Exempt operators
Sec. 7. Sections 1 through 5 of this chapter do not apply to the
following individuals:
(1) An individual in the service of the armed forces of the
United States while operating an official motor vehicle in that
service.
(2) An individual while operating:
(A) a road roller;
(B) road construction or maintenance machinery, except
where the road roller or machinery is required to be
registered under Indiana law;
(C) a ditch digging apparatus;
(D) a well drilling apparatus;
(E) a concrete mixer; or
(F) a farm tractor or an implement of agriculture designed to
be operated primarily in a farm field or on farm premises;
that is being temporarily drawn, moved, or propelled on an
Indiana public highway.
(3) A nonresident who:
(A) is at least sixteen (16) years and one (1) month of age;
and
(B) has in the nonresident's immediate possession a valid
operator's license that was issued to the nonresident in the
nonresident's home state or country;
while operating a motor vehicle in Indiana only as an operator.
(4) A nonresident who:
(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) has in the nonresident's immediate possession a valid
chauffeur's license that was issued to the nonresident in the
nonresident's home state or country;
while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway, either
as an operator or a chauffeur.
(5) A nonresident who:
(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) has in the nonresident's immediate possession a valid
license issued by the nonresident's home state for the
operation of any motor vehicle upon a public highway when
in use as a public passenger carrying vehicle;
while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway.
(6) A nonresident whose home state or country does not require
the licensing of operators or chauffeurs and who has not been
licensed as an operator or a chauffeur in the nonresident's home
state or country as an operator if the nonresident is at least
sixteen (16) years and thirty (30) days of age and less than
eighteen (18) years of age or as a chauffeur if the nonresident
is at least eighteen (18) years of age, for not more than sixty
(60) days in any one (1) year if the following conditions exist:
(A) The unlicensed nonresident is the owner of the motor
vehicle or the authorized driver of the vehicle.
(B) The vehicle has been registered for the current year in
the state or country of which the owner is a resident.
(C) The motor vehicle at all times displays a registration
plate issued in the home state or country of the owner.
(D) The nonresident owner or driver has in the owner's or
driver's immediate possession a registration card evidencing
ownership and registration in the owner's or driver's home
state or country or is able at any required time or place to do
the following:
(i) Prove lawful possession or the right to operate the
motor vehicle.
(ii) Establish the nonresident's proper identity.
(7) An individual who is legally licensed to operate a motor
vehicle in the state of the individual's residence and who is
employed in Indiana, subject to the restrictions imposed by the
state of the individual's residence.
(8) A new resident of Indiana who possesses an unexpired
driver's license issued by the resident's former state of
residence, for a period of sixty (60) days after becoming a
resident of Indiana.
(9) An individual who is an engineer, a conductor, a brakeman,
or another member of the crew of a locomotive or a train that is
being operated upon rails, including the operation of the
locomotive or the train on a crossing over a street or a highway.
An individual described in this subdivision is not required to
display a license to a law enforcement officer in connection
with the operation of a locomotive or a train in Indiana.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.128-1993, SEC.1;
P.L.210-2005, SEC.38.
Last modified: May 27, 2006