Section 9-19-3-4 - New vehicle requirements; exceptions(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (c), a new motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer sold in Indiana and operated upon the highways must be equipped with service brakes upon all wheels of the vehicle.(b) A semitrailer or trailer of less than three thousand (3,000) pounds gross weight is not required to be equipped with brakes.(c) A truck or truck-tractor having at least three (3) axles is not required to have service brakes on the front wheels. If a truck or truck-tractor is equipped with at least two (2) steerable axles, the wheels of one (1) steerable axle are not required to have service brakes although the truck or truck-tractor must be capable of complying with the performance requirements of sections 7 through 8 of this chapter.Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-32(4).
Amended by P.L. 164-2018,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by P.L. 221-2014, SEC. 27, eff. 1/1/2015.As added by P.L. 2-1991, SEC.7. Amended by P.L. 81-1991, SEC.7.