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2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-2. Local Authorities; Adoption of Additional Regulations; Conflict of Law; Fines; Disbursement

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 3.5 of this chapter, a local authority may adopt by ordinance additional traffic regulations with respect to highways under the authority's jurisdiction. An ordinance adopted under this subsection may not conflict with or duplicate a statute.
(b) After a request has been made at a public meeting or by certified mail to the legislative body (as defined in IC 36-1-2-9) from the property owner, a local authority may adopt by ordinance additional traffic regulations with respect to a private road within the authority's jurisdiction. The ordinance:
(1) must require a contractual agreement between the local authority and property owner of the private road setting forth the terms and responsibilities of the additional traffic regulations;
(2) must require the contractual agreement required under subdivision (1) to be recorded after passage of the ordinance in the office of the recorder of the county in which the private road is located; and
(3) may not conflict with or duplicate state law.
(c) A fine assessed for a violation of a traffic ordinance adopted by a local authority may be deposited into the general fund of the appropriate political subdivision.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-27(a); (b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.128-2002, SEC.1; P.L.143-2002, SEC.5; P.L.1-2003, SEC.50.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-3. Powers of Local Authorities; Effective Date of Ordinances

Sec. 3. (a) A local authority, with respect to private roads and highways under the authority's jurisdiction, in accordance with sections 2 and 3.3(a) of this chapter, and within the reasonable exercise of the police power, may do the following:
(1) Regulate the standing or parking of vehicles and electric foot scooters.
(2) Regulate traffic by means of police officers or traffic control signals.
(3) Regulate or prohibit processions or assemblages on the highways.
(4) Designate a highway as a one-way highway and require that all vehicles operated on the highway be moved in one (1) specific direction.
(5) Regulate the speed of vehicles in public parks.
(6) Designate a highway as a through highway and require that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the highway.
(7) Designate an intersection as a stop intersection and require all vehicles to stop at one (1) or more entrances to the intersection.
(8) Restrict the use of highways as authorized in IC 9-21-4-7.
(9) Regulate the operation of bicycles and electric foot scooters and require the registration and licensing of bicycles and electric foot scooters, including the requirement of a registration fee.
(10) Regulate or prohibit the turning of vehicles at intersections.
(11) Alter the prima facie speed limits authorized under IC 9-21-5.
(12) Adopt other traffic regulations specifically authorized by this article.
(13) Adopt traffic regulations governing traffic control on public school grounds when requested by the governing body of the school corporations.
(14) Regulate or prohibit the operation of low speed vehicles, golf carts, or off-road vehicles on highways in accordance with section 3.3(a) of this chapter.
(b) An ordinance or regulation adopted under subsection (a)(4), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(10), (a)(11), (a)(12), (a)(13), or (a)(14), is effective when signs giving notice of the local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrances to the highway or part of the highway that is affected.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-28(a); (c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.128-2002, SEC.2; P.L.21-2003, SEC.6; P.L.150-2009, SEC.11; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.291; P.L.259-2013, SEC.15; P.L.142-2019, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-3.3. Ordinances Regarding Use of Golf Carts on Highway

Sec. 3.3. (a) A city, county, or town may adopt by ordinance traffic regulations concerning the use of golf carts or off-road vehicles, or both on a highway under the jurisdiction of the city, county, or town. An ordinance adopted under this subsection may not:
(1) conflict with or duplicate another state law; or
(2) conflict with a driver's licensing requirement of another provision of the Indiana Code.
(b) A fine assessed for a violation of a traffic ordinance adopted by a city, county, or town under this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the city, county, or town.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an ordinance adopted by a county under this section:
(1) may allow an operator of a golf cart or off-road vehicle to cross a highway in the state highway system, at right angles, in order to travel from one (1) highway under the jurisdiction of the county to another highway under the jurisdiction of the county when the operation can be done safely; and
(2) must set a limit as to the number of passengers (other than the operator) that may be permitted on a golf cart or off-road vehicle.
(d) A violation of an ordinance adopted under this section that is committed on a state highway by the operator of a golf cart or off-road vehicle is considered to be an ordinance violation.
As added by P.L.150-2009, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.292; P.L.60-2012, SEC.1; P.L.259-2013, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-3.5. Local Authority; Prohibition Against or Restriction on Use of Electric Foot Scooter or Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device

Sec. 3.5. A local authority may not adopt by ordinance any prohibition against or restriction on the use of an electric foot scooter or electric personal assistive mobility device operated on a path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles as set forth in IC 9-21-11-1(b).
As added by P.L.143-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.142-2019, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-4. Posting of Signs on State Highways by Local Authorities; Conditions; Prohibitions

Sec. 4. (a) Notwithstanding IC 8-23-20, IC 9-21-5, and section 5 of this chapter, a city or town may, by ordinance, authorize and pay for signs to be erected along the routes of state highways if the following conditions are met:
(1) The sign is an information sign stating only that a famous person is or was a resident of that city or town.
(2) The sign conforms to the manual on traffic control devices standards for historical signs.
(3) A copy of the sign ordinance is sent to the bureau of the Indiana department of transportation.
(b) The commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation may, within sixty (60) days after the effective date of an ordinance adopted under subsection (a), prohibit the erection of or cause removal of the sign if the bureau finds that the sign:
(1) creates a traffic hazard; or
(2) expresses a commercial or partisan political message.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-28(d); (e).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-5. Local Control of State Highways; Enforcement Powers

Sec. 5. Local control of the routes of state highways in cities and towns includes only the power of enforcement of this article and of the regulations passed by the Indiana department of transportation.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-28(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-6. Drivers of Vehicles; Application of Chapter

Sec. 6. Except as provided in sections 7 and 8 of this chapter, this article applies to the drivers of vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state, or a political subdivision of the state.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-25(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-7. Highway Construction Vehicles; Application of Article

Sec. 7. Unless specifically made applicable, this article does not apply to a person, team, motor vehicle, and other equipment actually engaged in work on the surface of a highway. This article applies to a person and vehicle when traveling to or from work on the surface of a highway.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-25(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-8. Emergency Vehicles

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies to the person who drives an authorized emergency vehicle when:
(1) responding to an emergency call;
(2) in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law; or
(3) responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire alarm.
(b) The person who drives an authorized emergency vehicle may do the following:
(1) Park or stand, notwithstanding other provisions of this article.
(2) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as necessary for safe operation.
(3) Exceed the maximum speed limits if the person who drives the vehicle does not endanger life or property.
(4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
(5) Execute a lawful intervention technique if the person has completed a training course that instructs participants in the proper execution of lawful intervention techniques.
(c) This section applies to an authorized emergency vehicle only when the vehicle is using audible or visual signals as required by law. An authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle is not required to be equipped with or display red and blue lights visible from in front of the vehicle.
(d) This section does not do the following:
(1) Relieve the person who drives an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons.
(2) Protect the person who drives an authorized emergency vehicle from the consequences of the person's reckless disregard for the safety of others.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-25(c); (d); (e); (f).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.145-2009, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-9. Private Roads

Sec. 9. Except when a different place is specifically referred to, this article applies to the operation of vehicles upon highways and private roads of a residential subdivision, regardless of who maintains them.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-22.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.128-2002, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-10. Animals; Vehicles Drawn by Animals

Sec. 10. A person who rides an animal or drives an animal drawing a vehicle upon a roadway is:
(1) subject to the provisions of this article applicable to the person who drives a vehicle; and
(2) is not subject to the provisions of this article that by their nature have no application.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-26.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 1. Application › 9-21-1-11. Interstate Compacts and Agreements; Application to Crimes and Offenses Under This Article

Sec. 11. The following are subject to IC 9-28:
(1) A:
(A) conviction for a crime; or
(B) judgment for an offense or ordinance violation;
under this article related to the use or operation of a motor vehicle.
(2) The issuance of a citation (as defined in IC 9-28-2-1) under this article.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 2. Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways › 9-21-2-1. Creation

Sec. 1. The Indiana department of transportation shall adopt the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways by order of the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation with a letter of concurrence from the Federal Highway Administration.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-1-30 part; 9-4-1-125(f) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.36-2008, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 2. Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways › 9-21-2-1.3. Expiration of Rule Adopted Under Section 1 of This Chapter

Sec. 1.3. A rule adopted under section 1 of this chapter, before its amendment by P.L.36-2008, expires on the date on which the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation issues an order under section 1 of this chapter, as amended by P.L.36-2008.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.215.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 2. Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways › 9-21-2-2. Conformance With Other State and Federally Approved Manuals

Sec. 2. The Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways must substantially conform with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, 1961 Edition, and the Manual for Signing and Pavement Marking for the National System for Interstate and Defense Highways, 1962 Edition, and all other manuals and revisions to the manuals that have the approval of the Federal Highway Administrator.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-1-30 part; 9-4-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 2. Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways › 9-21-2-3. Revisions to Manual; Approval by Department of Transportation

Sec. 3. All manuals (including revisions to the manuals) described in section 2 of this chapter may be considered to become a part of the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways if the following conditions exist:
(1) The Indiana department of transportation concurs in the revisions.
(2) The Indiana department of transportation adopts the manuals (including revisions) by order of the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-4-1-30 part; 9-4-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.36-2008, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 2. Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways › 9-21-2-4. Adoption of Control Devices Where Federal Standards Are Silent

Sec. 4. The Indiana department of transportation may add control devices to the state manual in those areas where the federal standards are silent.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-0.3. "Bicycle Traffic Control Signal"

Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "bicycle traffic control signal" means a traffic control signal with green, red, and yellow bicycle stenciled lenses that is used to direct bicycle traffic on a roadway.
As added by P.L.60-2023, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-0.5. "Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon"

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "pedestrian hybrid beacon" means a traffic control signal used to warn and control traffic in order to assist pedestrians in crossing a roadway at a crosswalk distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings.
As added by P.L.43-2011, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-1. Standards and Specifications

Sec. 1. Each traffic control signal on a street or highway within Indiana must conform with the standards, specifications, and warrants set forth in the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-3.1-1.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-2. Installation; Traffic Engineering Studies; Vicinity of Schools; Special Hearing

Sec. 2. (a) Each traffic signal installation on a street or highway within Indiana must comply with the installation guidelines set forth in the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways.
(b) The Indiana department of transportation shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2, including emergency rules adopted in the manner provided under IC 4-22-2-37.1, to establish a procedure for approving the installation of traffic control signals under this chapter. The rules must include the following:
(1) A procedure that requires a traffic engineering study that verifies that the installation of a traffic control signal at a particular location is necessary.
(2) A procedure that does not require a traffic engineering study that verifies that the installation of a traffic control signal at a particular location is necessary.
(c) If:
(1) the proposed installation is in the immediate vicinity of a school; and
(2) the installation does not meet the requirements of this section;
the governmental unit responsible for the control of traffic at the location shall grant a special hearing on the question to a person who has properly petitioned for the installation of a traffic signal.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-3.1-2.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.196-2017, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-3. Removal of Nonconforming Signals

Sec. 3. Each traffic signal upon a highway that does not conform to this chapter shall be removed by the governmental agency having jurisdiction over the highway.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-3.1-3.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.361.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-4. Department of Transportation; Duties

Sec. 4. The Indiana department of transportation is responsible for the control of all traffic signals on the state highway system.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-3.1-4 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-5. Property of Department of Transportation

Sec. 5. A traffic signal installation on a state route is the property of the Indiana department of transportation.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-3.1-5.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-6. Public or Private Agencies; Erection of Signs; Written Permission

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a public or private agency may not erect a traffic control device on a state maintained highway without the written permission of the Indiana department of transportation.
(b) This subsection applies to the installation of traffic signals on a state highway in a city or town. The Indiana department of transportation shall:
(1) install any signal that meets the standards, specifications, and warrants set forth in the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; or
(2) grant written permission to a city or town to erect the signal if it is not possible for the state immediately to install the signal.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-3.1-4 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-8. Red or Yellow Flashing Signals

Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply at railroad grade crossings.
(b) Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow light is used in a traffic signal or with a traffic sign, vehicular traffic shall obey the signal in the following manner:
(1) Flashing red (stop signal) means the following:
(A) When a red lens is illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes, a person who drives a vehicle shall stop at a clearly marked stop line before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection.
(B) If no line exists, the person shall stop at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the person has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the roadway.
(C) The right to proceed is subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3), flashing yellow (caution signal) means that when a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, a person who drives a vehicle may proceed through the intersection or past the signal only with caution.
(3) When a yellow lens with an arrow is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, a person who operates a vehicle may turn only after yielding to oncoming traffic.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-37.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.43-2011, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-9. Individual Lane Use Control Signals

Sec. 9. When lane use control signals are placed over individual lanes, the signals apply to vehicular traffic as follows:
(1) Green indication (downward green arrows) means vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown.
(2) Steady yellow indication (yellow X symbol) means vehicular traffic is warned that a lane control change is being made.
(3) Steady red indication (red X symbol) means vehicular traffic may not enter or travel in a lane over which a red signal is shown.
(4) Flashing yellow indication (yellow X symbol) means vehicular traffic may use the lane only for the purpose of approaching and making a left turn.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-37.1.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-10. Repealed

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-35(f).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Repealed by P.L.113-2014, SEC.19; P.L.217-2014, SEC.44.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3. Traffic Control Signals › 9-21-3-11. Violations; Class C Infraction; Class a Infraction if Bodily Injury

Sec. 11. A person who violates section 7, 8, 8.5, or 9 of this chapter commits a Class C infraction. However, a person who violates section 7, 8, 8.5, or 9 of this chapter in a manner that results in bodily injury to a person commits a Class A infraction.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-127.1(b) part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.113-2014, SEC.20; P.L.217-2014, SEC.45; P.L.110-2020, SEC.1; P.L.60-2023, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-2. "Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "automated traffic law enforcement system" means a device that:
(1) has one (1) or more motor vehicle sensors; and
(2) is capable of producing a photographically recorded image of a motor vehicle, including an image of the vehicle's front or rear license plate, as the vehicle proceeds through a tollgate, toll zone, or other area on a tollway, qualifying project, private toll facility, or toll road that is marked as required by the department, the authority, or an operator as a place where a person using the tollway, qualifying project, private toll facility, or toll road must pay a toll.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.152-2015, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-3.5. "Fee"

Sec. 3.5. As used in this chapter, "fee" means an amount assessed or imposed under:
(1) rules adopted under section 10(a)(4) of this chapter; or
(2) section 14(a)(2) of this chapter;
with respect to a toll violation.
As added by P.L.152-2015, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-4. "Operator"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "operator" means:
(1) with respect to a tollway, qualifying project, or toll road, an operator (as defined in IC 8-15.5-2-5 or IC 8-15.7-2-11); or
(2) with respect to a private toll facility, a private entity that owns or operates the private toll facility.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.152-2015, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-5. "Owner"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "owner" means a person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered under:
(1) IC 9-18 (before its expiration) or IC 9-18.1;
(2) the laws of another state;
(3) the laws of a foreign country; or
(4) the International Registration Plan.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.257-2017, SEC.35.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-5.5. "Private Toll Facility"

Sec. 5.5. As used in this chapter, "private toll facility" means any new or existing highway, street, motorway, road, or bridge owned or operated by a private entity, including all tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, entrance plazas, approaches, tollhouses, service stations, and administration, storage, and other buildings and facilities necessary or desirable for the operation of the private toll facility, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests which may be acquired by the private entity for the construction or operation of the facility. "Private toll facility" includes any subsequent improvement, betterment, enlargement, extension, or reconstruction of an existing private toll facility.
As added by P.L.152-2015, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-6. "Qualifying Project"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "qualifying project" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-15.7-2-16.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-7. "Toll Road"

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "toll road" has the meaning set forth for "toll road project" in IC 8-15-2-4(4).
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-7.5. "Toll Violation"

Sec. 7.5. As used in this chapter, "toll violation" refers to the failure to pay a toll or user fee required under section 9 or 9.1 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.152-2015, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-8. "Tollway"

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "tollway" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-15-3-7.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-9. Payment of Toll by Owner Required

Sec. 9. (a) The owner of a motor vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, that is driven or towed through a toll collection facility on a toll road, tollway, or qualifying project shall pay the proper toll or user fee.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) commits a moving violation, a Class C infraction.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.163-2011, SEC.20.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-9.1. Payment of Toll or User Fee on Private Toll Facility

Sec. 9.1. The owner of a motor vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, that is driven or towed through or on a private toll facility shall pay the proper toll or user fee.
As added by P.L.152-2015, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-10. Rules Concerning Automated Traffic Law Enforcement Systems at Facilities Other Than Private Toll Facilities

Sec. 10. (a) The department or the authority may adopt and enforce rules concerning:
(1) the placement and use of automated traffic law enforcement systems to enforce collection of user fees;
(2) required notification in the form of a citation to the owner of a vehicle used in the commission of a moving violation under section 9 of this chapter;
(3) the process for notification, collection, and enforcement of unpaid amounts;
(4) the amount of fines, charges, and assessments for toll violations;
(5) the use of or contracting with a collection agency to recover amounts unpaid by violators who are not subject to IC 9-18.1-3-7(a), including authorization in the contract for collection services for the collection agency to impose on and collect from the violator an additional collection fee; and
(6) other matters relating to automated traffic law enforcement systems that the department or the authority considers appropriate.
(b) A rule adopted under subsection (a)(2) must establish:
(1) a deadline for the department, authority, or operator, as applicable, to issue a citation to an owner of a vehicle used in the commission of a moving violation under section 9 of this chapter; and
(2) a deadline, not to exceed thirty (30) days following receipt of the citation as determined under section 12(2) of this chapter, for the owner to pay a fine, charge, or other assessment for the toll violation.
(c) The department or the authority shall establish a process by which the department, authority, or operator, as applicable, shall notify the bureau of an owner's failure to pay a fine, charge, or other assessment for a toll violation following the expiration of the deadline described in subsection (b)(2).
(d) This section does not apply with respect to a private toll facility.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.163-2011, SEC.21; P.L.152-2015, SEC.8; P.L.257-2017, SEC.36.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-11. Advance Warning Signs

Sec. 11. (a) Before enforcing a rule adopted under section 10 of this chapter, the department, the authority, or an operator must install advance warning signs along the tollways, toll roads, or qualifying projects proceeding to the location at which an automated traffic law enforcement system is located.
(b) Before imposing or collecting a toll or fee under section 14 of this chapter, an operator must install advance warning signs along the private toll facility proceeding to the location at which an automated traffic law enforcement system is located.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.152-2015, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-12. Enforcement of Toll Violations

Sec. 12. In the enforcement of a toll violation, including the collection of fees:
(1) proof that the motor vehicle was driven or towed through the toll collection or private toll facility without payment of the proper toll or user fee may be shown by a video recording, a photograph, an electronic recording, or other appropriate evidence, including evidence obtained by an automated traffic law enforcement system;
(2) it is presumed that any notice of nonpayment was received on the fifth day after the date of mailing; and
(3) a computer record of the department, the authority, or the operator regarding the registered owner of the vehicle is prima facie evidence of its contents and that the toll violator was the registered owner of the vehicle at the time of the underlying event of nonpayment.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.152-2015, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-13. Seizure of Transponders

Sec. 13. (a) For purposes of this section, "transponder" means a device, placed on or within a motor vehicle, that is capable of transmitting information used to assess or collect tolls. A transponder is "insufficiently funded" when there are no remaining funds in the account in connection with which the transponder was issued.
(b) Any police officer of Indiana may seize a stolen or insufficiently funded transponder and return it to the department, the authority, or an operator, except that an insufficiently funded transponder may not be seized from the holder of an account sooner than the thirtieth day after the date the department, the authority, or an operator has sent a notice of delinquency to the holder of the account.
(c) The department or the authority may enter into an agreement with one (1) or more persons to market and sell transponders for use on tollways, toll roads, or qualifying projects.
(d) The department, the authority, or an operator may charge reasonable fees for initiating, administering, and maintaining electronic toll collection customer accounts.
(e) Electronic toll collection customer account information, including contact and payment information and trip data, is confidential and not subject to disclosure under IC 5-14-3. A contract for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of a tollway, toll road, or qualifying project must ensure the confidentiality of all electronic toll collection customer account information.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-14. Powers of Operator of Private Toll Facility

Sec. 14. (a) The operator of a private toll facility may do the following:
(1) Fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of a private toll facility by any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation desiring the use of any part of the private toll facility, including the right of way adjoining the paved portion of the private toll facility. For purposes of this subdivision, the use of a private toll facility includes the placement of telephone, telegraph, electric, or power lines on any part of the private toll facility.
(2) Fix the terms, conditions, and rates of charge for use of the private toll facility, including fees for nonpayment of required tolls. However, a fee imposed for nonpayment of a required toll may not exceed fifty dollars ($50) for each unpaid toll.
(3) Collect tolls and fees through manual or nonmanual methods, including automated traffic law enforcement systems, automatic vehicle identification systems, electronic toll collection systems, global positioning systems, and photo or video based toll collection or toll collection enforcement systems.
(b) The operator of a private toll facility may not impose a fee under subsection (a)(2) for nonpayment of a required toll until the operator has provided notice of the unpaid toll to the toll violator in accordance with notice requirements published on the Internet web site of the private toll facility. The operator shall include with the notice of the unpaid toll a summary of the notice requirements published on the Internet web site of the private toll facility.
As added by P.L.152-2015, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 3.5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System › 9-21-3.5-15. Agreement Between Operator and Bureau

Sec. 15. (a) The operator of a private toll facility may enter into an agreement with the bureau to obtain information under IC 9-14-12 necessary to enforce violations of section 9.1 of this chapter, including information regarding the registered owner of a vehicle operated in violation of section 9.1 of this chapter.
(b) The bureau may use any reciprocal arrangement that applies to the bureau to obtain information for purposes of subsection (a).
(c) An operator may use information provided under this section only for the purposes of this section.
(d) The operator of a private toll facility shall inform the bureau of the operator's process to notify the bureau of an owner's failure to pay a fine, charge, fee, or other assessment for a toll violation following the expiration of the deadline for payment of the fine, charge, fee, or other assessment as set forth in the operator's notice requirements published on the Internet web site of the private toll facility under section 14(b) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.152-2015, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.362.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-1. Signing, Marking, and Erection; Guidelines

Sec. 1. A governmental agency in Indiana that is responsible for the signing, marking, and erection of traffic control devices on streets and highways within Indiana shall follow the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-2-1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-2. Placement and Maintenance; Department of Transportation; Local Authorities; Unnecessary Signals; Removal

Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana department of transportation shall place and, except as otherwise provided in this section and IC 8-23-2-15, maintain traffic control devices conforming to the state manual and specifications upon all state highways, including the state maintained routes through a city or town, as necessary to indicate and to carry out this article or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic.
(b) A local authority may not place or maintain a traffic control device upon a highway in the state highway system or the state maintained routes through a city or town until the authority has received written permission from the Indiana department of transportation.
(c) If the department determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that any traffic control signal is not necessary for the safe, convenient, economical, and orderly movement of traffic, the signal shall be removed by the Indiana department of transportation and be returned to the authority responsible for the signal's erection. If the Indiana department of transportation determines, based on an engineering and traffic investigation, that a traffic control signal now in place is necessary for the safe, convenient, economical, and orderly movement of traffic, the signal must remain in place, and the Indiana department of transportation shall affix a tag or seal to the signal showing that the signal has been approved by the Indiana department of transportation.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-31(a); (b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.217-2014, SEC.46.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-3. Local Authorities; Jurisdiction; Duties; Traffic Calming Devices

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "traffic calming device" means a device erected to slow traffic on residential streets, including the following:
(1) traffic circles;
(2) curb extensions;
(3) neck downs;
(4) diagonal diverters;
(5) truncated diagonal diverters; or
(6) chicanes.
(b) A local authority shall place and maintain traffic control devices upon highways under the authority's jurisdiction, not including state highways, the authority considers necessary to indicate and to carry out this article or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. All traffic control devices, except traffic calming devices, erected under this section after June 30, 1939, must conform to the Indiana manual on uniform traffic control devices for streets and highways, ("the state manual") and design specifications. However, the design and use of traffic calming devices shall conform to generally accepted engineering principles of road design, and shall not affect the requirements of the state manual and design specifications as regards any other traffic control device, as used in this chapter.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-32.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.93-1996, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-4. Unauthorized Traffic Control Devices; Prohibition

Sec. 4. A person may not place, maintain, or display upon or in view of a highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that:
(1) purports to be, is an imitation of, or resembles an official traffic control device or a railroad sign or signal;
(2) attempts to direct the movement of traffic; or
(3) hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic control device or a railroad sign or signal.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-38(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-5. Commercial Advertising; Placement on Traffic Control Devices; Prohibition; Exceptions; Tourist Attraction Signage; Lights Maintained on Private Property; Restrictions

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not place or maintain upon a highway a traffic sign or signal bearing commercial advertising. A public authority may not permit the placement of a traffic sign or signal that bears a commercial message.
(b) Under criteria to be jointly established by the Indiana department of transportation and the office of tourism development (before July 1, 2020) or the Indiana destination development corporation (after June 30, 2020), the Indiana department of transportation may authorize the posting of any of the following:
(1) Limited tourist attraction signage.
(2) Business signs on specific information panels on the interstate system of highways and other freeways.
All costs of manufacturing, installation, and maintenance to the Indiana department of transportation for a business sign posted under this subsection shall be paid by the business.
(c) Criteria established under subsection (b) for tourist attraction signage must include a category for a tourist attraction that:
(1) is a trademarked destination brand; and
(2) encompasses buildings, structures, sites, or other facilities that are:
(A) listed on the National Register of Historic Places established under 16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.; or
(B) listed on the register of Indiana historic sites and historic structures established under IC 14-21-1;
regardless of the distance of the tourist attraction from the highway on which the tourist attraction signage is placed.
(d) Criteria established under subsection (b) for tourist attraction signage must include a category for a tourist attraction that is an establishment issued a brewer's permit under IC 7.1-3-2-2(b).
(e) A person may not place, maintain, or display a flashing, a rotating, or an alternating light, beacon, or other lighted device that:
(1) is visible from a highway; and
(2) may be mistaken for or confused with a traffic control device or for an authorized warning device on an emergency vehicle.
(f) This section does not prohibit the erection, upon private property adjacent to highways, of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-38(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.229-2005, SEC.8; P.L.30-2007, SEC.1; P.L.94-2008, SEC.59; P.L.79-2015, SEC.15; P.L.78-2019, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 9. Motor Vehicles › Article 21. Traffic Regulation › Chapter 4. Traffic Control Devices › 9-21-4-6. Advertising Signs, Signals, and Devices; Placement on or Over Roadway; Prohibition; Removal

Sec. 6. (a) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign, signal, or device on or over the roadway of a highway.
(b) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign, signal, or device on a highway in a city between the curb and sidewalk. If the curb and sidewalk join, a person may not place, maintain, or display on the sidewalk an advertising sign, signal, or device closer than ten (10) feet from the curb line. Overhanging signs may not overhang the curb.
(c) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign or device of any character within one hundred (100) feet of a highway outside the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town that obstructs the view of:
(1) the highway; or
(2) an intersecting highway, street, alley, or private driveway;
of a person traveling the highway for a distance of five hundred (500) feet or less from the sign or device as the person approaches the highway or intersecting highway.
(d) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign or a device of a permanent or semipermanent character on a highway right-of-way.
(e) Each sign, signal, or marking prohibited under this section is declared to be a public nuisance. The authority having jurisdiction over the highway may remove or cause to be removed the prohibited sign, signal, or marking without notice.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-38(b); (c); (d); (e); (f).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.