Ind. Code ch. 8-2.1-17

in effect

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-0.1 Repealed

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.189. Repealed by P.L.7-2015, SEC.17.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-1 Application

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-2 "Broker"

Sec. 2. "Broker" means: (1) a person who: (A) is not a common carrier or contract carrier; (B) is not a bona fide employee or agent of a common or contract carrier; and (C) as principal or agent, sells or offers to sell transportation service subject to regulation under this article; or (2) a person who negotiates for, or professes to be, by solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise, a person who sells, provides, furnishes, contracts, or arranges for transportation service subject to regulation under this article. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.1; P.L.42-2007, SEC.1.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-3 "Certificate"

Sec. 3. "Certificate" means: (1) the certificate issued by the department to an intrastate motor carrier; or (2) the acknowledgment issued by the department to an interstate common carrier or a contract carrier. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-4 "Common carrier"

Sec. 4. "Common carrier" means a person that is regulated as a common carrier under this article. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-5 "Contract carrier"

Sec. 5. "Contract carrier" means a person that is regulated as a contract carrier under this article. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-5.2 "Delivery available period"

Sec. 5.2. "Delivery available period" means the period of time when a DNC driver is: (1) logged on to a digital network; (2) available to receive requests to provide delivery services from a DNC; (3) operating a personal vehicle; and (4) not providing delivery services or operating in the delivery service period. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.1.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-5.3 "Delivery network company"

Sec. 5.3. "Delivery network company" or "DNC" means an entity that: (1) does business in Indiana; and (2) uses a digital network to connect DNC customers to DNC drivers to request the delivery of goods. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-5.4 "Delivery service period"

Sec. 5.4. "Delivery service period" means the period of time that: (1) begins when a DNC driver operates a personal vehicle en route to pick up at least one (1) good for a delivery or series of deliveries as documented by a digital network, regardless of when the DNC driver accepts the request from a DNC to provide delivery services; (2) continues while the DNC driver transports the requested good or goods; and (3) ends upon: (A) delivery of the requested good or goods at the direction of the DNC customer or the last DNC customer in a series of deliveries; or (B) delivery or return of the requested good or goods to a location designated by the DNC. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-5.5 "Delivery services"

Sec. 5.5. "Delivery services" means the fulfillment of a delivery request made by a DNC customer through a digital network, including the: (1) pickup of a good; and (2) delivery of the good at the direction of a DNC customer by a DNC driver. The term may include a series of deliveries at the direction of different DNC customers. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.4.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-5.6 "DNC customer"

Sec. 5.6. "DNC customer" means an individual who uses a digital network to order the delivery of a good to be delivered by a DNC driver at the direction of the individual. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.5.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-5.7 "DNC driver"

Sec. 5.7. "DNC driver" means an individual who provides delivery services using a personal vehicle through a digital network. As added by P.L.215-2023, SEC.6.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-6 "Department"

Sec. 6. "Department" refers to the department of state revenue. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-6.5 "Digital network"

Sec. 6.5. (a) "Digital network", for purposes of IC 8-2.1-19.1, means an online enabled application, software, website, or system offered or used by a TNC to enable the prearrangement of rides with TNC drivers. (b) "Digital network", for purposes of this chapter and IC 8-2.1-19.3, means an online enabled application, software, website, or system offered or used by a DNC to enable deliveries with DNC drivers. (c) A digital network is not a product under law. As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.215-2023, SEC.7; P.L.205-2025, SEC.25; P.L.227-2025, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-7 "Emergency temporary authority"

Sec. 7. "Emergency temporary authority" means limited term motor carrier operating authority issued for periods of thirty (30) days or less to meet an immediate and urgent need for service due to emergencies, in which time or circumstances do not reasonably permit the filing and processing of an application for temporary authority. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-7.5 "Freight forwarder"

Sec. 7.5. "Freight forwarder" means any person that: (1) holds itself out to the general public (other than as a pipeline, rail, motor, air, or water carrier) as a provider of transportation of property for compensation; and (2) in the ordinary course of its business: (A) assembles and consolidates, or provides for assembling and consolidating, shipments and performs or provides for breakbulk and distribution operations of the shipments; (B) assumes responsibility for the transportation from the place of receipt to the place of destination; and (C) uses a carrier subject to this article for any part of the transportation from the place of receipt to the place of destination. As added by P.L.42-2007, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-8 "Household mover"

Sec. 8. "Household mover" means any person who undertakes, whether directly or by a lease or other arrangement, to transport household goods by motor vehicle for compensation on any public highway between two (2) or more points in Indiana, whether over regular or irregular routes, in excess of one thousand (1,000) pounds per shipment for a single shipper regardless of the number of trips or movements made for the same shipper. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-9 "Household goods"

Sec. 9. (a) "Household goods" means: (1) personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when the effects and property are parts of the equipment or supply of that dwelling; (2) furniture, fixtures, equipment and the property of stores, offices, museums, institutions, hospitals, or other establishments when these items are parts of the stock, equipment, or supply of those stores, offices, museums, institutions, hospitals, or other establishments; and (3) articles including objects of art, displays, and exhibits that because of their unusual nature or value require the specialized handling and equipment usually employed in moving household goods. (b) Subsection (a)(1) does not include property moving from a factory or store, except property that the householder has purchased with intent to use in the dwelling and that is transported at the request of, and the transportation charges paid to the carrier by, the householder. Subsection (a)(2) does not include the stock-in-trade of any establishment, whether consignor or consignee, other than used furniture and used fixtures, except when transported as an incident to the removal of the establishment, or a portion thereof, from one (1) location to another. Subsection (a)(3) does not include any article, whether crated or uncrated, that does not, because of its unusual nature or value, require the specialized handling and equipment usually employed in moving household goods. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-9.1 "Leasing company"

Sec. 9.1. "Leasing company" means a lessor that is engaged in the business of leasing or renting for compensation motor vehicles without drivers to a motor carrier, motor private carrier, or freight forwarder. As added by P.L.42-2007, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-9.3 "Limousine"

Sec. 9.3. "Limousine" means a motor vehicle that: (1) is a passenger vehicle; and (2) is designed and constructed to accommodate and transport not more than fifteen (15) passengers, including the driver. As added by P.L.70-1990, SEC.1.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-10 "Motor carrier"

Sec. 10. "Motor carrier" means a common carrier, contract carrier, or carrier certified in accordance with rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.110-1995, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-11 "Motor vehicle"

Sec. 11. "Motor vehicle" means a truck, a tractor, a trailer, a semitrailer, a motor bus or another self-propelled or motor driven vehicle that is operated upon a public highway for the purpose of transporting persons or property for hire. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-11.2 "Motor vehicle insurance"

Sec. 11.2. "Motor vehicle insurance" means any type of insurance described in IC 27-1-5-1, Class 2(f). As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-12 "Permit"

Sec. 12. "Permit" means: (1) the permit issued by the department to an intrastate contract carrier; and (2) the acknowledgment issued by the department to an interstate contract carrier as evidence of the registration of the contract carrier's interstate contract authority. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-13 "Person"

Sec. 13. "Person" means an individual, corporation, firm, or partnership. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-13.2 "Personal vehicle"

Sec. 13.2. (a) "Personal vehicle", for purposes of sections 13.5, 16, 19, and 20 of this chapter, IC 8-2.1-19, and IC 8-2.1-19.1, means a vehicle that is: (1) used by a TNC driver to provide a prearranged ride; (2) owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the TNC driver; and (3) not a taxicab, limousine, or other for hire vehicle. (b) "Personal vehicle", for purposes of sections 5.2, 5.4, and 5.7 of this chapter and IC 8-2.1-19.3, means a vehicle that is: (1) used by a DNC driver to provide delivery services through a digital network; and (2) owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by a DNC driver. As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.215-2023, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-13.5 "Prearranged ride"

Sec. 13.5. (a) "Prearranged ride" means the provision of transportation by a TNC driver to a TNC rider: (1) beginning when the TNC driver accepts a TNC rider's request for a ride through a digital network controlled by a TNC; (2) continuing while the TNC driver transports the requesting TNC rider; and (3) ending when the last requesting TNC rider departs from the personal vehicle. (b) The term "prearranged ride" does not include transportation provided through any of the following: (1) A shared expense carpool or vanpool arrangement. (2) Use of a taxicab, limousine, or other for hire vehicle. (3) A regional transportation authority established under IC 36-9-3. As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.4.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-14 "Public highway"

Sec. 14. "Public highway" means a street, alley, road, highway, or thoroughfare in Indiana used by the traveling public. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-15 Repealed

As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8. Repealed by P.L.110-1995, SEC.35.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-16 "Taxicab"

Sec. 16. "Taxicab" means a motor vehicle that: (1) is designed and constructed to accommodate and transport not more than six (6) passengers in addition to the driver; (2) does not operate over any definite and designated routes within the corporate boundaries of a city or town and the suburban territory of a city or town; and (3) transports passengers to the destination designated by the passengers at the time of their transportation. The term does not include a personal vehicle operated by a TNC driver. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.175-2015, SEC.5.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-17 "Temporary authority"

Sec. 17. "Temporary authority" means limited term motor carrier operating authority issued for periods up to one hundred eighty (180) days by the department to authorize transportation service for which there is an immediate and urgent need and that cannot be met by other motor carrier service. The term includes emergency temporary authority. As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-18 "Transportation network company" or "TNC"

Sec. 18. "Transportation network company" or "TNC" means an entity that: (1) does business in Indiana; and (2) uses a digital network to connect TNC riders to TNC drivers to request prearranged rides. As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.6.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-19 "TNC driver"

Sec. 19. "TNC driver" means an individual who: (1) receives: (A) connections to potential TNC riders; and (B) related services; from a TNC in exchange for payment of a fee to the TNC; and (2) uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide prearranged rides to TNC riders: (A) upon connection through a digital network controlled by the TNC; and (B) in exchange for compensation or payment of a fee. As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.7.

Ind. Code § 8-2.1-17-20 "TNC rider"

Sec. 20. "TNC rider" means an individual who uses a TNC's digital network to connect with a TNC driver who provides to the individual a prearranged ride: (1) in the TNC driver's personal vehicle; and (2) between points chosen by the individual. As added by P.L.175-2015, SEC.8.

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