Vehicles not required to be registered

Sec. 2. The following vehicles are not required to be registered under this article: (1) A vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but is not operated on rails or tracks. (2) A firetruck and apparatus used for fire protection. (3) A new motor vehicle if the new motor vehicle is being operated in Indiana solely to remove it from an accident site to a storage location because: (A) the new motor vehicle was being transported on a railroad car or semitrailer; and (B) the railroad car or semitrailer was involved in an accident that required the unloading of the new motor vehicle to preserve or prevent further damage to it. (4) A vehicle that is: (A) owned or leased; and (B) used; by the United States government for official government purposes. (5) A school bus or special purpose bus that is: (A) owned by a school corporation; and (B) registered under IC 20-27-7. (6) Golf carts when operated in accordance with an ordinance adopted under IC 9-21-1-3(a)(14) or IC 9-21-1-3.3(a). (7) A vehicle that is not designed for or employed in general highway transportation of persons or property and is occasionally operated or moved over the highway, including the following: (A) An electric personal assistive mobility device. (B) Road construction or maintenance machinery. (C) A movable device designed, used, or maintained to alert motorists of hazardous conditions on highways. (D) Construction dust control machinery. (E) A well boring apparatus. (F) A ditch digging apparatus. (G) An implement of agriculture designed to be operated primarily in a farm field or on farm premises. (H) A farm tractor. (I) A farm wagon. (J) A tractor: (i) that is used to move semitrailers around a terminal or a loading or spotting facility; and (ii) for which a permit is issued under IC 6-6-4.1-13(f). (8) Except as provided in IC 9-18.1-14, an off-road vehicle or a snowmobile. (9) A vehicle that is operated and displays a license plate in accordance with IC 9-32. (10) A disposable trailer. [Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-13-2-196(b); 9-13-2-201; 9-18-1-1; 9-18-2-7(a); 9-18-3-1; 9-29-5-12.] As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.326. Amended by P.L.128-2018, SEC.3; P.L.178-2019, SEC.38.