1. (a) If the date on which the registration of a watercraft expires is a day on which all license branches located in the county in which the watercraft is registered are closed, including:

   1. (1) a Sunday; or

   2. (2) a legal holiday listed in IC 1-1-9-1 ;

      the registration expires at midnight on the date following the next day on which a license branch located in the county in which the watercraft is registered is open for business.

2. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), a person that owns or operates a watercraft may not operate or permit the operation of a watercraft that:

   1. (1) is required to be registered under this chapter; and
   2. (2) has an expired registration.
3. (c) A person that operates or permits the operation of a watercraft in violation of subsection (b) commits a Class C infraction.

As added by P.L.164-2020, SEC.38.