Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 9-13-2-123 (2026)
"Passenger motor vehicle"
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 123. "Passenger motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying passengers. The term does not include the following:
(1) A motorcycle.
(2) A bus.
(3) A snowmobile.
(4) An off-road vehicle.
(5) A motor driven cycle.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 9-1-1-2(x); 9-1-4-9.1(h) part; subsection (b) formerly 9-8-14-1 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.21-2003, SEC.3; P.L.219-2005, SEC.3; P.L.214-2007, SEC.5; P.L.259-2013, SEC.7; P.L.221-2014, SEC.15; P.L.198-2016, SEC.143.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1999–2003 · leading case: Hopper v. Carey, 716 N.E.2d 566 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999).
Hopper v. Carey, 716 N.E.2d 566 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). “Ind.Code § 9-13-2-123(a). However, for purposes of the passenger restraint law specifically, a passenger motor vehicle does include buses, school buses, and private buses, but does not include trucks, tractors, and recreational vehicles.”
Owen v. State, 796 N.E.2d 775 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “" Ind.Code § 9-13-2-123. However, the statute goes on to state that "for purposes of IC 9-19-10, the term [passenger motor vehicle] includes buses, school buses, and private buses, and excludes trucks, tractors, and recreational vehicles.”
— Ind. Code § 9-13-2-123(a) — 1 case
Hopper v. Carey, 716 N.E.2d 566 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). “Ind.Code § 9-13-2-123(a). However, for purposes of the passenger restraint law specifically, a passenger motor vehicle does include buses, school buses, and private buses, but does not include trucks, tractors, and recreational vehicles.”
— Ind. Code § 9-13-2-123(b) — 1 case
Hopper v. Carey, 716 N.E.2d 566 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999). “Ind.Code § 9-13-2-123(a). However, for purposes of the passenger restraint law specifically, a passenger motor vehicle does include buses, school buses, and private buses, but does not include trucks, tractors, and recreational vehicles.”
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