75 IAC 6-3-2 - Dealer license plates; restrictions on use
Authority: IC 9-32-3-1
Affected: IC 9-13-2; IC 9-32
Sec. 2.
(a) This
section applies to the following dealer license plate types:
(1) Dealer-new.
(2) Dealer-used.
(3) Motorcycle.
(4) Motorcycle with a motor driven cycle
decal.
(b) In addition to
the restrictions established by IC 9-32, the following restrictions apply:
(1) Dealer license plates shall only be
affixed upon motor vehicles in the dealer's inventory.
(2) Dealer license plates shall not be used
on motor vehicles required to be registered or on motor vehicles for which
dealers charge and receive compensation from individuals other than their
employees.
(3) Dealer license
plates may not be used on motor vehicles leased or rented to or by the
dealer.
(4) Dealer license plates
may be used for up to ten (10) days within the state of Indiana on motor
vehicles that are hauling a load provided the movement is for demonstration
purposes to effect a sale of the demonstrated motor vehicle if the dealer has
notified and been granted approval by the state police department.
(5) Dealer license plates may be used by a
prospective buyer or service customer on a motor vehicle in the dealer's
inventory unattended by any agent or representative of the dealer for a period
not to exceed ten (10) days.
(6)
Following the sale and delivery of a motor vehicle from the dealer's inventory,
the dealer license plate shall not be used on that motor vehicle.
(7) The dealer and a representative of the
dealer may, at the dealer's discretion, use the dealer license plates issued to
the dealer for personal use on motor vehicles in the dealer's
inventory.
(8) Dealer license
plates may not to be used to circumvent the registration of motor vehicles as
required by law or the payment of sales tax or motor vehicle excise taxes on
those vehicles.
(9) A motor vehicle
bearing a dealer license plate, except when the motor vehicle is being
transported to the dealer's established place of business from a manufacturer,
must have attached to the motor vehicle:
(A)
in the case of a new motor vehicle, a monroney sticker; or
(B) in the case of a used motor vehicle, a
Federal Trade Commission buyer's guide sticker.
(10) Motorcycle dealer license plates may not
be used on any other type of motor vehicle other than a motorcycle with the
exception of a motor driven cycle. A motorcycle dealer license plate being used
on a motor driven cycle must be accompanied by the appropriate motor driven
cycle decal.
Notes
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