Ind. Code § 6-2.5-3-7 – Presumption of taxability; exemption certificate; verification for property used or consumed in providing public transportation

(a) A person who acquires tangible personal property from a retail merchant for delivery in Indiana is presumed to have acquired the property for storage, use, or consumption in Indiana. However, the person or the retail merchant can produce evidence to rebut that presumption.
(b) A retail merchant is not required to produce evidence of nontaxability under subsection (a) if the retail merchant receives from the person who acquired the property an exemption certificate which certifies, in the form prescribed by the department, that the acquisition is exempt from the use tax.
(c) A retail merchant that sells tangible personal property to a person that purchases the tangible personal property for use or consumption in providing public transportation under IC 6-2.5-5-27 may verify the exemption by obtaining the person's:
1. (1) name;
2. (2) address; and
3. (3) motor carrier number, United States Department of Transportation number, or any other identifying number authorized by the department.
  The person engaged in public transportation shall provide a signature to affirm under penalties of perjury that the information provided to the retail merchant is correct and that the tangible personal property is being purchased for an exempt purpose.
  As added by Acts 1980, P.L.52, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.211-2007, SEC.10.