75 IAC 6-3-12 - Dealer designee license plate assignment
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) A dealer designee license
plate may only be assigned to a designee by a dealer with a valid license under
IC 9-32.
(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) 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) 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:
(A) the
assigning dealer's license under IC 9-32 is revoked or suspended; or
(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) 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) 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.
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