Sec. 2. The following vehicles are not required to be registered under this article:
(1) A vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but is not operated on rails or tracks.
(2) A firetruck and apparatus used for fire protection.
(3) A new motor vehicle if the new motor vehicle is being operated in Indiana solely to remove it from an accident site to a storage location because:
(A) the new motor vehicle was being transported on a railroad car or semitrailer; and
(B) the railroad car or semitrailer was involved in an accident that required the unloading of the new motor vehicle to preserve or prevent further damage to it.
(4) A vehicle that is:
(A) owned or leased; and
(B) used;
by the United States government for official government purposes.
(5) A school bus or special purpose bus that is:
(A) owned by a school corporation; and
(B) registered under IC 20-27-7.
(6) Golf carts when operated in accordance with an ordinance adopted under IC 9-21-1-3(a)(14) or IC 9-21-1-3.3(a).
(7) A vehicle that is not designed for or employed in general highway transportation of persons or property and is occasionally operated or moved over the highway, including the following:
(A) An electric personal assistive mobility device.
(B) Road construction or maintenance machinery.
(C) A movable device designed, used, or maintained to alert motorists of hazardous conditions on highways.
(D) Construction dust control machinery.
(E) A well boring apparatus.
(F) A ditch digging apparatus.
(G) An implement of agriculture designed to be operated primarily in a farm field or on farm premises.
(H) A farm tractor.
(I) A farm wagon.
(J) A tractor:
(i) that is used to move semitrailers around a terminal or a loading or spotting facility; and
(ii) for which a permit is issued under IC 6-6-4.1-13(f).
(8) Except as provided in IC 9-18.1-14, an off-road vehicle or a snowmobile.
(9) A vehicle that is operated and displays a license plate in accordance with IC 9-32.
(10) A disposable trailer.
[Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-13-2-196(b); 9-13-2-201; 9-18-1-1; 9-18-2-7(a); 9-18-3-1; 9-29-5-12.]
As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.326. Amended by P.L.128-2018, SEC.3; P.L.178-2019, SEC.38.