureau may
initiate a new compliance period.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-2-1.5-9(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.59-1994, SEC.7; P.L.268-2003, SEC.31; P.L.125-2012, SEC.259; P.L.59-2013, SEC.20; P.L.188-2015, SEC.97; P.L.120-2017, SEC.4; P.L.253-2019, SEC.1; P.L.86-2021, SEC.6; P.L.72-2024, SEC.1.