Indiana Law

Question 1

Title 31

Answer 1

Family and Juvenile Law

Question 2

Title 34

Answer 2

Civil Law and Procedure

Question 3

Title 35

Answer 3

Criminal Law and Procedure

Question 4

Curfew Violation

Answer 4

Children 15-17: be in a public place 0100-0500 Sat/Sun.

After 2300 Sun-Thur

Children less than 15: After 2300 and before 0500 all days

IC: 31-37-3-2/31-37-3-3

Question 5

Public Intoxication

Answer 5

Class B Misdemeanor
Use of alcohol/controlled substance if the person:
endangers the persons life
endangers the life of another person
breaches the peace or is in imminent danger of breaching the peace; or
harasses, annoys, or alarms another person

IC: 7.1-5-1-3

Question 6

False statement of age (by a minor)

Answer 6

Class C Misdemeanor
for a minor to knowingly or intentionally make a false statement of the minor’s age or to present or offer false or fraudulent evidence of majority or identity to a permittee for the purpose of ordering, purchasing, attempting to purchase, or otherwise procuring or attempting to procure an alcoholic beverage.

Also: In addition to the penalty under subsection (a), a minor who:
(1) uses a false or altered driver’s license or the driver’s license of another person as evidence of majority under this section; or
(2) is convicted of purchasing or procuring an alcoholic beverage with or without using a false or altered driver’s license;
shall have the minor’s driver’s license, permit, or driving privileges suspended for up to one (1) year

IC 7.1-5-7-1

Question 7

Furnishing false evidence of identification

Answer 7

It is a Class C misdemeanor for a person to sell, give, or furnish to a minor false or fraudulent evidence of majority or identity with the intent to violate a provision of this title.

IC 7.1-5-7-2

Question 8

Possession of false identity

Answer 8

It is a Class C infraction for a minor to have in his possession false or fraudulent evidence of majority or identity with the intent to violate a provision of this title.

IC 7.1-5-7-3

Question 9

Illegal possession

Answer 9

Sec. 7. (a) Subject to IC 7.1-5-1-6.5, it is a Class C misdemeanor for a minor to knowingly:

    (1) possess an alcoholic beverage;
    (2) consume an alcoholic beverage; or

    (3) transport an alcoholic beverage on a public highway when not accompanied by at least one (1) of the minor's parents or guardians.
(b) If a minor is found to have violated subsection (a) while operating a vehicle, the court may order the minor's driving privileges suspended for up to one (1) year. However, if the minor is less than eighteen (18) years of age, the court shall order the minor's driving privileges suspended for at least sixty (60) days.
(c) The court shall deliver any order suspending a minor's driving privileges under this section to the bureau of motor vehicles, which shall suspend the minor's driving privileges under IC 9-24-18-12 for the period ordered by the court.

IC 7.1-5-7-7

Question 10

Sales to minors prohibited

Answer 10

Sec. 8. (a) It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally sell, barter, exchange, provide, or furnish an alcoholic beverage to a minor.

(b) However, the offense described in subsection (a) is:
    (1) a Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this section; and
    (2) a Class D felony if the consumption, ingestion, or use of the alcoholic beverage is the proximate cause of the serious bodily injury or death of any person.

IC 7.1-5-7-8

Question 11

Parent taking child into tavern prohibited

Answer 11

Sec. 9. (a) It is a Class C infraction for a parent, guardian, trustee, or other person having custody of a child under eighteen (18) years of age to take that child into a tavern, bar, or other public place where alcoholic beverages are sold, bartered, exchanged, given away, provided, or furnished.
(b) It is a Class C infraction for a permittee to permit the parent, guardian, trustee, or other person having custody of the child under eighteen (18) years of age to be in or around the prohibited place with the child.

IC 7.1-5-7-9

Question 12

Aiding unlawful possession

Answer 12

Sec. 15. A person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally encourages, aids, or induces a minor to unlawfully possess an alcoholic beverage commits a Class C infraction.

IC 7.1-5-7-15

Question 13

Headlights

Answer 13

A motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle must be equipped with at least two (2) head lamps, with at least one (1) of the head lamps on each side of the front of the motor vehicle. The head lamps must comply with this chapter.

IC 9-19-6-3

Question 14

Tail lights

Answer 14

Sec. 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section:
(1) a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer; and
(2) any other vehicle that is drawn at the end of a train of vehicles;
must be equipped with at least one (1) tail lamp mounted on the rear that when lighted as required in this chapter, emits a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear.
(b) Only the tail lamp on the rear-most vehicle of a train of vehicles is required to be seen from the distance specified.
(c) Excluding a truck-tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination equipped with a B-train assembly (as defined in IC 9-13-2-13) governed by section 7 of this chapter, truck-tractor, motorcycle, or motor-driven cycle:
(1) a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer; and
(2) any other vehicle drawn at the end of a train of vehicles;
that is registered in Indiana and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1956, must be equipped with at least two (2) tail lamps mounted on the rear that, when lighted, complies with this section.
(d) A tail lamp upon a vehicle shall be located at a height of not less than twenty (20) inches and not more than seventy-two (72) inches.
(e) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp must be placed and constructed so as to illuminate the rear registration plate with a white light and make the plate clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the rear. A tail lamp or tail lamps, together with a separate lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate, must be wired so as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.

IC 9-19-6-4

Question 15

Stopping, inspecting, or detaining vehicle; checkpoints

Answer 15

Sec. 3.1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a vehicle may be stopped to determine compliance with this chapter. However, a vehicle, the contents of a vehicle, the driver of a vehicle, or a passenger in a vehicle may not be inspected, searched, or detained solely because of a violation of this chapter.
(b) A law enforcement agency may not use a safety belt checkpoint to detect and issue a citation for a person’s failure to comply with this chapter.

IC 9-19-10-3.1

Question 16

Windshield Wipers

Answer 16

Sec. 6. (a) The windshield on a motor vehicle must be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow, or other moisture from the windshield. The device must be constructed to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
(b) A windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle must be maintained in good working order.

IC 9-19-19-6

Question 17

Reduction of speed; impeding normal and reasonable movement; right-of-way to other vehicles

Answer 17

Sec. 7. A person may not drive a motor vehicle at a slow speed that impedes or blocks the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with the law. A person who is driving at a slow speed so that three (3) or more other vehicles are blocked and cannot pass on the left around the vehicle shall give right-of-way to the other vehicles by pulling off to the right of the right lane at the earliest reasonable opportunity and allowing the blocked vehicles to pass.

9-21-5-7

Question 18

Loads extending beyond body of vehicle; display of red light and flag

Answer 18

Sec. 7. (a) This subsection applies during the times specified in section 2 of this chapter. Whenever the load upon a vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the bed or body of the vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern required under this section is in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle. Clearance lights or reflectors on vehicles that are being transported may be used to delineate the extension of the load in lieu of other lights required in this section.
(b) This subsection applies during all times not specified in section 2 of this chapter. A vehicle described in subsection (a) shall display at the extreme rear end of the vehicle’s load a red flag or cloth not less than twelve (12) inches square, displayed in a manner in which the entire area is of the flag or cloth visible to the person who drives a vehicle approaching from the rear.

9-21-7-7

Question 19

Turn signals (When they must be used)

Answer 19

Sec. 25. A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last two hundred (200) feet traveled by a vehicle before turning or changing lanes. A vehicle

traveling in a speed zone of at least fifty (50) miles per hour shall give a signal continuously for not less than the last three hundred (300) feet traveled by the vehicle before turning or changing lanes.

9-21-8-25