Sec. 5. (a) Whenever a vehicle for which a certificate of title is required by this article is sold or transferred:
(1) under an order or a process of an Indiana court;
(2) under any provision of an Indiana statute; or
(3) by operation of law;
the person that obtains the vehicle may obtain a certificate of title for the vehicle by filing an application for the certificate of title with the bureau and attaching to the application written evidence showing the order, process, statute, or operation under which the person obtained ownership of the vehicle.
(b) The bureau shall use due diligence to ascertain that the sale was in conformity with the order, process, statute, or operation under which the sale or transfer occurred. The order, process, statute, or operation may substitute for proof of ownership under IC 9-17-2-4, but the applicant must comply with IC 9-17 to receive a certificate of title.
(c) An order or a process of an Indiana court described in subsection (a) must include the:
(1) year of manufacture of;
(2) make and model of;
(3) vehicle identification number of; and
(4) name and address of the person that is entitled to;
the vehicle.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-4-46.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.125-2012, SEC.82; P.L.198-2016, SEC.225; P.L.256-2017, SEC.105.
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