IC 9-30-2-2 — Uniform and badge; marked police vehicle; exceptions
Chapter 2. Arrests
Section text
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: (1) wearing a distinctive uniform and a badge of authority; or (2) operating a motor vehicle that is clearly marked as a police vehicle; that will clearly show the officer or the officer's vehicle to casual observations to be an officer or a police vehicle. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an officer in an unmarked police vehicle making an arrest or issuing a traffic information and summons: (1) when there is a uniformed officer present at the time of the arrest; or (2) for a violation of one (1) or more of the following: (A) IC 9-21-8-52(a)(1)(A) (reckless driving causing endangerment). (B) IC 9-21-8-52(b) as a Level 6 felony (recklessly passing a stopped school bus resulting in bodily injury). (C) IC 9-21-8-52(b) as a Level 5 felony (recklessly passing a stopped school bus resulting in death). (D) IC 9-30-5-2(b) as a Class A misdemeanor (operating while intoxicated in a manner that endangers a person).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.198-2016, SEC.592; P.L.164-2018, SEC.18; P.L.144-2019, SEC.11.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)