Operation of a watercraft with expired plates; violation
Ind. Code § 9-18.1-14.5-9
repealedSec. 9. (a) If the date on which the registration of a watercraft expires is a day on which all license branches located in the county in which the watercraft 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 watercraft is registered is open for business.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), a person that owns or operates a watercraft may not operate or permit the operation of a watercraft that:
(1) is required to be registered under this chapter; and
(2) has an expired registration.
(c) A person that operates or permits the operation of a watercraft in violation of subsection (b) commits a Class C infraction.
As added by P.L.164-2020, SEC.38.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/9Fetched: 10/17/2026