IN Code § 9-24-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 9. Motor Vehicles|Article 24. Drivers Licenses|Chapter 2. Individuals Prohibited From Obtaining a License or Permit|9-24-2-4. Invalidation and Revalidation of License; Truant, Suspended and Expelled, and Withdrawn Students

     Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2022. See also following version of this section, effective 1-1-2022.Sec. 4. (a) If an individual is less than eighteen (18) years of age and is a habitual truant, is under a suspension or an expulsion or has withdrawn from school as described in section 1 of this chapter, the bureau shall, upon notification by an authorized representative of the individual's school corporation, suspend the individual's driving privileges until the earliest of the following:(1) The individual becomes eighteen (18) years of age.(2) One hundred twenty (120) days after the individual is suspended.(3) The suspension, expulsion, or exclusion is reversed after the individual has had a hearing under IC 20-33-8.(b) The bureau shall promptly mail a notice to the individual's last known address that states the following:(1) That the individual's driving privileges will be suspended for a specified period commencing five (5) days after the date of the notice.(2) That the individual has the right to appeal the suspension of the driving privileges.(c) If an aggrieved individual believes that:(1) the information provided was technically incorrect; or(2) the bureau committed a technical or procedural error;the aggrieved individual may appeal the invalidation of a driver's license under section 5 of this chapter.(d) If an individual satisfies the conditions for reinstatement of a driver's license under this section, the individual may submit to the bureau for review the necessary information certifying that at least one (1) of the events described in subsection (a) has occurred.(e) Upon reviewing and certifying the information received under subsection (d), the bureau shall reinstate the individual's driving privileges.(f) An individual may not operate a motor vehicle in violation of this section.(g) An individual whose driving privileges are suspended under this section is eligible to apply for specialized driving privileges under IC 9-30-16.(h) The bureau shall reinstate the driving privileges of an individual whose driving privileges were suspended under this section if the individual does the following:(1) Establishes to the satisfaction of the principal of the school where the action occurred that caused the suspension of the driving privileges that the individual has:(A) enrolled in a full-time or part-time program of education; and(B) participated for thirty (30) or more days in the program of education.(2) Submits to the bureau a form developed by the bureau that contains:(A) the verified signature of the principal or the president of the governing body of the school described in subdivision (1); and(B) notification to the bureau that the person has complied with subdivision (1).An individual may appeal the decision of a principal under subdivision (1) to the governing body of the school corporation where the principal's school is located.[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-4-33.4.]As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.131-1995, SEC.2; P.L.132-1995, SEC.2; P.L.1-2005, SEC.107; P.L.125-2012, SEC.171; P.L.85-2013, SEC.26; P.L.217-2014, SEC.78; P.L.149-2015, SEC.56; P.L.198-2016, SEC.426.