Annual registration; license plate display periods; unregistered
operation prohibited; collection of fee; staggered registration
Sec. 7. (a) A person who owns a vehicle subject to registration
shall register each vehicle owned by the person as follows:
(1) A vehicle subject to section 8 of this chapter shall be
registered under section 8.
(2) Subject to subsection (g), a vehicle not subject to section 8
of this chapter or to the International Registration Plan shall be
registered before:
(A) March 1 of each year; or
(B) an earlier date subsequent to January 1 of each year as
set by the bureau.
(3) School buses owned by a school corporation are exempt
from annual registration but are subject to registration under
IC 20-27-7.
(4) Subject to subsection (f), a vehicle subject to the
International Registration Plan shall be registered before April
1 of each year.
(b) Registrations and re-registrations under this section are for the
calendar year. Registration and re-registration for school buses
owned by a school corporation may be for more than a calendar year.
(c) License plates for a vehicle subject to this section may be
displayed during:
(1) the calendar year for which the vehicle is registered; and
(2) the period of time:
(A) subsequent to the calendar year; and
(B) before the date that the vehicle must be re-registered.
(d) A person who owns or operates a vehicle may not operate or
permit the operation of a vehicle that:
(1) is required to be registered under this chapter; and
(2) has expired license plates.
(e) If a vehicle that is required to be registered under this chapter
has:
(1) been operated on the highways; and
(2) not been properly registered under this chapter;
the bureau shall, before the vehicle is re-registered, collect the
registration fee that the owner of the vehicle would have paid if the
vehicle had been properly registered.
(f) The department of state revenue may adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 to issue staggered registration to motor vehicles subject to
the International Registration Plan.
(g) The bureau may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to issue staggered
registration to motor vehicles described in subsection (a)(2).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.125-1995, SEC.1;
P.L.93-1997, SEC.3; P.L.1-2005, SEC.99; P.L.147-2005, SEC.1.
Last modified: May 27, 2006