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duces to the apprehending officer or headquarters
of the apprehending officer satisfactory evidence
of a permit or license issued to the person that was
valid at the time of the person’s apprehension.
Chapter 15. Hardship Driver’s License
Editor’s Note:
P.L.217-2014 repealed this entire
chapter, effective January 1, 2015. Please refer to
IC 9-30-16, effective January 1, 2015, for provi-
sions relating to specialized driving privileges.
Chapter 18. General Penalty Provisions
[
Portions Omitted
].
9-24-18-1.
Operating motor vehicle - never received
license; burden of proof.
9-24-18-2.
Unauthorized possession, display, use, or
sale of license or permit; fraudulent pro-
curement of license or permit.
9-24-18-3.
Person with cstody of motor vehicle per-
mitting unauthorized person to drive.
9-24-18-4.
Person owning motor vehicle permitting
unauthorized person to drive.
9-24-18-6.
Burden of proof.
9-24-18-7.
Counterfeiting driver’s license.
9-24-18-12.
License suspension for alcoholic bever-
age offenses involving minors.
9-24-18-12.2. License suspension for alcoholic bever-
ages violations.
9-24-18-1. Operating motor vehicle - never
received license; burden of proof
[effective January 1, 2015].
(a) Aperson, except a person exempted under
IC 9-24-1-7, who knowingly or intentionally oper-
ates a motor vehicle upon a highway and has
never received a valid driving license commits a
Class C misdemeanor. However, the offense is a
Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior
unrelated conviction under this section.
(b) In a prosecution under this section, the
burden is on the defendant to prove by a prepon-
derance of the evidence that the defendant:
(1) had been issued a driver’s license or
permit that was valid; or
(2) was operating a Class B motor driven
cycle;
at the time of the alleged offense. However, it is
not a defense under subdivision (2) if the defen-
dant was operating the Class B motor driven cycle
in violation of IC 9-21-11-12.
9-24-18-2. Unauthorized possession, display,
use, or sale of license or permit;
fraudulent procurement of license
or permit.
(a) Aperson may not do any of the following:
(1) Display, cause or permit to be dis-
played, or have in possession a license or
permit issued under this article knowing
that the license or permit is fictitious or has
been canceled, revoked, suspended or
altered.
(2) Lend to a person or knowingly permit
the use by a person not entitled to use a
license or permit a license or permit issued
under this article.
(3) Display or represent as the person’s
license or permit issued under this article
a license or permit not issued to the person.
(4) Fail or refuse to surrender, upon
demand of the proper official, a license
or permit issued under this article that has
been suspended, canceled, or revoked as
provided by law.
(5) Knowingly sell, offer to sell, buy, pos-
sess, or offer as genuine, a license or per-
mit required by this article to be issued by
the bureau that has not been issued by the
bureau under this article or by the appro-
priate authority of any other state.
A person who knowingly or intentionally vio-
lates this subsection commits a Class C misde-
meanor.
(b) A person who:
(1) knowingly or intentionally uses a false
or fictitious name or gives a false or ficti-
tious address in an application:
(A)for a license or permit issued under
this article; or
(B)for a renewal, amendment, or
replacement of a license or permit
issued under this article; or
(2) knowingly or intentionally makes a
false statement or conceals a material fact
or otherwise commits a fraud in an appli-
cation for a license or permit issued under
this article;
commits application fraud, a Level 6 felony.
