IC 9-18.1-1-2: "Declared gross weight"

Sec. 2. "Declared gross weight" means the following:

(1) For a for-hire bus, the sum of:

(A) the empty weight of the bus; plus

(B) the product of:

(i) the number of seats on the bus; multiplied by

(ii) two hundred (200) pounds.

(2) For a trailer, the empty weight of the trailer plus the weight of the heaviest load the trailer will carry during a registration year.

(3) For a truck, the empty weight of the truck plus the weight of the heaviest load the truck will carry during a registration year. The term includes a truck camper that is installed on a truck. The term does not include the weight of a vehicle towed by a truck.

(4) For a tractor used with a semitrailer, the declared gross combination weight, which is the sum of the following:

(A) The empty weight of the tractor.

(B) The empty weight of the heaviest semitrailer, or set of semitrailers, that the tractor will tow during a registration year.

(C) The heaviest load that the tractor will carry during a registration year.

(D) The heaviest load that will be carried by a semitrailer, or set of semitrailers, that the tractor will tow during a registration year.