Temporary registration permits
Sec. 1. (a) A person may apply for and receive a temporary
registration permit for a motor vehicle, semitrailer, trailer designed
to be used with a semitrailer, or recreational vehicle.
(b) Except as provided in section 1.5 of this chapter, a temporary
registration permit is valid for a period of thirty (30) days from the
date of issuance and authorizes the use of the motor vehicle,
semitrailer, trailer designed to be used with a semitrailer, or
recreational vehicle on the highways if any of the following
conditions exist:
(1) The person has purchased or otherwise obtained the vehicle
in Indiana and will be titling or registering the vehicle in
another state.
(2) The person is a resident of Indiana and is intending to move
to another state and the current vehicle registration or temporary
permit will expire before the person moves.
(3) The person is a resident of Indiana and the vehicle
registration in another state has expired and the person has
applied for an Indiana title for the vehicle.
(4) The person is a manufacturer of semitrailers or trailers
designed to be used with a semitrailer that may be leased by the
manufacturer to any person, including a motor carrier, for not
more than the term of the special registration permit. This
subdivision does not prohibit the transportation of property on
a semitrailer or trailer operating under a temporary registration
permit. A copy of the lease must accompany the semitrailer or
trailer.
(5) The person owns and operates the vehicle and the person:
(A) does not operate the vehicle as a lessor; and
(B) moves the empty vehicle from one (1) lessee-carrier to
another.
(c) The bureau shall prescribe the form of a temporary registration
permit.
(d) A temporary registration permit shall be displayed on a vehicle
in a manner determined by the bureau.
(e) The bureau may provide for the bulk issuance of temporary
registration permits to manufacturers for the purpose of subsection
(b)(4).
(f) Subject to IC 9-25-1-2, a temporary registration permit may be
obtained under this section if the owner of the vehicle provides proof
of financial responsibility in the amounts specified under IC 9-25 in
a form required by the bureau.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.61-1994, SEC.1;
P.L.93-1997, SEC.4.
Last modified: May 27, 2006