Indiana Code - Motor Vehicles - Title 9, Section 9-19-3-4

New vehicle requirements; exceptions

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (c), a
new motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer sold in Indiana and operated
upon the highways must be equipped with service brakes upon all
wheels of the vehicle.
(b) The following are not required to be equipped with brakes:
(1) A motorcycle or motor-driven cycle.
(2) A semitrailer of less than three thousand (3,000) pounds
gross weight.
(c) A truck or truck-tractor having at least three (3) axles is not
required to have service brakes on the front wheels. If a truck or
truck-tractor is equipped with at least two (2) steerable axles, the
wheels of one (1) steerable axle are not required to have service
brakes although the truck or truck-tractor must be capable of

complying with the performance requirements of sections 7 through
8 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.81-1991, SEC.7.

Last modified: May 27, 2006