2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 32. Dealer Services › Chapter 6. Dealer License Plates › 9-32-6-6.5. Expiration of Dealer License Plates and Dealer Designee License Plates; Renewal Fees

Sec. 6.5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), dealer license plates and dealer designee license plates issued to licensed dealers under this article are valid from the issue date through the expiration date as follows:
(1) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters A through B expire February 1 of each year.
(2) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letter C expire March 1 of each year.
(3) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters D through F expire April 1 of each year.
(4) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters G through H expire May 1 of each year.
(5) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters I through J expire June 1 of each year.
(6) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters K through L expire July 1 of each year.
(7) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters M through N expire August 1 of each year.
(8) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters O through P expire September 1 of each year.
(9) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters Q through R expire October 1 of each year.
(10) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letter S expire November 1 of each year.
(11) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters T through V expire December 1 of each year.
(12) Dealer license plates of a person whose business name begins with the letters W through Z expire January 1 of each year.
(b) Dealer license plates issued to a person whose business name begins with a nonalpha character expire November 1 of each year.
(c) A dealer designee license plate is valid from the issue date through the expiration date as provided in subsection (a) or (b).
(d) The fee to renew the license plates issued under section 1 of this chapter is as follows:
(1) For motorcycle dealer license plates, fifteen dollars ($15).
(2) For dealer license plates not described in subdivision (1), forty dollars ($40).
(e) Fees collected under subsection (d) shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Thirty percent (30%) to the dealer compliance account established by IC 9-32-7-1.
(2) Seventy percent (70%) to the motor vehicle highway account under IC 8-14-1.
(f) There is an additional service charge of five dollars ($5) for the renewal of each set of license plates issued under section 1 of this chapter. The service charge shall be deposited in the crossroads 2000 fund.
(g) The fee to renew each additional license plate issued under section 5 of this chapter is as follows:
(1) For an additional motorcycle dealer license plate, seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50).
(2) For an additional dealer license plate not described in subdivision (1), fifteen dollars ($15).
(h) Fees collected under subsection (g) shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Thirty percent (30%) to the dealer compliance account established by IC 9-32-7-1.
(2) Seventy percent (70%) to the motor vehicle highway account under IC 8-14-1.
(i) There is an additional service charge for the renewal of each additional license plate issued under section 5 of this chapter, as follows:
(1) For an additional motorcycle dealer license plate, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
(2) For an additional dealer license plate not described in subdivision (1), five dollars ($5).
(j) The service charge under subsection (i) shall be deposited in the crossroads 2000 fund.
(k) The fee to renew a license plate issued under section 2(b) of this chapter is forty dollars ($40). The fee shall be deposited in the dealer compliance account established by IC 9-32-7-1.
(l) The fees collected under subsection (m) shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Forty percent (40%) to the crossroads 2000 fund.
(2) Forty-nine percent (49%) to the dealer compliance account established by IC 9-32-7-1.
(3) Eleven percent (11%) to the motor vehicle highway account under IC 8-14-1.
(m) The fee to renew a dealer designee license plate issued under IC 9-32-6.5-1 is twenty-one dollars and thirty-five cents ($21.35).
(n) In the event of a natural disaster or other emergency that prevents the secretary from processing a license plate renewal, the secretary may issue an order extending dealer and dealer designee license plate expiration dates for not more than twelve (12) additional months.
As added by P.L.62-2014, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.174-2016, SEC.58; P.L.179-2017, SEC.43; P.L.86-2018, SEC.150; P.L.10-2019, SEC.48; P.L.284-2019, SEC.8; P.L.120-2020, SEC.48; P.L.182-2021, SEC.8.