IC 5-16-9-5: Violations; Class C infraction and Class C misdemeanor

Sec. 5. (a) Any person who parks a motor vehicle which does not have displayed a placard of a person with a physical disability or a disabled veteran, issued under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal), IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state, or a registration plate of a person with a physical disability or a disabled veteran, issued under IC 9-18-18 (before its expiration), IC 9-18-19-1(b) (before its expiration), IC 9-18-22 (before its expiration), IC 9-18.5-5, IC 9-18.5-6, IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state, in a parking space reserved under this chapter for a vehicle of a person with a physical disability commits a Class C infraction.

(b) Any person who knowingly parks in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability while displaying a placard to which neither the person nor the person's passenger is entitled commits a Class C infraction.

(c) Any person who displays for use in parking in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability a placard or a special license plate that was not issued under IC 9-14-5 (before its repeal), IC 9-18-18 (before its expiration), IC 9-18-19-1(b) (before its expiration), IC 9-18-22 (before its expiration), IC 9-18.5-6, or IC 9-18.5-8, or under the laws of another state commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(d) A person who, in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability, parks a vehicle that displays a placard or special registration plate entitling a person to park in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability commits a Class C infraction if that person is not, at that time, in the process of transporting a person with a physical disability or disabled veteran.

(e) Notwithstanding IC 34-28-5-4(c), a civil judgment of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) must be imposed for an infraction committed in violation of this section.