Sec. 5. (a) Any person who parks a motor vehicle which does not have displayed a placard of a person with a physical disability or a disabled veteran, issued under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal), IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state, or a registration plate of a person with a physical disability or a disabled veteran, issued under IC 9-18-18 (before its expiration), IC 9-18-19-1(b) (before its expiration), IC 9-18-22 (before its expiration), IC 9-18.5-5, IC 9-18.5-6, IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state, in a parking space reserved under this chapter for a vehicle of a person with a physical disability commits a Class C infraction.

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C misdemeanorup to 60 daysup to $500
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-3-4
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-16-9-5

  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (b) Any person who knowingly parks in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability while displaying a placard to which neither the person nor the person’s passenger is entitled commits a Class C infraction.

     (c) Any person who displays for use in parking in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability a placard or a special license plate that was not issued under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal), IC 9-18-18 (before its expiration), IC 9-18-19-1(b) (before its expiration), IC 9-18-22 (before its expiration), IC 9-18.5-6, or IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state commits a Class C misdemeanor.

     (d) A person who, in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability, parks a vehicle that displays a placard or special registration plate entitling a person to park in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability commits a Class C infraction if that person is not, at that time, in the process of transporting a person with a physical disability or disabled veteran.

     (e) Notwithstanding IC 34-28-5-4(c), a civil judgment of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) must be imposed for an infraction committed in violation of this section.

As added by Acts 1979, P.L.44, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.58-1983, SEC.3; P.L.37-1984, SEC.3; P.L.55-1985, SEC.2; P.L.71-1987, SEC.2; P.L.72-1989, SEC.2; P.L.2-1991, SEC.31; P.L.23-1993, SEC.14; P.L.2-1995, SEC.17; P.L.43-1996, SEC.1; P.L.1-1998, SEC.72; P.L.50-2013, SEC.1; P.L.216-2014, SEC.2; P.L.198-2016, SEC.14.

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