Amended registration., the official text

First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)

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  SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 331

   AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

   SECTION 1. IC 9-18.1-3-1.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026]: Sec. 1.1. (a) If a person changes
the color of a passenger vehicle registered under this article
through the:

      (1) application of paint;
      (2) installation of a partial or full vinyl vehicle wrap; or
      (3) removal of a partial or full vinyl vehicle wrap;
then the person who registered the vehicle must apply to the
bureau under IC 9-18.1-11-9(c) not later than thirty (30) days after
the change occurs.
   (b) This subsection does not apply to a person described in
section 1.3 of this chapter. If a person fails to apply to the bureau
as required under subsection (a), a law enforcement officer shall
issue a warning advising the person that the person has thirty (30)
days from the date of the warning to apply to the bureau as
required under subsection (a).
   (c) The bureau shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement
this section.
   SECTION 2. IC 9-18.1-3-1.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026]: Sec. 1.3. A person who changes

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the color of a passenger vehicle after the passenger vehicle was
used in the commission of a crime and fails to apply to the bureau
as required under section 1.1(a) of this chapter commits a Class C
misdemeanor.

   SECTION 3. IC 9-18.1-3-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2026]: Sec. 12. (a) The bureau shall require a person
renewing a registration under this article to indicate whether the
color of the person's passenger vehicle has changed through the:

      (1) application of paint;
      (2) installation of a partial or full vinyl vehicle wrap; or
      (3) removal of a partial or full vinyl vehicle wrap.
If the color of the person's passenger vehicle has changed, the
bureau shall require the person to indicate the new color.
   (b) The bureau shall add appropriate fields for purposes of
subsection (a) to its electronic and online registration renewal
forms to be used by a person renewing a registration online or
electronically.
   SECTION 4. IC 35-52-9.1-3.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026]: Sec. 3.3. IC 9-18.1-3-1.3 defines
a crime concerning motor vehicle registration.

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President of the Senate

President Pro Tempore

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Governor of the State of Indiana

Date:                             Time:

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