CHAPTER 3. FEES UNDER IC9-16
IC 9-29-3
Chapter 3. Fees Under IC 9-16
IC 9-29-3-1
Surtax collections; service charge
Sec. 1. The service charge for each surtax collection made under
IC 6-3.5-4 is fifteen cents ($0.15).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17.
IC 9-29-3-2
Wheel tax collections; service charge
Sec. 2. The service charge for each wheel tax collection made
under IC 6-3.5-5 is fifteen cents ($0.15).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17.
IC 9-29-3-3
Excise tax collections; service charge
Sec. 3. The service charge for each excise tax collection made
under IC 6-6-5, IC 6-6-5.1, or IC 6-6-5.5 is eighty-five cents ($0.85).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.181-1999,
SEC.16; P.L.131-2008, SEC.51.
IC 9-29-3-4
Vehicle registrations at license branches; service charge;
registration renewals
Sec. 4. (a) The service charge for each of the first twelve thousand
(12,000) original and renewed vehicle registrations at a license
branch each year is one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75).
(b) The service charge for each of the next thirty-eight thousand
(38,000) original and renewed vehicle registrations at that license
branch each year is one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).
(c) The service charge for each additional original or renewed
vehicle registration at that license branch each year is one dollar and
twenty-five cents ($1.25).
(d) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected under this
section shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle technology fund
established by IC 9-29-16-1.
(e) A service charge that is:
(1) originally imposed under this section; and
(2) increased by a rule adopted by the department;
applies to any original or renewed vehicle registration issued at a
license branch.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.18; P.L.291-2001, SEC.182; P.L.224-2003, SEC.51;
P.L.246-2005, SEC.89; P.L.63-2007, SEC.4.
IC 9-29-3-5
Titles; service charge
Sec. 5. The service charge for each title, including duplicate titles,
is one dollar ($1).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17.
IC 9-29-3-6
Delinquent titles; service charge
Sec. 6. (a) The service charge for each delinquent title is two
dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
(b) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected under
subsection (a) shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.19; P.L.291-2001, SEC.183; P.L.224-2003, SEC.52.
IC 9-29-3-7
Transfers of title; service charge
Sec. 7. (a) The service charge for each transfer of title is one
dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).
(b) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected under
subsection (a) shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.20; P.L.291-2001, SEC.184; P.L.224-2003, SEC.53.
IC 9-29-3-8
Operator's and motorcycle operator's licenses; service charge
Sec. 8. (a) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected
under this section shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
(b) The service charge for an operator's license is three dollars
($3).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.21; P.L.291-2001, SEC.185; P.L.224-2003, SEC.54;
P.L.210-2005, SEC.57; P.L.156-2006, SEC.16.
IC 9-29-3-9
Learner's permit, chauffeur's license, and public passenger
chauffeur's license; service charge
Sec. 9. (a) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected
under this section shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
(b) The service charge for a learner's permit, public passenger
chauffeur's license, or chauffeur's license issued to or renewed for an
individual who is at least seventy-five (75) years of age is two dollars
($2). After December 31, 2005, the service charge for a chauffeur's
license issued to or renewed for an individual less than seventy-five
(75) years of age is three dollars ($3).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.22; P.L.291-2001, SEC.186; P.L.224-2003, SEC.55;
P.L.210-2005, SEC.58; P.L.1-2007, SEC.86.
IC 9-29-3-10
Temporary motorcycle learner's permit, motorcycle learner's
permit, and motorcycle endorsement of operator's license; service
charge
Sec. 10. (a) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected
under this section shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
(b) The service charge for a temporary motorcycle learner's
permit, motorcycle learner's permit, or motorcycle endorsement of an
operator's license issued to or renewed for an individual who is at
least seventy-five (75) years of age is one dollar and fifty cents
($1.50). The service charge for a motorcycle endorsement of an
operator's license issued to or renewed for an individual less than
seventy-five (75) years of age is two dollars and twenty-five cents
($2.25).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.23; P.L.291-2001, SEC.187; P.L.224-2003, SEC.56;
P.L.210-2005, SEC.59; P.L.1-2007, SEC.87.
IC 9-29-3-11
Motorcycle operator endorsement of chauffeur's license and of
public passenger chauffeur's license; service charge
Sec. 11. (a) The service charge for each motorcycle operator
endorsement of a chauffeur's license or a public passenger
chauffeur's license is one dollar ($1).
(b) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected under
subsection (a) shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.24; P.L.291-2001, SEC.188; P.L.224-2003, SEC.57.
IC 9-29-3-12
Replacement license or permit; service charge
Sec. 12. (a) The service charge for each replacement license or
permit is one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).
(b) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected under
subsection (a) shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.25; P.L.291-2001, SEC.189; P.L.224-2003, SEC.58.
IC 9-29-3-13
Service charge for license bearing digital photograph
Sec. 13. The service charge for each license that is required to
bear a digital photograph is fifty cents ($0.50).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.26; P.L.184-2007, SEC.53.
IC 9-29-3-14
Identification card issued under IC 9-24; service charge; exception
Sec. 14. (a) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected
under this section shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
(b) The service charge for an identification card issued under
IC 9-24 is seventy-five cents ($0.75) and one-half (1/2) of each fee
collected as set forth in IC 9-29-9-15.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.27; P.L.291-2001, SEC.190; P.L.224-2003, SEC.59;
P.L.109-2005, SEC.16; P.L.210-2005, SEC.60; P.L.1-2006,
SEC.167; P.L.1-2007, SEC.88.
IC 9-29-3-15
Personalized license plate; service charge
Sec. 15. The service charge for each personalized license plate
issued under IC 9-18 is three dollars ($3).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17.
IC 9-29-3-16
Title issued under IC 9-17; service charge
Sec. 16. The service charge for each title issued under IC 9-17 is
one dollar ($1).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17.
IC 9-29-3-17
Vehicle registration; costs of administering IC 9-18-2-11; service
charge
Sec. 17. The service charge for each vehicle registration to cover
the costs of administering IC 9-18-2-11 is fifty cents ($0.50).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17.
IC 9-29-3-18
Duplicate registration card issued under IC 9-18; service charge
Sec. 18. (a) The service charge for each duplicate registration card
issued under IC 9-18 is one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).
(b) Fifty cents ($0.50) of each service charge collected under
subsection (a) shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle
technology fund established by IC 9-29-16-1.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.28; P.L.291-2001, SEC.191; P.L.224-2003, SEC.60.
IC 9-29-3-19
Adoption of rules; increase or decrease of service charge;
imposition of charge on other license branch services; uniformity
of charges
Sec. 19. (a) As used in this section, "low numbered motor vehicle
registration plate" means any motor vehicle registration plate
numbered from one (1) to one hundred (100) before or after the
county designation number or letter series designation, or both.
(b) As used in this section, "pull service charge" refers to the
charge that the commission may require for a requested low
numbered motor vehicle registration plate or a special numbered
motor vehicle registration plate.
(c) As used in this section, "special numbered motor vehicle
registration plate" means any plate, other than a low numbered motor
vehicle registration plate, requested for issuance out of its established
numerical sequence.
(d) Subject to subsections (e) and (f) and with the approval of the
commission, the bureau may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the
following:
(1) Increase or decrease any of the service charges listed in
sections 1 through 18 of this chapter.
(2) Impose a service charge on any other license branch service
that is not listed in sections 1 through 18 of this chapter.
(3) Increase or decrease a service charge imposed under
subdivision (2).
(e) The bureau's authority to adopt rules under subsection (d) is
subject to the condition that a service charge must be uniform
throughout all license branches and at all partial service locations in
Indiana.
(f) The bureau may not impose a pull service charge for a
requested passenger motor vehicle registration plate containing the
numbers set forth in IC 9-18-2-28 for a motor vehicle:
(1) issued a license plate under IC 9-18-17 that designates the
motor vehicle as being owned by a former prisoner of war or by
the surviving spouse of a former prisoner of war; or
(2) after December 31, 2006, issued a license plate under
IC 9-18-19 that designates the motor vehicle as being owned by
a person who has received a Purple Heart decoration.
(g) The bureau may not impose a pull service charge of more than
fifteen dollars ($15) for a requested motor vehicle registration plate
issued under IC 9-18-25 for a special group recognition license plate
that commemorates the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.62-1996, SEC.15;
P.L.182-2002, SEC.6; P.L.216-2003, SEC.11; P.L.68-2006, SEC.4.
IC 9-29-3-20
Duty of license branch to collect service charges
Sec. 20. Notwithstanding any other law, each license branch
operated under IC 9-16 shall collect the following:
(1) The service charges listed in sections 1 through 18 of this
chapter, including any increases or decreases in those charges
imposed by rule under section 19 of this chapter.
(2) Any new service charges imposed by rule under section 19
of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17.
IC 9-29-3-21 Version a
Charges withheld from statutory fees; charges in addition to
statutory fees
Note: This version of section amended by P.L.176-2001, SEC.29.
See also following version of this section amended by P.L.291-2001,
SEC.192.
Sec. 21. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the service
charges listed in sections 1 through 15 of this chapter shall be
withheld from the statutory fees for the services provided and may
not be added to those fees.
(b) The service charges listed in sections 16, 17, and 18 of this
chapter are in addition to the statutory fees for the services provided
and may not be withheld from those fees.
(c) The service charges collected as set forth in sections 4(d),
6(b), 7(b), 8(c), 9(b), 10(b), 11(b), 12(b), 14(b), and 18(b) of this
chapter, IC 9-29-15-1(c), and IC 9-29-15-4(c) are in addition to the
statutory fees for the services provided and may not be withheld from
those fees.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.29.
IC 9-29-3-21 Version b
Charges withheld from statutory fees; charges in addition to
statutory fees
Note: This version of section amended by P.L.291-2001, SEC.192.
See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.176-2001,
SEC.29.
Sec. 21. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the service
charges listed in sections 1 through 15 of this chapter shall be
withheld from the statutory fees for the services provided and may
not be added to those fees.
(b) The service charges listed in sections 16, 17, and 18 of this
chapter are in addition to the statutory fees for the services provided
and may not be withheld from those fees.
(c) The fifty cents ($0.50) increase, effective January 1, 2002, in
the service charges in sections 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 18 of
this chapter, IC 9-29-15-1, and IC 9-29-15-4 are in addition to the
statutory fees for the services provided and may not be withheld from
those fees.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.291-2001,
SEC.192.
IC 9-29-3-22
New or increased service charges; withheld from or in addition to
statutory fees
Sec. 22. A new service charge or an increase in a service charge
that is imposed by rule under section 19 of this chapter shall be:
(1) collected as an additional charge; or
(2) withheld from any statutory fee.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17.
IC 9-29-3-23
Deposit of collected services charges; state license branch fund;
integrated public safety communications fund
Sec. 23. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) or as
otherwise provided in this chapter, the service charges collected
under this chapter shall be deposited in the state license branch fund
established under IC 9-29-14.
(b) Before July 1, 2019, one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25)
of each service charge increase established by a rule adopted under
section 19 of this chapter before January 1, 2002, for services
described in sections 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 18 of this
chapter shall be deposited in the integrated public safety
communications fund established by IC 5-26-4-1. After June 30,
2019, the amount described in this subsection shall be deposited in
the state license branch fund as provided in subsection (a).
(c) Before July 1, 2019, one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25)
of each service charge established by a rule adopted under section 19
of this chapter before January 1, 2002, for services described in
IC 9-29-15-1 shall be deposited in the integrated public safety
communications fund established by IC 5-26-4-1. After June 30,
2019, the amount described in this subsection shall be deposited in
the state license branch fund as provided in subsection (a).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.1-1992, SEC.59;
P.L.123-2002, SEC.17.