Sec. 2. (a) If the date on which the registration of a vehicle expires is a day on which all license branches located in the county in which the vehicle is registered are closed, including:

(1) a Sunday; or

(2) a legal holiday listed in IC 1-1-9-1;

the registration expires at midnight on the date following the next day on which a license branch located in the county in which the vehicle is registered is open for business.

     (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) and IC 9-18.5-34-3, a person that owns or operates a vehicle may not operate or permit the operation of a vehicle that:

(1) is required to be registered under this chapter; and

(2) has expired license plates.

     (c) A person that operates or permits the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of subsection (b) commits a Class C infraction.

[Pre-2016 Revision Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-18-2-50; subsection (b) formerly 9-18-2-7(b); subsection (c) formerly 9-18-2-7(h).]

As added by P.L.198-2016, SEC.326.