Vehicle Registration Exemptions - Indiana

The following vehicles are not required to be registered:

• A vehicle propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated on rails or tracks.
• A firetruck and apparatus used for fire protection.
• A new motor vehicle if the new motor vehicle is being operated in Indiana solely to remove it from an accident site to a storage location because:
  • The new motor vehicle was being transported on a railroad car or semitrailer; and
  • The railroad car or semitrailer was involved in an accident that required the unloading of the new motor vehicle to preserve or prevent further damage to it.
• A vehicle that is:
  • Owned or leased; and
  • Used by the United States government for official government purposes.
• A school bus or special purpose bus that is:
  • Owned by a school corporation; and
  • Registered under IC 20-27-7.
• A vehicle that is not designed for or employed in general highway transportation of persons or property and is occasionally operated or moved over the highway, including the following:
  • An electric personal assistive mobility device.
  • Road construction or maintenance machinery.
  • A movable device designed, used, or maintained to alert motorists of hazardous conditions on highways.
  • Construction dust control machinery.
  • A well boring apparatus.
• A ditch digging apparatus.
• An agriculture implement designed to be operated mainly in a farm field or on farm premises.
• A farm tractor.
• A farm wagon.
• A tractor:
  • Used to move semitrailers around a terminal or a loading or spotting facility; and
  • For which a permit is issued under IC 6-6-4.1-13(f).
• Except as provided in IC 9-18.1-14-1, an off-road vehicle or a snowmobile.
• A vehicle that is operated and displays a license plate in accordance with IC 9-32 (Dealer services).
• A “disposable trailer”, defined in IC § 9-13-2-44.5 as: a trailer that is designed for single use transportation of a sectionalized building after which the parts of the trailer are disassembled to be sold or recycled.