Change of Ownership of Vehicle; Amended Certificate of Registration; Fee

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Sec. 9. (a) A person that owns a vehicle may apply to the bureau to change the ownership of the vehicle:

(1) by adding at least one (1) other person as a joint owner; or

(2) if the person is a joint owner of the vehicle, by transferring the person's ownership interest in a vehicle to at least one (1) remaining joint owner.

(b) The bureau shall issue an amended certificate of registration to a person that applies under subsection (a) after the person does the following:

(1) Complies with IC 9-17.

(2) Pays a fee of nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50).

(c) A person may apply to the bureau to amend any obsolete or incorrect information contained in a certificate of registration. The bureau shall issue an amended certificate of registration after the person pays a fee of nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50).

(d) The bureau may not impose or collect a fee for a duplicate, an amended, or a replacement certificate of registration that is issued as a result of an error on the part of the bureau.

(e) A fee described in subsection (b)(2) or (c) shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) to the state construction fund.

(2) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.

(3) One dollar ($1) to the crossroads 2000 fund.

(4) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the motor vehicle highway account.

(5) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund.

(6) Five dollars ($5) to the commission fund.

[Pre-2016 Revision Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-18-6-4(d); subsection (d) formerly 9-29-5-17.1(b).]

As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.326. Amended by P.L.256-2017, SEC.127; P.L.108-2019, SEC.178.


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