Indiana § 13-11-2-245 - "Vehicle"
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 13-11-2-245 — "Vehicle", with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-11-2-245. "Vehicle"
Sec. 245. (a) "Vehicle", for purposes of IC 13-17-5, refers to a vehicle required to be registered with the bureau of motor vehicles and required to have brakes. The term does not include the following:
(1) Mobile homes.
(2) Trailers weighing not more than three thousand (3,000) pounds.
(3) A vehicle that is at least twenty-five (25) years old.
(4) Special machinery (as defined in IC 9-13-2-170.3).
(b) "Vehicle", for purposes of IC 13-20-4, refers to a municipal waste collection and transportation vehicle.
(c) "Vehicle", for purposes of IC 13-20-13-7, means a motor vehicle, a farm tractor (as defined in IC 9-13-2-56), an implement of agriculture (as defined in IC 9-13-2-77), a semitrailer (as defined in IC 9-13-2-164(a) or IC 9-13-2-164(b)), and types of equipment, machinery, implements, or other devices used in transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, or mining. The term does not include a lawn and garden tractor that is propelled by a motor of not more than twenty-five (25) horsepower.
(d) "Vehicle", for purposes of IC 13-20-14, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-196.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 13-1-1-6(c); subsection (b) formerly 13-7-8.8-1 part; subsection (c) formerly 13-7-31-6; subsection (d) formerly 13-7-23-10.3(a); subsection (e) formerly 13-7-23.2-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.208-2005, SEC.12; P.L.210-2005, SEC.73; P.L.1-2006, SEC.199; P.L.198-2016, SEC.636; P.L.135-2026, SEC.40.
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Section 13-11-2-245 (""Vehicle"") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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