(A) In addition to state registration requirements under I.C. 14-16-1-9, all persons who desire to operate an off-road vehicle in the above designated areas of the county pursuant to this chapter must annually obtain an adhesive county owner’s county permit and registration number (“county permit”). This is not a charge for a state fee or a license fee.
(B) The county permit shall be posted on the driver’s side front fender, in plain and visible view, at all times and must be obtained before the operator uses an off-road vehicle pursuant to this chapter.
(C) A county permit shall be obtained at the office of the Sheriff of the county. The fee for the county permit shall be $25. The county permit shall be issued for purposes of assisting the County Sheriff Department in meeting expenses for public and police education concerning off-road vehicles, expenses of regulation, training and administration of this chapter, as well as for assisting the Sheriff in record-keeping functions for maintaining a permanent local record of the owners of vehicles operating subject to the terms of this chapter.
(D) Each person obtaining a county permit will be required to sign an acknowledgment of such receipt and of having read a safety advisory statement approved by the Board and the Sheriff.
(Ord. 7-2007, passed 5-17-2007)