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(c) The bureau shall suspend the driver’s
license or permit of a person who uses or possesses
a certificate of registration described under sub-
section (b) for ninety (90) days. The mandatory
suspension is in addition to sanctions provided in
IC 9-30-4-9.
9-18-2-43. Failure to have registration or
plates.
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary
but except as provided in subsection (b), a law
enforcement officer authorized to enforce motor
vehicle laws who discovers a vehicle required to
be registered under this article that does not have
the proper certificate of registration or license
plate:
(1) shall take the vehicle into the officer’s
custody; and
(2) may cause the vehicle to be taken to
and stored in a suitable place until:
(A)the legal owner of the vehicle can
be found; or
(B)the proper certificate of registra-
tion and license plates have been pro-
cured.
(b) Except as provided in IC 9-21-21-7(b), a
law enforcement officer who discovers a vehicle
in violation of the registration provisions of this
article has discretion in the impoundment of any
of the following:
(1) Perishable commodities.
(2) Livestock.
9-18-2-44. Sale or possession of false
registration.
A person who knowingly sells, offers to sell,
buys, possesses, or offers as genuine a certificate
of registration for a motor vehicle, semitrailer,
or recreational vehicle that is required to be issued
by the bureau and has not been issued by the:
(1) Bureau under this article; or
(2) Appropriate governmental authority
of another state;
commits a Class C misdemeanor.
9-18-2-45. Owning vehicle registered outside
Indiana required to be registered
in Indiana.
Aperson who knowingly or intentionally owns
a motor vehicle that is registered outside Indiana
but that is required to be registered in Indiana
commits a Class B misdemeanor.
ARTICLE 19.
MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
Ch. 10.
Passenger Restraint Systems.
Ch. 11.
Passenger Restraint Systems for Children.
Ch. 19.
Windows and Windshield Wipers
Chapter 10. Passenger Restraint Systems
9-19-10-0.1. Applicability of amendments to IC
9-19-10-7.
9-19-10-1.
Applicability of chapter.
9-19-10-2.
Use of safety belts required.
9-19-10-3.1. Stopping, inspecting, searching, detaining to
determine compliance; checkpoints.
9-19-10-5.
Safety belts in vehicles required.
9-19-10-7.
Use of evidence of noncompliance.
9-19-10-8.
Penalty for violation of 9-19-10-2.
9-19-10-9.
Penalty for violation of 9-19-10-5.
9-19-10-0.1. Applicability of amendments to
IC 9-19-10-7.
The amendments made to section 7 of this
chapter by P.L. 121-1993 apply to a product lia-
bility action that arises after June 30, 1993.
9-19-10-1. Applicability of chapter.
This chapter does not apply to an occupant of
a motor vehicle who meets any of the following
conditions:
(1) For medical reasons should not wear
safety belts, provided the occupant has
written documentation of the medical rea-
sons from a physician.
(2) Is a child required to be restrained by
a child restraint system under IC 9-19-11.
(3) Is traveling in a commercial or a United
States Postal Service vehicle that makes
frequent stops for the purpose of pickup or
delivery of goods or services.
(4) Is a rural carrier of the United States
Postal Service and is operating a vehicle
while serving a rural postal route.
(5) Is a newspaper motor route carrier or
newspaper bundle hauler who stops to
make deliveries from a vehicle.
(6) Is a driver examiner designated and
appointed under IC 9-14-2-3 and is con-
