Indiana § 5-16-9-5 - Violations; Class C infraction and Class C misdemeanor
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§ 5-16-9-5. Violations; Class C infraction and Class C misdemeanor
Sec. 5. (a) Any person who parks a motor vehicle which does not have displayed a placard of a person with a physical disability or a disabled veteran, issued under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal), IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state, or a registration plate of a person with a physical disability or a disabled veteran, issued under IC 9-18-18 (before its expiration), IC 9-18-19-1(b) (before its expiration), IC 9-18-22 (before its expiration), IC 9-18.5-5, IC 9-18.5-6, IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state, in a parking space reserved under this chapter for a vehicle of a person with a physical disability commits a Class C infraction.
(b) Any person who knowingly parks in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability while displaying a placard to which neither the person nor the person's passenger is entitled commits a Class C infraction.
(c) Any person who displays for use in parking in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability a placard or a special license plate that was not issued under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal), IC 9-18-18 (before its expiration), IC 9-18-19-1(b) (before its expiration), IC 9-18-22 (before its expiration), IC 9-18.5-6, or IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) A person who, in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability, parks a vehicle that displays a placard or special registration plate entitling a person to park in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability commits a Class C infraction if that person is not, at that time, in the process of transporting a person with a physical disability or disabled veteran.
(e) Notwithstanding IC 34-28-5-4(c), a civil judgment of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) must be imposed for an infraction committed in violation of this section.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.44, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.58-1983, SEC.3; P.L.37-1984, SEC.3; P.L.55-1985, SEC.2; P.L.71-1987, SEC.2; P.L.72-1989, SEC.2; P.L.2-1991, SEC.31; P.L.23-1993, SEC.14; P.L.2-1995, SEC.17; P.L.43-1996, SEC.1; P.L.1-1998, SEC.72; P.L.50-2013, SEC.1; P.L.216-2014, SEC.2; P.L.198-2016, SEC.14.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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