§ 9-13-2-1 “Abandoned vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-1.4 “Adapted vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-1.6 “Advisory board”
§ 9-13-2-1.7 “Aggressive driving”
§ 9-13-2-1.8 “Aggregate”
§ 9-13-2-1.9 “Airbag”
§ 9-13-2-2 “Air conditioning equipment”
§ 9-13-2-2.3 “Alcoholic beverage”
§ 9-13-2-2.4 “Alcohol concentration equivalent”
§ 9-13-2-2.5 “Alley”
§ 9-13-2-3 “Antique motor vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-4 “Approved driver education course”
§ 9-13-2-5 “Approved motorcycle driver education and training course”
§ 9-13-2-5.3 “Armed forces of the United States”
§ 9-13-2-6 “Authorized emergency vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-6.1 “Autocycle”
§ 9-13-2-6.3 “Automated traffic law enforcement system”
§ 9-13-2-6.5 “Automated vehicle identifier”
§ 9-13-2-8 “Automobile scrapyard”
§ 9-13-2-8.5 “Automotive mobility dealer”
§ 9-13-2-9 “Automotive salvage rebuilder”
§ 9-13-2-10 “Automotive salvage recycler”
§ 9-13-2-10.5 “Average wholesale value”
§ 9-13-2-11 “Axle”
§ 9-13-2-12 “Axle weight”
§ 9-13-2-13 “B-train assembly”
§ 9-13-2-14 “Bicycle”
§ 9-13-2-14.5 “Bicycle traffic control signal”
§ 9-13-2-15 “Broker”
§ 9-13-2-16 “Bureau”
§ 9-13-2-17 “Bus”
§ 9-13-2-18 “Business district”
§ 9-13-2-18.8 “Catastrophic injury”
§ 9-13-2-19 “Certificate of compliance”
§ 9-13-2-19.4 “Chaplain”
§ 9-13-2-19.5 “Charge back”
§ 9-13-2-21 “Chauffeur”
§ 9-13-2-22 “Chemical test”
§ 9-13-2-23 “Child restraint system”
§ 9-13-2-24 “Church bus”
§ 9-13-2-25 “Civic event”
§ 9-13-2-25.5 “Civic event vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-26.6 “Class 1 electric bicycle”
§ 9-13-2-26.7 “Class 2 electric bicycle”
§ 9-13-2-26.8 “Class 3 electric bicycle”
§ 9-13-2-28 Expired
§ 9-13-2-28.4 “Collector vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-30 “Commercial enterprise”
§ 9-13-2-31 “Commercial motor vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-32 “Commission”
§ 9-13-2-32.5 “Commission board”
§ 9-13-2-32.7 “Commission fund”
§ 9-13-2-33 “Commissioner”
§ 9-13-2-34 “Component part”
§ 9-13-2-34.3 “Compression release engine brake”
§ 9-13-2-34.5 “Container”
§ 9-13-2-35 “Controlled substance”
§ 9-13-2-38 “Conviction”
§ 9-13-2-38.9 “Counterfeit supplemental restraint system component”
§ 9-13-2-39 “Court”
§ 9-13-2-39.5 “Covered offense”
§ 9-13-2-39.8 “Crossroads 2000 fund”
§ 9-13-2-40 “Crosswalk”
§ 9-13-2-41 “Current driving license”
§ 9-13-2-42 “Dealer”
§ 9-13-2-42.3 “Dealer manager”
§ 9-13-2-42.5 “Dealer owner”
§ 9-13-2-42.7 “Dealer compliance account”
§ 9-13-2-43 “Designated family member”
§ 9-13-2-43.3 “Director”
§ 9-13-2-44.5 “Disposable trailer”
§ 9-13-2-45 “Distributor”
§ 9-13-2-45.2 “Distributor representative”
§ 9-13-2-45.5 “Division”
§ 9-13-2-45.8 “Document preparation fee”
§ 9-13-2-46 “Driveaway or towaway”
§ 9-13-2-47 “Driver”
§ 9-13-2-47.2 “Driver training school”
§ 9-13-2-48 “Driver’s license”
§ 9-13-2-48.3 “Driving privileges”
§ 9-13-2-48.5 “Driving record”
§ 9-13-2-49 “Driveway or private road”
§ 9-13-2-49.1 “Drug”
§ 9-13-2-49.2 “Electric bicycle”
§ 9-13-2-49.3 “Electric personal assistive mobility device”
§ 9-13-2-49.4 “Electric foot scooter”
§ 9-13-2-49.5 “Electronic traffic ticket”
§ 9-13-2-49.6 “Endorsement”
§ 9-13-2-49.7 “Entrapment”
§ 9-13-2-49.9 Expired
§ 9-13-2-50 “Established place of business”
§ 9-13-2-50.5 “Executive”
§ 9-13-2-51 “Existing franchise”
§ 9-13-2-52 “Explosives”
§ 9-13-2-52.5 “Extra wide manufactured home rig”
§ 9-13-2-53 “Fair market value”
§ 9-13-2-54 “Farm product”
§ 9-13-2-56 “Farm tractor”
§ 9-13-2-58 “Farm truck, farm trailer, farm semitrailer and tractor, or farm vehicles”
§ 9-13-2-59 “Farm vehicle loaded with a farm product”
§ 9-13-2-60 “Farm wagon”
§ 9-13-2-61 “Fatal accident”
§ 9-13-2-62 “Federal act”
§ 9-13-2-62.5 “Fire lane”
§ 9-13-2-63 “Fiscal body”
§ 9-13-2-64 “Flagman”
§ 9-13-2-65 “Flammable liquid”
§ 9-13-2-66.6 “Forbearance”
§ 9-13-2-66.7 “For-hire bus”
§ 9-13-2-67 “Franchise”
§ 9-13-2-68 “Franchisee”
§ 9-13-2-69 “Franchisor”
§ 9-13-2-69.1 “Fund”
§ 9-13-2-69.3 “Funeral escort vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-69.5 “Funeral procession”
§ 9-13-2-69.7 “Golf cart”
§ 9-13-2-71 “Gross vehicle weight” or “gross weight”
§ 9-13-2-71.4 “Gross vehicle weight rating”
§ 9-13-2-72 “Habitual violator”
§ 9-13-2-73 “Highway” or “street”
§ 9-13-2-73.3 “Highway, road and street fund”
§ 9-13-2-74 “Hulk crusher”
§ 9-13-2-74.5 “Identification card”
§ 9-13-2-75 “Identification number”
§ 9-13-2-76 “Ignition interlock device”
§ 9-13-2-77 “Implement of agriculture”
§ 9-13-2-78 “Indiana resident”
§ 9-13-2-79 “Individual owner”
§ 9-13-2-80.1 “Initial hearing”
§ 9-13-2-80.5 “Instructor”
§ 9-13-2-81 “Instructor of an approved driver education course”
§ 9-13-2-82 “Insured”
§ 9-13-2-82.5 “Integrated public safety communications fund”
§ 9-13-2-84 “Intersection”
§ 9-13-2-85 “Interstate highway”
§ 9-13-2-86 “Intoxicated”
§ 9-13-2-87.5 “Job training”
§ 9-13-2-88 “Judge”
§ 9-13-2-89 “Judgment”
§ 9-13-2-90 “Labor rate”
§ 9-13-2-91 “Lamp”
§ 9-13-2-92 “Law enforcement officer”
§ 9-13-2-92.2 “Lawful intervention technique”
§ 9-13-2-92.3 “Lawful status”
§ 9-13-2-93 “License”
§ 9-13-2-93.1 “Licensed health care professional”
§ 9-13-2-93.2 “License branch”
§ 9-13-2-93.5 “Line make”
§ 9-13-2-94 “Local authorities”
§ 9-13-2-94.3 “Local road and street account”
§ 9-13-2-94.5 “Low speed vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-95 “Major component parts”
§ 9-13-2-96 “Manufactured home”
§ 9-13-2-97 “Manufacturer”
§ 9-13-2-97.6 “Manufacturer representative”
§ 9-13-2-98 “Marching band procession”
§ 9-13-2-99 “Maxi-cube”
§ 9-13-2-100 “Medical services vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-102 “Metal tire”
§ 9-13-2-102.3 “Metered space”
§ 9-13-2-103 “Military vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-103.1 “Mini-truck”
§ 9-13-2-103.2 “Mobile home”
§ 9-13-2-103.4 “Mobile credential”
§ 9-13-2-104.1 “Motor driven cycle”
§ 9-13-2-105 “Motor vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-105.3 “Motor vehicle highway account”
§ 9-13-2-106 “Motor vehicle liability policy”
§ 9-13-2-108 “Motorcycle”
§ 9-13-2-108.3 “Motorcycle operator safety education fund”
§ 9-13-2-109.3 “Motorsports”
§ 9-13-2-110 “Moving traffic offense”
§ 9-13-2-110.5 “Municipal waste collection and transportation vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-111 “New motor vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-111.5 “New motor vehicle dealer”
§ 9-13-2-111.8 “Nonfunctional airbag”
§ 9-13-2-112 “Nonmoving traffic offense”
§ 9-13-2-113 “Nonresident”
§ 9-13-2-113.3 “Nonviolent offender”
§ 9-13-2-113.5 “Not-for-hire bus”
§ 9-13-2-114 “Odometer”
§ 9-13-2-114.5 “Offer to sell”
§ 9-13-2-115 “Office”
§ 9-13-2-116 “Officer”
§ 9-13-2-117 “Official traffic control devices”
§ 9-13-2-117.3 “Off-road vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-117.5 “Operate”
§ 9-13-2-117.7 “Operating crew member”
§ 9-13-2-118 “Operator”
§ 9-13-2-119 “Operator of a special tractor mobile home rig”
§ 9-13-2-120.5 “Out-of-service order”
§ 9-13-2-120.7 “Overweight divisible load”
§ 9-13-2-121 “Owner”
§ 9-13-2-122 “Parts”
§ 9-13-2-123 “Passenger motor vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-123.3 “Pedestrian hybrid beacon”
§ 9-13-2-123.5 “Permit”
§ 9-13-2-124 “Person”
§ 9-13-2-125 “Personalized license plate”
§ 9-13-2-125.5 “Photo exempt identification card”
§ 9-13-2-125.6 “Physical credential”
§ 9-13-2-125.7 “Physician”
§ 9-13-2-126 “Pole trailer”
§ 9-13-2-127 “Police officer”
§ 9-13-2-128 “Political subdivision”
§ 9-13-2-130 “Previous conviction of operating while intoxicated”
§ 9-13-2-131 “Prima facie evidence of intoxication”
§ 9-13-2-132 “Prisoner of war”
§ 9-13-2-133 “Private bus”
§ 9-13-2-134 “Private business property or shopping center”
§ 9-13-2-135 “Private driveway”
§ 9-13-2-136 “Private property”
§ 9-13-2-137 “Private road”
§ 9-13-2-138.5 “Proof of discharge”
§ 9-13-2-139 “Proof of financial responsibility”
§ 9-13-2-140 “Protocol”
§ 9-13-2-141 “Public agency”
§ 9-13-2-142 “Public highway”
§ 9-13-2-143 Expired
§ 9-13-2-144 “Public property”
§ 9-13-2-146.1 “Qualifying claim”
§ 9-13-2-146.3 “Qualifying individual”
§ 9-13-2-146.5 “Railroad flagman”
§ 9-13-2-147 “Railroad sign or signal”
§ 9-13-2-149 “Rebuilt vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-149.8 “Recovery vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-150 “Recreational vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-150.3 “Recycling facility”
§ 9-13-2-150.5 “Registered importer”
§ 9-13-2-150.7 “Registration”
§ 9-13-2-151 “Relevant evidence of intoxication”
§ 9-13-2-151.5 “Relevant market area”
§ 9-13-2-151.7 “Rental company”
§ 9-13-2-152 “Repair or replacement”
§ 9-13-2-152.7 “Reserve components”
§ 9-13-2-153 “Residence district”
§ 9-13-2-154 “Restricted license”
§ 9-13-2-154.8 “Retractable tire studs”
§ 9-13-2-155 “Right-of-way”
§ 9-13-2-156 “Road tractor”
§ 9-13-2-157 “Roadway”
§ 9-13-2-157.5 “Roundabout”
§ 9-13-2-158 “Safety glazing materials”
§ 9-13-2-159 “Safety zone”
§ 9-13-2-159.5 “Sale”
§ 9-13-2-160 “Salvage vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-161 “School bus”
§ 9-13-2-161.3 “School crossing guard”
§ 9-13-2-161.5 “School crossing zone”
§ 9-13-2-162 “Scrap metal processor”
§ 9-13-2-162.5 “Secretary”
§ 9-13-2-163 “Sectionalized building”
§ 9-13-2-164 “Semitrailer”
§ 9-13-2-165 “Serious bodily injury”
§ 9-13-2-166 “Shopping center or private business property”
§ 9-13-2-167 “Sidewalk”
§ 9-13-2-167.5 “Snowmobile”
§ 9-13-2-168 “Solid tire”
§ 9-13-2-168.3 “Solid waste hauler”
§ 9-13-2-170 “Special group”
§ 9-13-2-170.3 “Special machinery”
§ 9-13-2-170.7 “Special purpose bus”
§ 9-13-2-171 “Special tractor-mobile home rig”
§ 9-13-2-172 “Speed contest”
§ 9-13-2-173 “State”
§ 9-13-2-173.1 “State construction fund”
§ 9-13-2-173.3 “State highway fund”
§ 9-13-2-173.7 “State motor vehicle technology fund”
§ 9-13-2-174 “Stinger-steered vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-174.3 “Stop sale directive”
§ 9-13-2-174.5 “Storage yard”
§ 9-13-2-175 “Street or highway”
§ 9-13-2-175.5 “Supplemental restraint system”
§ 9-13-2-177 “Tandem axle group”
§ 9-13-2-177.3 “Telecommunications device”
§ 9-13-2-178 “Through highway”
§ 9-13-2-179 “Towing service”
§ 9-13-2-180 “Tractor”
§ 9-13-2-181 “Tractor-mobile home rig”
§ 9-13-2-182 “Traffic”
§ 9-13-2-183 “Traffic offense”
§ 9-13-2-184 “Trailer”
§ 9-13-2-185 “Transfer dealer”
§ 9-13-2-187 “Transport operator”
§ 9-13-2-187.5 Expired
§ 9-13-2-188 “Truck”
§ 9-13-2-188.3 “Truck camper”
§ 9-13-2-189 “Truck-tractor”
§ 9-13-2-190 “Truck-tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer”
§ 9-13-2-191 “Ultimate purchaser”
§ 9-13-2-191.5 “Uniform time standards manual”
§ 9-13-2-192 “Unit”
§ 9-13-2-193 “Urban district”
§ 9-13-2-194 “Used major component part”
§ 9-13-2-194.5 “Used motor vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-195 “Used parts dealer”
§ 9-13-2-196 “Vehicle”
§ 9-13-2-196.2 “Vehicle platoon”
§ 9-13-2-196.3 “Vehicular substance offense”
§ 9-13-2-196.5 “Veteran”
§ 9-13-2-197 “Violation”
§ 9-13-2-198 “Wagon”
§ 9-13-2-198.5 “Watercraft”
§ 9-13-2-198.7 “Waters of Indiana”
§ 9-13-2-200 “Worksite”
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 9 > Article 13 > Chapter 2 - Definitions

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. 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
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5