§ 31-3-31.2. Custom vehicles — Definition — Registration and fees.
(a) A custom vehicle means any motor vehicle that:
(1) Is at least twenty-five (25) or more years old and of a model year after 1948; or
was manufactured to resemble a vehicle twenty-five (25) years old and of a model year
after 1948; and
(2) Has been altered from the manufacturer's original design; or has a body constructed
from nonoriginal materials.
(3) The model year and the year of manufacture that are listed on the certificate of title
or registration certificate of a custom vehicle shall be the model year and year of
manufacture that the body of such vehicle resembles.
(b) For each such custom vehicle, there shall be a one-time pre-registration surcharge
of fifty dollars ($50.00) which said sum(s) shall be accumulated by the division of
motor vehicles until such time as said sum reaches an aggregate of twenty-three thousand
dollars ($23,000) whereupon said division is authorized to proceed with the ordering/manufacturing
of plates as required by subsection (d) herein. In addition thereto, and from hence
forth, there shall be paid regular registration fees required for standard passenger
vehicles as determined by the division of motor vehicles.
(c)(1) In applying for registration of a custom vehicle under this section, the owner of
the custom vehicle shall submit with the application a certification that the vehicle
for which the application is made:
(i) Will be maintained for occasional transportation, exhibitions, club activities, parades,
tours, and similar uses; and
(ii) Will not be used for general daily transportation.
(2) In addition to the certification required under subsection (c)(1) of this section,
when applying for registration of a custom vehicle, the new owner of the custom vehicle
shall provide proof acceptable to the administration that the custom vehicle passed
a safety inspection that has been approved by the administration in consultation with
the custom vehicle community in this state.
(d) On registration of a vehicle under this section, the administration shall issue a
special custom vehicle registration plate of the size and design that the administration
determines in consultation with the custom vehicle community of this state.
(e) Unless the presence of the equipment was specifically required by a statute of this
state as a condition of sale in the year listed as the year of manufacture on the
certificate of title, the presence of any specific equipment is not required for the
operation of a vehicle registered under this section.
(f) A vehicle registered under this section is exempt from any statute that requires periodic
vehicle inspections and from any statute that requires the use and inspections of
emission controls.
(g) Signal lamps and devices — Street rod vehicles and custom vehicles:
(1) "Blue dot tail light� means a red lamp installed in the rear of a motor vehicle containing
a blue or purple insert that is not more than one inch in diameter.
(2) A street rod or custom vehicle may use blue dot tail lights for stop lamps, rear turning
indicator lamps, rear hazard lamps, and rear reflectors.