{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-24-7-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-24-7-1","heading":"Issuance; conditions; fee","body":"Sec. 1. (a) The bureau shall issue a learner's permit to an individual who satisfies the following conditions:\n(1) Makes a proper application in the form and manner prescribed by the bureau.\n(2) Except as provided in subsection (d), pays a fee under subsection (b) or (c), as applicable.\n(3) If less than eighteen (18) years of age:\n(A) is not ineligible under IC 9-24-2-1; and\n(B) provides the bureau with an emergency contact person (as defined by IC 9-26-2-5) who is not the individual who holds the learner's permit to be listed in the Indiana emergency contact data base described in IC 9-26-10-1 for the individual who holds the learner's permit.\n(4) Has passed a written examination as required under IC 9-24-10.\n(5) Either:\n(A) is at least sixteen (16) years of age; or\n(B) if at least fifteen (15) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, is enrolled in an approved driver education course.\n(b) The fee for a learner's permit issued before January 1, 2017, is nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50). The fee shall be distributed as follows:\n(1) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the motor vehicle highway account.\n(2) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.\n(3) Two dollars ($2) to the crossroads 2000 fund.\n(4) One dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) to the emergency communications fund.\n(5) Four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75) to the commission fund.\n(c) The fee for a learner's permit issued after December 31, 2016, is nine dollars ($9). The fee shall be distributed as follows:\n(1) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) to the motor vehicle highway account.\n(2) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.\n(3) Two dollars ($2) to the crossroads 2000 fund.\n(4) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the emergency communications fund.\n(5) Five dollars ($5) to the commission fund.\n(d) A fee described in subsection (a) may not be charged to an individual who:\n(1) is under the care and supervision of the department of child services; or\n(2) represents, pursuant to IC 31-36-3-4(b), a homeless youth (as defined in IC 31-36-3-4) and presents a fee and consent waiver affidavit described in IC 31-36-3-4(c);\nand meets all other requirements for a learner's permit under IC 9-24.","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 24. DRIVERS LICENSES","Chapter 7. Learner's Permit"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-24-7-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"13d2c358ca937457037c64e814463e58c701aa6b27baed54710fdeff8e3c2da8","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-24-6.1-11","next":"us-in/ic-9-24-7-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}