Required licenses; enforcement proceedings; burden of proof

Sec. 6. In a proceeding to enforce IC 9-24-1 requiring the operator of a motor vehicle to have a certain type of driver's license, the burden is on the defendant to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant had been issued the applicable driver's license or permit and that the driver's license was valid at the time of the alleged offense. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-4-26(f).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.530.