1. (a) This section does not apply to the following:

   1. (1) Special machinery.
   2. (2) A motor vehicle that was designed to have a maximum design speed of not more than twenty-five (25) miles per hour and that was built, constructed, modified, or assembled by a person other than the manufacturer.
   3. (3) Snowmobiles.
   4. (4) Motor driven cycles.

2. (b) The bureau may not register a vehicle unless the person applying for the certificate of registration:

   1. (1) applies at the same time or within the immediately preceding forty-five (45) days for a certificate of title for the vehicle; or
   2. (2) presents satisfactory evidence that a certificate of title has been previously issued to the person that covers the vehicle.

3. (c) If the bureau at any time determines that a certificate of title for a vehicle cannot be issued or is invalid, the bureau:

   1. (1) shall not issue or furnish; or

   2. (2) may invalidate;

      the certificate of registration for the vehicle.

4. (d) A person that operates a vehicle for which a certificate of registration is required without a valid certificate of registration commits a Class C infraction.

   [Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-17-1-1(a); subsection (b) formerly 9-18-2-10(a); subsection (c) formerly 9-18-2-10(b).]

As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.326.