§ 9-25-9-1 — Receipt of abstract or judgment of conviction; request for evidence of financial responsibility; time limitation

Indiana § 9-25-9-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 25: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Ch. 9: Post-Conviction Financial Responsibility Verification

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(a) After the bureau receives:
(1) a certified abstract under IC 9-30-13-0.5 of the record of
conviction of a person for a violation of a law relating to motor
vehicles;
(2) a judgment or an abstract under IC 9-30-3-11 of a case
resulting in a conviction, judgment, or forfeiture of security
deposit; or
(3) a judgment, abstract, or other court order indicating the
conviction of a person for a violation of a law relating to motor
vehicles;
the bureau shall determine whether the bureau is required under
subsection (b) to send to the person named in the judgment, abstract,
or other court order a request for evidence of financial responsibility.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the bureau shall send a
request for evidence of financial responsibility to a person referred to
in subsection (a) if at least one (1) of the following applies to the
person:
(1) The judgment, abstract, or other court order referred to in
subsection (a) reports that the person committed a moving traffic
violation for which points are assessed by the bureau under the
point system, and, during a twelve (12) month period including
the date of the violation referred to in the judgment, abstract, or
other court order, the person committed at least two (2) additional
moving traffic violations for which points are assessed by the
bureau under the point system.
(2) The judgment, abstract, or other court order referred to in
subsection (a) reports that the person was convicted of:
(A) a misdemeanor; or
(B) a felony;
involving a motor vehicle.
(3) The judgment, abstract, or other court order referred to in
subsection (a) reports that the person committed a moving traffic
violation for which points are assessed by the bureau under the
point system and the driving privileges of the person were
previously suspended for violation of the financial responsibility
requirements of IC 9-25.
(c) The bureau shall not request evidence of financial responsibility
under subsection (b) if the information required under subsection (a)
indicates that the underlying offense occurred more than five (5) years
prior to the date the bureau receives the information required under
subsection (a).
(d) The expungement or other removal from a person's record of an
underlying judgment or conviction for which the bureau sends to the
person a request for evidence of financial responsibility under this
section does not alter or otherwise affect a penalty imposed by the
bureau on the person for the person's failure to provide evidence of
financial responsibility under this article.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.59-1994, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.94-1997, SEC.5; P.L.125-2012, SEC.283; P.L.59-2013, SEC.32; P.L.149-2015, SEC.74; P.L.111-2021, SEC.83.