{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-30-5-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-30-5-1","heading":"Class C misdemeanor; defense","body":"Sec. 1. (a) A person who operates a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least eight-hundredths (0.08) gram of alcohol but less than fifteen-hundredths (0.15) gram of alcohol per:\n(1) one hundred (100) milliliters of the person's blood; or\n(2) two hundred ten (210) liters of the person's breath;\ncommits a Class C misdemeanor.\n(b) A person who operates a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least fifteen-hundredths (0.15) gram of alcohol per:\n(1) one hundred (100) milliliters of the person's blood; or\n(2) two hundred ten (210) liters of the person's breath;\ncommits a Class A misdemeanor.\n(c) A person who operates a vehicle with a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II of IC 35-48-2 or its metabolite in the person's blood commits a Class C misdemeanor.\n(d) It is a defense to subsection (c) that:\n(1) the accused person consumed the controlled substance in accordance with a valid prescription or order of a practitioner (as defined in IC 35-48-1.1) who acted in the course of the practitioner's professional practice; or\n(2) the:\n(A) controlled substance is marijuana or a metabolite of marijuana;\n(B) person was not intoxicated;\n(C) person did not cause a traffic accident; and\n(D) substance was identified by means of a chemical test taken pursuant to IC 9-30-7.","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 30. GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS","Chapter 5. Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-30-5-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"11f75cfaec2cd20ac422d964c26570945fda9c665c6c2b708fb20d3bfd35d0b7","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-30-5-0.2","next":"us-in/ic-9-30-5-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}