{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-30-2-2","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-30-2-2","heading":"Uniform and badge; marked police vehicle; exceptions","body":"Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a law enforcement officer may not arrest or issue a traffic information and summons to a person for a violation of an Indiana law regulating the use and operation of a motor vehicle on a highway or an ordinance of a city or town regulating the use and operation of a motor vehicle on a highway unless at the time of the arrest the officer is:\n(1) wearing a distinctive uniform and a badge of authority; or\n(2) operating a motor vehicle that is clearly marked as a police vehicle;\nthat will clearly show the officer or the officer's vehicle to casual observations to be an officer or a police vehicle.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an officer in an unmarked police vehicle making an arrest or issuing a traffic information and summons:\n(1) when there is a uniformed officer present at the time of the arrest; or\n(2) for a violation of one (1) or more of the following:\n(A) IC 9-21-8-52(a)(1)(A) (reckless driving causing endangerment).\n(B) IC 9-21-8-52(b) as a Level 6 felony (recklessly passing a stopped school bus resulting in bodily injury).\n(C) IC 9-21-8-52(b) as a Level 5 felony (recklessly passing a stopped school bus resulting in death).\n(D) IC 9-30-5-2(b) as a Class A misdemeanor (operating while intoxicated in a manner that endangers a person).","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 30. GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS","Chapter 2. Arrests"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-30-2-2","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"874e620485caa3d947d0146772e0c00eb4a390d60c95866ef55747d6de954dbd","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-30-2-1","next":"us-in/ic-9-30-2-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}