Authority: IC 9-32-3-1

Affected: IC 9-32

Sec. 12. (a) Assignments of dealer designee license plates are subject to the following restrictions:

1. (1) A dealer designee license plate may only be assigned to a designee by a dealer with a valid license under IC 9-32.
2. (2) A dealer designee license plate cannot be assigned to a designee for more than one hundred eighty (180) days. At the secretary's discretion, a ninety (90) day extension may be granted upon written request.
3. (3) A dealer designee license plate may not to be used to circumvent the registration of a motor vehicle or watercraft as required by law or the payment of sales tax or motor vehicle excise taxes on that motor vehicle or watercraft. Continued assignment of a dealer designee license plate to the same person may be considered an effort to circumvent the registration of a motor vehicle or watercraft.

4. (4) Assignment of a dealer designee license plate is subject to the approval of the secretary of state. The secretary may revoke or withdraw approval and terminate a dealer designee license plate assignment if:

   1. (A) the assigning dealer's license under IC 9-32 is revoked or suspended; or
   2. (B) it is determined that the assignment or use of the dealer designee license plate by the designee is not in accordance with state or federal law.

(b) A dealer designee license plate may only be used on a motor vehicle or watercraft if:

1. (1) the dealer designee license plate has been properly assigned under section 13 of this rule to a designee by the dealer to which the dealer designee license plate was issued by the secretary of state under IC 9-32-6.5-1; and
2. (2) the motor vehicle or watercraft on which the dealer designee license plate is displayed is a motor vehicle or watercraft from the assigning dealer's inventory of which the assigning dealer has granted the designee use.

(c) A dealer may receive not more than ten (10) dealer designee plates. A request for additional dealer designee license plates may be made in a manner prescribed by the secretary. The issuance of additional dealer designee license plates is subject to approval of the secretary.

(d) A dealer designee license plate may not be assigned to another dealer.

(e) A dealer shall notify the secretary of state in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state within ten (10) business days when an assignment has been terminated earlier than the date reflected on the assignment form.

(f) Proof of financial responsibility in the amounts required by law covering the vehicle to which the dealer designee license plate is affixed must be carried in the vehicle at all times.

(Secretary of State; 75 IAC 6-3-12; filed Dec 14, 2017, 1:16 p.m.: 20180110-IR-075160435FRA; readopted filed Nov 30, 2023, 11:48 a.m.: 20231227-IR-075230626RFA)