Sec. 1. (a) An automotive salvage recycler must be licensed by the secretary under this article before the automotive salvage recycler may do any of the following: (1) Acquire, sell, or advertise for sale a used major component part of a motor vehicle. (2) Wreck, dismantle, shred, compact, crush, or otherwise destroy a motor vehicle […]
Sec. 10. (a) A licensee shall post a license granted to the licensee under this chapter in a conspicuous place at the established place of business. (b) A licensee that violates this section commits a Class A infraction. As added by P.L.92-2013, SEC.78. Amended by P.L.217-2014, SEC.171; P.L.151-2015, SEC.62.
Sec. 11. If the secretary receives a written complaint from a local zoning body that an automotive salvage recycler is operating in violation of a local zoning ordinance, the secretary shall delay the issuance or renewal of the automotive salvage recycler’s license until the local zoning complaints have been satisfied. As added by P.L.92-2013, SEC.78. […]
Sec. 12. (a) A dealer licensed under this article may reassign a certificate of salvage title one (1) time without applying to the bureau for the issuance of a new certificate of salvage title. (b) A dealer that violates this section commits a Class A infraction. As added by P.L.179-2017, SEC.61.
Sec. 13. (a) A dealer licensed under this article shall secure an affidavit from the person that holds the certificate of title on the date of receiving a title by sale or transfer. The affidavit must state whether the vehicle is a flood damaged vehicle. (b) The dealer shall file the affidavit secured under subsection […]
Sec. 14. (a) A scrap metal processor or other facility that purchases or acquires a salvage motor vehicle that has been totally demolished or destroyed as a result of normal processing performed by a recycling facility before the purchase by the scrap metal processor or other facility is not required to apply for and receive […]
Sec. 14.5. (a) An automotive salvage recycler who is purchasing a detached catalytic converter valued at less than twenty-five dollars ($25) may remit payment in cash. An automotive salvage recycler may not purchase more than one (1) detached catalytic converter for cash per seller per day under this subsection. (b) An automated salvage recycler who […]
Sec. 15. (a) The secretary shall prescribe record keeping forms to be used by an automotive salvage recycler to preserve information about vehicles or major component parts acquired or sold by the business. (b) For each vehicle acquired by an automotive salvage recycler, the record keeping forms required under subsection (a) must contain the following […]
Sec. 16. (a) Unless otherwise specified or required, the records required under section 15 of this chapter shall be retained for five (5) years after the date the vehicle or major component part was acquired or sold, in the form prescribed by the secretary. The records must be maintained at the established place of business […]
Sec. 17. (a) The records required under section 15 of this chapter must be available to, and produced at the request of, a police officer or an authorized agent of the secretary of state under this chapter. (b) An automotive salvage recycler that fails to make available or produce the records described under section 15 […]
Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to vehicles and their component parts that are in either their current model year or in the immediately preceding six (6) model years when purchased by a recycling facility or automotive salvage rebuilder. (b) A recycling facility and automotive salvage rebuilder licensed under this chapter shall comply with the […]
Sec. 19. (a) A record required to be maintained under this chapter is subject to inspection by a police officer during normal business hours. In addition to the inspections authorized under section 20 of this chapter, an inspection under this section may include an examination of the premises of the automotive salvage recycler’s established place […]
Sec. 2. (a) An automotive salvage recycler licensed in Indiana must have an established place of business in Indiana conducting the business that is the basis for the license. An established place of business that performs only ministerial tasks is not considered to be conducting business. (b) An automotive salvage recycler that violates this section […]
Sec. 20. (a) The secretary of state, a police officer, or an agent of the secretary of state or a police officer may enter upon the premises of an automotive salvage recycler during normal business hours to inspect a vehicle, a major component part, records, a certificate of authority, a certificate of title, and other […]
Sec. 21. In the absence of fraud or bad faith, a person who releases or provides evidence or information under this chapter to any of the following is immune from civil or criminal liability for providing that evidence or information: (1) The superintendent of the state police or the superintendent’s designee. (2) The attorney general […]
Sec. 22. A court may issue a warrant to search the premises of an automotive salvage recycler for any major component parts being possessed, kept, sold, bartered, given away, used, or transported in potential violation of this chapter. As added by P.L.179-2017, SEC.71. Amended by P.L.284-2019, SEC.25.
Sec. 23. A warrant issued under section 22 of this chapter shall be directed to a police officer who has the power of criminal process. The person to whom the warrant was issued shall serve the warrant and make the return not later than twenty (20) days after the date of issue. As added by […]
Sec. 24. The law enforcement officer who serves a warrant issued under section 22 of this chapter shall seize any article described in the warrant and any other article the police officer finds during the search that is held in violation of this chapter. The law enforcement officer shall hold the articles pending the disposition […]
Sec. 25. A major component part seized under this chapter and any other article found on the searched premises and taken under a warrant issued under section 22 of this chapter may not be taken from the custody of the person who served the warrant by a writ of replevin or other process while proceedings […]
Sec. 26. The prosecution of a recycling facility, automotive salvage rebuilder, insurance company, or individual suspected of violating this section may be instituted by the filing of an information or indictment in the same manner as other criminal cases are commenced. As added by P.L.179-2017, SEC.75.
