Minor applicants; liability of signers; cancellation of licenses and
permits
Sec. 4. (a) An individual who signs an application for a permit or
license under this chapter agrees to be responsible jointly and
severally with the minor applicant for any injury or damage that the
minor applicant causes by reason of the operation of a motor vehicle
if the minor applicant is liable in damages.
(b) An individual who has signed the application of a minor
applicant for a permit or license may subsequently file with the
bureau a verified written request that the permit or license be
canceled. The bureau shall cancel the permit or license and the
individual who signed the application of the minor applicant shall be
relieved from the liability that is imposed under this chapter by
reason of having signed the application and that is subsequently
incurred by the minor applicant in operating a motor vehicle.
(c) When a minor applicant becomes eighteen (18) years of age,
the individual who signed the minor's application is relieved from the
liability imposed under this chapter and subsequently incurred by the
applicant operating a motor vehicle.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12.
Last modified: May 27, 2006