Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), and subject to subsection (d), an individual applying for renewal of a driver’s license in the form of a physical credential (issued under IC 9-24-3), or a chauffeur’s or a public passenger chauffeur’s license, including any endorsements in effect with respect to the license, must apply in person at a license branch and do the following:

(1) Pass an eyesight examination.

(2) Pass a written examination if:

(A) the applicant has at least six (6) active points on the applicant’s driving record maintained by the bureau;

(B) the applicant has not reached the applicant’s twenty-first birthday and has active points on the applicant’s driving record maintained by the bureau; or

(C) the applicant is in possession of a driver’s license that is expired beyond one hundred eighty (180) days.

     (b) The holder of a driver’s license in the form of a physical credential (issued under IC 9-24-3), a chauffeur’s or a public passenger chauffeur’s license, or a learner’s permit issued in the form of a physical credential under IC 9-24-7 may renew the license, including any endorsements in effect with respect to the license, by mail or by electronic service, subject to the following conditions:

(1) A valid computerized image of the individual must exist within the records of the bureau.

(2) The previous renewal of the individual’s driver’s license (issued under IC 9-24-3), chauffeur’s or public passenger chauffeur’s license, or a learner’s permit issued under IC 9-24-7 must not have been by mail or by electronic service.

(3) The application for or previous renewal of the individual’s license or permit must have included a test of the individual’s eyesight approved by the bureau.

(4) If the individual were applying for the license or permit renewal in person at a license branch, the individual would not be required under subsection (a)(2) to submit to a written examination.

(5) The individual must be a citizen of the United States, as shown in the records of the bureau.

(6) There must not have been any change in the:

(A) address; or

(B) name;

of the individual since the issuance or previous renewal of the individual’s driver’s license (issued under IC 9-24-3), chauffeur’s or public passenger chauffeur’s license, or a learner’s permit issued under IC 9-24-7.

(7) The driver’s license (issued under IC 9-24-3), chauffeur’s or public passenger chauffeur’s license, or a learner’s permit issued under IC 9-24-7 of the individual must not be:

(A) suspended; or

(B) expired more than one hundred eighty (180) days;

at the time of the application for renewal.

(8) If the individual is seventy-five (75) years of age or older at the time of the application for renewal, the individual must provide proof, on a form approved by the bureau, that the individual has passed an eyesight examination within thirty (30) days prior to the renewal application.

     (c) An individual applying for the renewal of a driver’s license issued in the form of a physical credential (issued under IC 9-24-3), a chauffeur’s license or a public passenger chauffeur’s license, or a learner’s permit issued in the form of a physical credential under IC 9-24-7, including any endorsements in effect with respect to the license, must apply in person at a license branch under subsection (a) if the individual is not entitled to apply by mail or by electronic service under subsection (b).

     (d) The bureau may not issue or renew a chauffeur’s or a public passenger chauffeur’s license after December 31, 2016. If a holder of a chauffeur’s or a public passenger chauffeur’s license applies after December 31, 2016, for renewal of the chauffeur’s or public passenger chauffeur’s license, the bureau shall issue to the holder a driver’s license under IC 9-24-3 with a for-hire endorsement if the holder:

(1) applies in a form and manner prescribed by the bureau; and

(2) satisfies the requirements for renewal of a driver’s license issued under IC 9-24-3, including the fee and examination requirements under this section.

     (e) An individual applying for the renewal of a driver’s license issued in the form of a physical credential under IC 9-24-3 shall pay the following applicable fee:

(1) If the individual is less than seventy-five (75) years of age, seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($17.50). The fee shall be distributed as follows:

(A) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.

(B) Two dollars ($2) to the crossroads 2000 fund.

(C) Four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) to the motor vehicle highway account.

(D) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund.

(E) Nine dollars and twenty-five cents ($9.25) to the commission fund.

(2) If the individual is at least seventy-five (75) years of age and less than eighty-five (85) years of age, eleven dollars ($11). The fee shall be distributed as follows:

(A) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.

(B) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) to the crossroads 2000 fund.

(C) Three dollars ($3) to the motor vehicle highway account.

(D) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund.

(E) Four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75) to the commission fund.

(3) If the individual is at least eighty-five (85) years of age, seven dollars ($7). The fee shall be distributed as follows:

(A) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.

(B) One dollar ($1) to the crossroads 2000 fund.

(C) Two dollars ($2) to the motor vehicle highway account.

(D) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund.

(E) Two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) to the commission fund.

A fee paid under this subsection after December 31, 2016, includes the renewal of any endorsements that are in effect with respect to the driver’s license issued in the form of a physical credential under IC 9-24-3 at the time of renewal.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-4-34.1(g); Pre-2016 Revision Citations: 9-29-9-2.1; subsection (f) formerly 9-29-9-4; subsection (g) formerly 9-29-9-5.]

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.176-2001, SEC.15; P.L.210-2005, SEC.44; P.L.156-2006, SEC.14; P.L.76-2009, SEC.2; P.L.162-2009, SEC.5; P.L.87-2010, SEC.31; P.L.109-2011, SEC.11; P.L.125-2012, SEC.212; P.L.85-2013, SEC.50; P.L.198-2016, SEC.494; P.L.256-2017, SEC.174; P.L.178-2019, SEC.52; P.L.111-2021, SEC.66; P.L.211-2023, SEC.46.