IN Code § 9-18.1-11-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 9. Motor Vehicles|Article 18.1. Motor Vehicle Registration|Chapter 11. Expiration, Replacement, and Transfer of Registrations|9-18.1-11-6. Transfer of Registration and License Plate Fee

Sec. 6. (a) A person that sells or otherwise disposes of a vehicle, including a wrecked or destroyed vehicle, owned by the person before the date on which the vehicle's registration expires may apply to the bureau to transfer the registration and license plates to a vehicle acquired or owned by the person.(b) This subsection applies if the vehicle to which the registration and license plate are transferred is of the same type and in the same weight class as the vehicle for which the registration and license plate were originally issued. The bureau shall transfer the registration and license plate and issue an amended certificate of registration to the person applying for the transfer after the person pays the following:(1) A fee of nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50). The fee shall be distributed as follows:(A) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) to the state construction fund.(B) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.(C) One dollar ($1) to the crossroads 2000 fund.(D) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the motor vehicle highway account.(E) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund.(F) Five dollars ($5) to the commission fund.(2) Any additional excise taxes owed under IC 6-6 on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred.(c) This subsection applies if a vehicle to which the registration is transferred is of a different type or in a different weight class than the vehicle for which the registration and license plate were originally issued. The bureau shall transfer the registration and license plate and issue to the person applying for the transfer an amended certificate of registration and, if necessary, a new license plate or other proof of registration under this article or IC 9-18.5 after the person pays the following:(1) A fee of nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50). The fee shall be distributed as follows:(A) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) to the state construction fund.(B) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.(C) One dollar ($1) to the crossroads 2000 fund.(D) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the motor vehicle highway account.(E) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund.(F) Five dollars ($5) to the commission fund.(2) Any additional excise taxes owed under IC 6-6 on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred.(3) If the fee to register the vehicle to which the registration is transferred exceeds by more than ten dollars ($10) the fee to register the vehicle for which the registration was originally issued, the amount determined under the following formula:STEP ONE: Determine the number of months between:(i) the date on which the vehicle to which the registration is transferred was acquired; and(ii) the next registration date under this chapter for a vehicle registered by the person.A partial month shall be rounded to one (1) month.STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE result by one-twelfth (1/12).STEP THREE: Determine the difference between:(i) the registration fee for the vehicle to which the registration is transferred; minus(ii) the registration fee for the vehicle for which the registration was originally issued.STEP FOUR: Determine the product of:(i) the STEP TWO result; multiplied by(ii) the STEP THREE result.A fee collected under this subdivision shall be deposited in the motor vehicle highway account.(d) A person may register a vehicle to which a registration is transferred under this section:(1) individually; or(2) with one (1) or more other persons.[Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-18-6-4(b); subsection (b) formerly 9-29-5-23(a); subsection (c) formerly 9-29-5-23(b).]As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.326. Amended by P.L.256-2017, SEC.125; P.L.108-2019, SEC.176; P.L.178-2019, SEC.42; P.L.156-2020, SEC.44.