Certificate of title required; violation

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to the following: (1) Special machinery. (2) A motor vehicle that was designed to have a maximum design speed of not more than twenty-five (25) miles per hour and that was built, constructed, modified, or assembled by a person other than the manufacturer. (3) Snowmobiles. (4) Motor driven cycles. (b) The bureau may not register a vehicle unless the person applying for the certificate of registration: (1) applies at the same time or within the immediately preceding forty-five (45) days for a certificate of title for the vehicle; or (2) presents satisfactory evidence that a certificate of title has been previously issued to the person that covers the vehicle. (c) If the bureau at any time determines that a certificate of title for a vehicle cannot be issued or is invalid, the bureau: (1) shall not issue or furnish; or (2) may invalidate; the certificate of registration for the vehicle. (d) A person that operates a vehicle for which a certificate of registration is required without a valid certificate of registration commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-17-1-1(a); subsection (b) formerly 9-18-2-10(a); subsection (c) formerly 9-18-2-10(b).] As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.326.