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2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Provisions › 9-25-7-1. Insolvency of Insurer Formerly Authorized and Qualified to Do Business in Indiana

Sec. 1. The bureau may not suspend or revoke the driver's license, driving privileges, or registration plates of the owner or operator of a motor vehicle who has been involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in bodily injury or death or in damage to property in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) solely because of failure to provide evidence of financial responsibility whenever the:
(1) owner or operator was insured by an insurance company for public liability and property damage at the time of the accident; and
(2) insurance company becomes insolvent after the accident or within fifteen (15) days before the accident;
if the insurance company was authorized and qualified to do business in Indiana on the effective date of the policy.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-2-2-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.157-2003, SEC.1; P.L.59-2013, SEC.26; P.L.88-2022, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Provisions › 9-25-7-2. Transfer of Vehicle Registration or Registration in Another Name; Good Faith Requirement; Repossessed Vehicles

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to or affect the registration of a motor vehicle sold by a person who, under the terms or conditions of a written instrument giving a right of repossession, has exercised the right and has repossessed a motor vehicle from a person whose certificate of registration has been suspended under this article.
(b) If an owner's registration has been suspended under this article, the registration may not be transferred or the motor vehicle registered in another name until the bureau is satisfied that the transfer or registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this article. A transfer or registration shall be permitted when the transferee furnishes proof of financial responsibility to the bureau.
(c) A transfer or registration made or obtained in violation of this section is void for the purposes of this article.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-2-1-25.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Provisions › 9-25-7-3. Cancellation, Return, or Waiver of Proof of Financial Responsibility

Sec. 3. (a) The bureau shall, upon request, cancel a bond or return a certificate of insurance, direct the treasurer of state to return to the person entitled any money or securities deposited under this article as proof of financial responsibility, or waive the requirement of filing proof of financial responsibility in any of the following circumstances:
(1) At any time after three (3) years from the date the proof was required, if during the three (3) year period preceding the request the person furnishing the proof has not been convicted of an offense referred to in IC 9-30-4-6.1.
(2) If the person on whose behalf the proof was filed dies or the person becomes permanently incapable of operating a motor vehicle.
(3) If the person who has given proof of financial responsibility surrenders the person's driver's license, registration certificates, and registration plates to the bureau. The bureau may not release the proof if an action for damages upon a liability referred to in this article is pending, a judgment upon a liability is outstanding and unsatisfied, or the bureau has received notice that the person has, within the period of three (3) months immediately preceding, been involved as a driver in a motor vehicle accident. An affidavit of the applicant of the nonexistence of the facts referred to in this subdivision is sufficient evidence of the nonexistence of the facts in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the department.
(b) Whenever a person to whom proof has been surrendered under subsection (a)(3) applies for a driver's license (issued under IC 9-24-3) or chauffeur's license or the registration of a motor vehicle within a period of three (3) years from the date the proof of financial responsibility was originally required, the bureau shall reject the application unless the applicant reestablishes the proof for the remainder of the period.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-2-1-28.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.1-2001, SEC.7; P.L.59-2013, SEC.27; P.L.198-2016, SEC.545; P.L.111-2021, SEC.82.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Provisions › 9-25-7-4. Failure to Pay Under Surety Bond After Entry of Judgment; Action in Name of State Against Company Executing Bond

Sec. 4. If a judgment is rendered against the principal of a surety bond upon a liability covered by the conditions of the bond and the judgment is not satisfied within sixty (60) days after the judgment becomes final, the judgment creditor may, for the judgment creditor's own use and benefit and at the judgment creditor's sole expense, bring an action in the name of the state against the company that executed the bond.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-2-1-23(d).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Provisions › 9-25-7-5. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-2-1-38.1.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.59-2013, SEC.28.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Provisions › 9-25-7-6. Temporary Reinstatement of Nonresident's Driver's License, Driving Privileges, or Registration

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to an Indiana resident or an individual who operates a motor vehicle in Indiana.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), an individual:
(1) whose driver's license, driving privileges, or registration was suspended and who is required to prove financial responsibility extending into the future in order to have the individual's driving privileges reinstated; and
(2) who no longer operates a motor vehicle in Indiana and has become a nonresident;
is not required to prove financial responsibility into the future in order to have the individual's driver's license, driving privileges, or registration temporarily reinstated to allow licensing or registration in the other state or foreign jurisdiction.
(c) An individual described in subsection (b) who, during the three (3) year period following the suspension described in subsection (b)(1), applies to the bureau for a driver's license or registers a motor vehicle in Indiana must maintain proof of future financial responsibility for the unexpired portion of the three (3) year period as required under this article.
As added by P.L.88-1996, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.279; P.L.59-2013, SEC.29; P.L.198-2016, SEC.546.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 8. Penalties › 9-25-8-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) Persons who have obtained a certificate of self-insurance under IC 9-25-4-11.
(2) Operators of government owned vehicles.
(3) Persons who are exempt under IC 9-25-1-2.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-53.5(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.280.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 8. Penalties › 9-25-8-2. Operating or Permitting Operation Without Financial Responsibility; Court Recommendation; Suspension

Sec. 2. (a) A person that knowingly:
(1) operates; or
(2) permits the operation of;
a motor vehicle on a public highway in Indiana without financial responsibility in effect as set forth in IC 9-25-4-4 commits a Class A infraction. However, the offense is a Class C misdemeanor if the person knowingly or intentionally violates this section and has a prior unrelated conviction or judgment under this section.
(b) Subsection (a)(2) applies to:
(1) the owner of a rental company under IC 9-25-6-3(f)(1);
(2) the owner of a peer to peer sharing program under IC 9-25-6-3(f)(2); and
(3) an employer under IC 9-25-6-3(f)(3).
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-53.5(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.59-1994, SEC.8; P.L.100-1997, SEC.1; P.L.157-2003, SEC.2; P.L.125-2012, SEC.281; P.L.59-2013, SEC.30; P.L.10-2014, SEC.3; P.L.188-2015, SEC.98; P.L.198-2016, SEC.547; P.L.253-2019, SEC.2; P.L.86-2021, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 8. Penalties › 9-25-8-3. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-53.5(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.198-2016, SEC.548.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 8. Penalties › 9-25-8-4. Notification to Prosecuting Attorney of Driving Privileges Suspension Not Required

Sec. 4. The commissioner is not required to notify the prosecuting attorney of a driver who has had driving privileges suspended for failure to prove financial responsibility under this article.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-53.5(d).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.282.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 8. Penalties › 9-25-8-5. Financial Responsibility Violations; Assessment of Points by Bureau

Sec. 5. (a) For purposes of the point system for Indiana traffic convictions operated by the bureau under 140 IAC 1-4.5, the bureau shall assess points against a person who registers or operates a motor vehicle in violation of IC 9-25-4-1. The bureau shall assess points against a person under this subsection for each violation of IC 9-25-4-1 committed by the person.
(b) The number of points assessed for each violation of IC 9-25-4-1 shall be determined by the point study committee appointed by the commissioner based on the evaluation by the committee of the harm done to Indiana and the citizens of Indiana through the violation of IC 9-25-4-1.
As added by P.L.59-1994, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 9. Post-Conviction Financial Responsibility Verification › 9-25-9-1. Receipt of Abstract or Judgment of Conviction; Request for Evidence of Financial Responsibility; Time Limitation

Sec. 1. (a) After the bureau receives:
(1) a certified abstract under IC 9-30-13-0.5 of the record of conviction of a person for a violation of a law relating to motor vehicles;
(2) a judgment or an abstract under IC 9-30-3-11 of a case resulting in a conviction, judgment, or forfeiture of security deposit; or
(3) a judgment, abstract, or other court order indicating the conviction of a person for a violation of a law relating to motor vehicles;
the bureau shall determine whether the bureau is required under subsection (b) to send to the person named in the judgment, abstract, or other court order a request for evidence of financial responsibility.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the bureau shall send a request for evidence of financial responsibility to a person referred to in subsection (a) if at least one (1) of the following applies to the person:
(1) The judgment, abstract, or other court order referred to in subsection (a) reports that the person committed a moving traffic violation for which points are assessed by the bureau under the point system, and, during a twelve (12) month period including the date of the violation referred to in the judgment, abstract, or other court order, the person committed at least two (2) additional moving traffic violations for which points are assessed by the bureau under the point system.
(2) The judgment, abstract, or other court order referred to in subsection (a) reports that the person was convicted of:
(A) a misdemeanor; or
(B) a felony;
involving a motor vehicle.
(3) The judgment, abstract, or other court order referred to in subsection (a) reports that the person committed a moving traffic violation for which points are assessed by the bureau under the point system and the driving privileges of the person were previously suspended for violation of the financial responsibility requirements of IC 9-25.
(c) The bureau shall not request evidence of financial responsibility under subsection (b) if the information required under subsection (a) indicates that the underlying offense occurred more than five (5) years prior to the date the bureau receives the information required under subsection (a).
(d) The expungement or other removal from a person's record of an underlying judgment or conviction for which the bureau sends to the person a request for evidence of financial responsibility under this section does not alter or otherwise affect a penalty imposed by the bureau on the person for the person's failure to provide evidence of financial responsibility under this article.
As added by P.L.59-1994, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.94-1997, SEC.5; P.L.125-2012, SEC.283; P.L.59-2013, SEC.32; P.L.149-2015, SEC.74; P.L.111-2021, SEC.83.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 9. Post-Conviction Financial Responsibility Verification › 9-25-9-2. Request for Evidence of Financial Responsibility; Instructions

Sec. 2. The request for evidence of financial responsibility presented to a person under section 1 of this chapter must do the following:
(1) Direct the person to ensure that the insurance company of the person provide the bureau with evidence that financial responsibility was in effect with respect to the motor vehicle that the person was operating when the person committed the violation described in the judgment or abstract.
(2) Instruct the person on how to furnish the bureau with evidence of financial responsibility as specified in this article.
(3) Inform the person that failure of the insurance company of the person to provide evidence of financial responsibility to the bureau, if not already provided, will result in suspension of the person's current driving privileges or motor vehicle registration, or both, under this article.
As added by P.L.59-1994, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.284; P.L.149-2015, SEC.75.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 9. Post-Conviction Financial Responsibility Verification › 9-25-9-3. Request for Evidence of Financial Responsibility; Compliance

Sec. 3. To avoid suspension of driving privileges or motor vehicle registration suspension under this article, a person presented with a request for evidence of financial responsibility under section 1 of this chapter must ensure that the insurance company of the person provides the bureau with a certificate of compliance indicating that financial responsibility as required by IC 9-25-4-1 was in effect when the person committed the violation described in the judgment or abstract.
As added by P.L.59-1994, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.285.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 9. Post-Conviction Financial Responsibility Verification › 9-25-9-4. Request for Evidence of Financial Responsibility; Required Information

Sec. 4. A person who is presented with a request for evidence of financial responsibility under this chapter shall direct the insurance company of the person to set forth in the certificate of compliance the following information concerning the form of financial responsibility that was in effect on the date in question:
(1) If a motor vehicle liability policy was in effect, the following:
(A) The name of the insurer.
(B) The identification number applying to the policy.
(C) Dates of coverage of the policy.
(D) Confirmation that financial responsibility covering the motor vehicle or operator, as applicable, was in effect on the date in question.
(E) Other information requested by the bureau.
(2) If a bond was in effect, the following:
(A) The name and address of the bond company or surety.
(B) The face amount of the bond.
(C) Dates the bond was in effect.
(D) Other information requested by the bureau.
(3) If self-insurance was in effect under IC 9-25-4-11, the following:
(A) The date on which the certificate of self-insurance was issued by the bureau.
(B) The name of the person to whom the certificate of self-insurance was issued.
(C) Other information requested by the bureau.
As added by P.L.59-1994, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.286; P.L.59-2013, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 9. Post-Conviction Financial Responsibility Verification › 9-25-9-5. Signatures on Certificate of Compliance; Information Concerning Violations

Sec. 5. (a) A certificate of compliance that is provided to the bureau under this article and that reports the existence of an insurance policy must be signed by an officer or agent of the insurer.
(b) The portion of a request for evidence of financial responsibility that is presented to an officer or agent of an insurer to obtain a certificate of compliance under subsection (a) may not contain information concerning the violation that resulted in the request for evidence of financial responsibility.
(c) An officer or agent of an insurer may not request information concerning a violation that results in a request for evidence of financial responsibility under this article.
(d) A certificate of compliance that is provided to the bureau under this article and that reports the existence of a bond must be signed by an officer of the bond company or surety.
As added by P.L.59-1994, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.287.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 25. Financial Responsibility › Chapter 9. Post-Conviction Financial Responsibility Verification › 9-25-9-6. Responsibilities of Bureau

Sec. 6. The bureau shall respond to:
(1) a certificate of compliance provided to the bureau under this chapter; or
(2) the failure of a person under this chapter to provide the bureau with a certificate of compliance;
in the appropriate manner provided under this article.
As added by P.L.59-1994, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.59-2013, SEC.34.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-0.3. Applicability

Sec. 0.3. Except as provided in section 0.5 of this chapter, this article does not apply to off-road vehicles or snowmobiles, which are subject to IC 14-16-1-24 and IC 14-16-1-26.
As added by P.L.259-2013, SEC.24.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-0.5. Proof if Accident Involves Serious Bodily Injury

Sec. 0.5. For purposes of this chapter, an accident does not require proof of a collision between a driver's motor vehicle and another vehicle or another person if the accident involves serious bodily injury to or the death of a person.
As added by P.L.94-2006, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.291.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-1. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-1-40(a) part; 9-4-1-42 part; 9-4-1-45(a); 9-4-1-46(a) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.210-2005, SEC.50; P.L.126-2008, SEC.3; P.L.1-2009, SEC.88; P.L.125-2012, SEC.292. Repealed by P.L.217-2014, SEC.103.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-1.2. Duties of Driver of Motor Vehicle Involved in an Accident Resulting in Traffic Obstruction; Violation

Sec. 1.2. (a) If, after an operator of a motor vehicle is involved in an accident, the operator's motor vehicle comes to a stop in the traveled portion of a highway, the operator shall, as soon as safely possible, move the motor vehicle off the traveled portion of the highway and to a location as close to the accident as possible. However, the operator shall not move the motor vehicle if the accident:
(1) involves the transportation of hazardous materials; or
(2) results in injury or death of a person or the entrapment of a person in a vehicle.
A person who violates this subsection commits a Class C infraction.
(b) An operator of a motor vehicle to whom subsection (a) applies, is also subject to section 1.1(a)(2), 1.1(a)(3), and 1.1(a)(4) of this chapter. An operator who knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with section 1.1(a)(2), 1.1(a)(3), or 1.1(a)(4) of this chapter commits leaving the scene of an accident, a Class B misdemeanor, and is subject to the penalties in section 1.1(b) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.63-2016, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-1.5. Duties of Passenger of Vehicle Involved in Accident Resulting in Injury or Entrapment; Violation

Sec. 1.5. (a) If:
(1) the operator of a motor vehicle is physically incapable of determining the need for or rendering assistance to any injured or entrapped person as required under section 1.1(a)(3) of this chapter;
(2) there is another occupant in the motor vehicle at the time of the accident who is:
(A) at least:
(i) fifteen (15) years of age and holds a learner's permit issued under IC 9-24-7-1 or a driver's license issued under IC 9-24-11; or
(ii) eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) capable of determining the need for and rendering reasonable assistance to injured or entrapped persons as provided in section 1.1(a)(3) of this chapter; and
(3) the other occupant in the motor vehicle knows that the operator of the motor vehicle is physically incapable of determining the need for or rendering assistance to any injured or entrapped person;
the motor vehicle occupant referred to in subdivisions (2) and (3) shall immediately determine the need for and render reasonable assistance to each person injured or entrapped in the accident as provided in section 1.1(a)(3) of this chapter.
(b) If there is more than one (1) motor vehicle occupant to whom subsection (a) applies, it is a defense to a prosecution of one (1) motor vehicle occupant under subsection (a) that the defendant reasonably believed that another occupant of the motor vehicle determined the need for and rendered reasonable assistance as required under subsection (a).
(c) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.126-2008, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.293; P.L.217-2014, SEC.105; P.L.188-2015, SEC.100.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-2. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-1-41; 9-4-1-42 part; 9-4-1-46(a) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.157-2003, SEC.3; P.L.210-2005, SEC.51; P.L.126-2008, SEC.5; P.L.54-2009, SEC.10; P.L.125-2012, SEC.294. Repealed by P.L.217-2014, SEC.106.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-3. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-43.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.296. Repealed by P.L.217-2014, SEC.107.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-4. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-1-40(a) part; 9-4-1-44(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.297. Repealed by P.L.217-2014, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-5. State Police Department; Requiring Reports From Witnesses

Sec. 5. The state police department may require witnesses of accidents to submit reports to the state police department.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-46(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.210-2005, SEC.52.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-6. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-47.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.126-2008, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.125-2012, SEC.298.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-7. City or Town Ordinances; Accident Reports; Confidentiality

Sec. 7. (a) A city or town may by ordinance require that the driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident file with a designated city or town department a report of the accident.
(b) An accident report required to be filed under subsection (a) is for the confidential use of the designated city or town department and subject to IC 9-26-3-4.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-53.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.210-2005, SEC.53; P.L.125-2012, SEC.299.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-8. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-40(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.96-1996, SEC.2; P.L.97-1996, SEC.2; P.L.126-2008, SEC.7; P.L.158-2013, SEC.158. Repealed by P.L.217-2014, SEC.109.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-9. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-127.1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.126-2008, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.217-2014, SEC.110.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 1. Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports › 9-26-1-10. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-46(d).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Repealed by P.L.125-2012, SEC.300.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 2. Duties of Law Enforcement Officers and Accident Reports › 9-26-2-1. Investigation of Accidents Resulting in Injury, Death, or Property Damage of at Least $2,500

Sec. 1. (a) A law enforcement officer shall investigate each motor vehicle accident that results in any of the following:
(1) The injury or death of a person.
(2) Total property damage to an apparent extent of at least two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(b) If the apparent extent of the total property damage is less than the amount in subsection (a)(2), a law enforcement officer shall ensure that each operator is in compliance with the requirements of IC 9-26-1-1.1.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-46(c) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.157-2003, SEC.4; P.L.88-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 2. Duties of Law Enforcement Officers and Accident Reports › 9-26-2-2. Accident Reports

Sec. 2. A law enforcement officer shall forward a written report of each accident investigated under section 1 of this chapter to the state police department within twenty-four (24) hours after completing the investigation. The report must contain, if possible, the following information:
(1) The name and address of the owner and operator of each vehicle involved in the accident.
(2) The license number and description of each vehicle involved in the accident.
(3) The time and place the accident occurred.
(4) The name and address of each person injured or killed in the accident.
(5) The name and address of each witness to the accident.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-3-1-2; 9-3-1-3 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 2. Duties of Law Enforcement Officers and Accident Reports › 9-26-2-3. Accident Report Not Confidential Record

Sec. 3. A report filed by a law enforcement officer under section 2 of this chapter is not a confidential record and shall be made available for inspection and copying under IC 5-14-3.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-3-1-3 part; 9-4-1-46(e).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 2. Duties of Law Enforcement Officers and Accident Reports › 9-26-2-4. Enforcement of Traffic Regulations and Financial Responsibility Provisions Against Parties to Accidents on Private Property

Sec. 4. (a) A law enforcement officer shall enforce IC 9-21 and IC 9-25 against the parties to a motor vehicle accident on private property if the accident:
(1) occurs on commercial or other private property that is open to the public; and
(2) results in:
(A) personal injury or death; or
(B) property damage to an apparent extent greater than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(b) If the apparent extent of the total property damage is less than the amount in subsection (a)(2)(B), a law enforcement officer shall ensure that each operator is in compliance with the requirements of IC 9-26-1-1.1.
(c) This section does not affect the power of a local government unit to contract with the owner or lessee of a shopping center or private business property under IC 9-21-18-4.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-14-2.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.157-2003, SEC.5; P.L.88-2022, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 2. Duties of Law Enforcement Officers and Accident Reports › 9-26-2-5. "Emergency Contact Data Base"; "Emergency Contact Person"; "Qualifying Motor Vehicle Accident"; Duties of Law Enforcement Officers; Immunity

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "emergency contact data base" means the Indiana emergency contact data base described in IC 9-26-10-1.
(b) As used in this section, "emergency contact person" means an individual who is listed in the emergency contact data base, including only individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(c) As used in this section, "qualifying motor vehicle accident" means a motor vehicle accident involving:
(1) death; or
(2) serious bodily injury.
(d) As used in this section, "serious bodily injury" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-31.5-2-292.
(e) A law enforcement officer, upon arriving at the scene of a qualifying motor vehicle accident, shall access the emergency contact data base and attempt to contact the emergency contact persons listed for a corresponding holder of a physical credential unable to communicate due to death or serious bodily injury. If contact with an emergency contact person is made, the law enforcement officer shall inform the emergency contact person that the holder of a physical credential has been involved in a qualifying motor vehicle accident.
(f) A law enforcement officer shall attempt to contact the emergency contact persons of the holder of a physical credential within a reasonable amount of time after learning of or responding to a qualifying motor vehicle accident.
(g) A law enforcement officer's good faith attempt to contact the emergency contact persons of the holder of a physical credential as described in subsection (f) immunizes the law enforcement officer from civil liability and all associated damages, including punitive damages, related to the law enforcement officer's inability to make:
(1) any contact with the emergency contact persons of the holder of a physical credential; or
(2) contact with the emergency contact persons of the holder of a physical credential within a reasonable amount of time after arriving at the scene of a qualifying motor vehicle accident.
(h) If a law enforcement officer is not liable for an act or omission under this section, no other person incurs liability by reason of an agency relationship with the law enforcement officer.
(i) A law enforcement officer may not be:
(1) found liable; or
(2) subject to damages;
for any inaccuracy or omission related to the information contained in the emergency contact data base.
(j) The duty imposed on a law enforcement officer by this section shall be performed in addition to any other duty required by this chapter.
(k) A law enforcement agency may establish and implement protocols necessary to meet the law enforcement agency's obligations under this section.
(l) A law enforcement agency is exempt from this chapter before the creation of the emergency contact data base by the bureau.
As added by P.L.131-2017, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.178-2019, SEC.58; P.L.211-2023, SEC.68.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 3. Duties of State Police Department and Accident Reports › 9-26-3-1. Accident Report Forms

Sec. 1. (a) The state police department shall prepare and, upon request, supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, and other appropriate agencies or individuals forms for accident reports required under this article.
(b) The forms must be appropriate with respect to the persons required to make the reports and the purposes to be served. The written reports to be made by persons involved in accidents and by investigating officers must require sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the causes, locations, and conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-48(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 3. Duties of State Police Department and Accident Reports › 9-26-3-2. Use of Approved Form; Sufficiency of Information Given in Report

Sec. 2. An accident report required to be made in writing must be made on the appropriate form approved by the state police department and must contain all of the required information unless the information is not available.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-48(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 3. Duties of State Police Department and Accident Reports › 9-26-3-3. Transmission of Accident Reports to Bureau

Sec. 3. The state police department shall transmit to the bureau each accident report or copy of an accident report filed with the state police department under this chapter.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-46(a) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 3. Duties of State Police Department and Accident Reports › 9-26-3-4. Confidentiality and Use of Reports; Disclosure of Identity of Person; Use as Evidence at Trial; Certificate That Report Has or Has Not Been Made

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to an accident report filed by a law enforcement officer or filed by a coroner or similar officer under IC 9-26-4-2.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), each required accident report and supplemental report is without prejudice to the reporting individual and is for the confidential use of the state police department or other state agencies having use of the records for accident prevention purposes.
(c) The state police department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when the person's identity is not otherwise known or when the person denies being present at the accident.
(d) A report may not be used as evidence in a trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident. However, the state police department shall, upon the demand of a:
(1) person who has, or claims to have, made a report; or
(2) court;
furnish a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the state police department solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that a report be made to the state police department.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-51.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 3. Duties of State Police Department and Accident Reports › 9-26-3-5. Gathering, Publication, and Distribution of Statistical Information

Sec. 5. (a) The state police department shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based on the reports as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents, including:
(1) the total number of accidents;
(2) the total number of fatalities resulting from traffic accidents;
(3) the total number of accidents and fatalities involving a person less than nineteen (19) years of age; and
(4) if possible, whether the accident or fatality occurred on a highway that:
(A) is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways;
(B) has four (4) or more lanes; or
(C) is divided into two (2) or more roadways.
(b) Beginning April 30, 2006, and on April 30 of each year thereafter, if the number of fatalities reported in subsection (a) exceeds the average annual number of fatalities in traffic accidents from the previous five (5) years by at least seven percent (7%), the state police department shall submit the report to the legislative council and to the chairpersons of the committees of the house of representatives and the senate that consider transportation issues. The reports required under this subsection must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(c) Beginning April 30, 2006, and on April 30 of each year thereafter, the state police department shall submit a report describing:
(1) the total number of accidents and fatalities involving a person less than nineteen (19) years of age; and
(2) if possible, whether the accident or fatality described in subdivision (1) occurred on a highway that:
(A) is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways;
(B) has four (4) or more lanes; or
(C) is divided into two (2) or more roadways;
to the legislative council and to the chairpersons of the committees of the house of representatives and the senate that consider transportation issues. The reports required under this subsection must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-52.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.151-2005, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 4. Duties of Coroners › 9-26-4-1. Death Resulting From Traffic Accident; Duty to Notify State Police Department

Sec. 1. The coroner or other official performing similar functions shall immediately notify the state police department upon learning of the death of an individual in the coroner's jurisdiction as the result of a traffic accident.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-45(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 4. Duties of Coroners › 9-26-4-2. Monthly Reports

Sec. 2. In addition to the notification required by section 1 of this chapter, the coroner or other official performing similar functions shall report in writing to the state police department, on or before the tenth day of each month, the following:
(1) The death of an individual within the coroner's jurisdiction during the preceding month as the result of an accident involving a motor vehicle.
(2) The circumstances of the accident.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-49.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 5. Duties of Garages and Repair Shops › 9-26-5-1. Vehicle Showing Evidence of Having Been Struck by Bullet; Duty to Make Report

Sec. 1. The person in charge of a garage or repair shop to which a motor vehicle that shows evidence of having been struck by a bullet is brought shall report to the state police department, within twenty-four (24) hours after the motor vehicle is received, the following information:
(1) The engine number of the motor vehicle.
(2) The registration number of the motor vehicle.
(3) The name and address of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-50.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.301.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 5. Duties of Garages and Repair Shops › 9-26-5-2. Violation of Chapter; Classification

Sec. 2. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-127.1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 6. Removal of Damaged Vehicles › 9-26-6-0.5. Repealed

As added by P.L.150-2009, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.259-2013, SEC.25. Repealed by P.L.217-2014, SEC.111.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 6. Removal of Damaged Vehicles › 9-26-6-1. Duty to Remove Glass or Other Foreign Material; Violation

Sec. 1. (a) A person removing a wrecked or damaged motor vehicle, including a wrecked or damaged golf cart or off-road vehicle, from a street or highway must remove any glass or other foreign material dropped upon the street or highway from the motor vehicle.
(b) A person who fails to comply with subsection (a) commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-122.1.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.302; P.L.217-2014, SEC.112; P.L.188-2015, SEC.101.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 6. Removal of Damaged Vehicles › 9-26-6-2. Notification Required Following Accident Resulting in Damage to Property; Application of Section

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to the removal of a motor vehicle that constitutes a traffic hazard.
(b) The operator of a motor vehicle that is used to remove a motor vehicle that caused damage to real or personal property, except a motor vehicle of another person as described in IC 9-26-1-1.1, shall give the notification required by IC 9-26-1-1.1 before removing the motor vehicle that caused the damage.
(c) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-44(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.303; P.L.217-2014, SEC.113.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 6. Removal of Damaged Vehicles › 9-26-6-3. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-127.1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Repealed by P.L.188-2015, SEC.102.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 6. Removal of Damaged Vehicles › 9-26-6-4. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-40(a) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Repealed by P.L.217-2014, SEC.114.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 7. Damage to Fences › 9-26-7-1. Duty of Fence Owner to Give Notice of Damage

Sec. 1. If a fence adjacent to a highway maintained by the state is damaged or destroyed as the result of a traffic accident occurring on the state highway, the owner of the damaged fence shall notify the Indiana department of transportation of the occurrence of the accident and damage to the fence within ten (10) days after the accident.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-3-5-1(a) part; (b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 7. Damage to Fences › 9-26-7-2. Repair or Replacement of Fence; Labor and Materials

Sec. 2. The Indiana department of transportation shall furnish the labor used in the repair or replacement of the fence. The owner of the fence shall furnish the materials or money to cover the cost of materials for the repair or replacement of the fence.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-3-5-1(a) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 7. Damage to Fences › 9-26-7-3. Liability of Person Causing Damage

Sec. 3. This chapter does not mitigate or extinguish the liability of a person causing or responsible for damage to respond in damages.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-3-5-1(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 7. Damage to Fences › 9-26-7-4. Compliance With Article; Effect of Chapter

Sec. 4. This chapter does not relieve the owner or operator of a motor vehicle involved in an accident subject to this chapter of compliance with this article.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-3-5-1(d).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 8. Enforcement › 9-26-8-1. Arrest and Prosecution; Exclusivity of Procedures

Sec. 1. The procedure prescribed in this chapter is not the exclusive method for the arrest and prosecution of a person for a similar offense.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-134 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 8. Enforcement › 9-26-8-2. Violations of Ic 9-26-1-1.1; Arrest Without Warrant

Sec. 2. A law enforcement officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person for a violation of IC 9-26-1-1.1 if the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the violation was committed by the person.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-134 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.1-1992, SEC.58; P.L.217-2014, SEC.115.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 9. Accident Reports and Fees › 9-26-9-1. "Accident Response Service Fee"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "accident response service fee" means a fee imposed for any of the following:
(1) The response by a local law enforcement agency to a motor vehicle accident.
(2) The investigation by a local law enforcement agency of a motor vehicle accident.
[Pre-2016 Revision Citation: 9-29-11.5-1.]
As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.550.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 26. Accidents and Accident Reports › Chapter 9. Accident Reports and Fees › 9-26-9-2. "Local Law Enforcement Agency"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "local law enforcement agency" means a tribal law enforcement agency or a political subdivision's department or agency whose principal function is the apprehension of criminal offenders.
[Pre-2016 Revision Citation: 9-29-11.5-2.]
As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.550. Amended by P.L.64-2022, SEC.5.