Okay heres the deal. I bought an Ex-Police Car from a Dealership who got it from a local Sheriff's office (Decommissioned and depoliced) for a good price (I needed a good car for cheap I am a college student). And since the Department too all the stuff out (Lights, Emblems, Search-light, antennas, even some OEM stuff), the dealer told me it was legal to drive.
However I was pulled over (First day driving it) and it was said I was impersonating a police officer and I needed to repaint it, or I would be arrested on a class C infraction. That the "Two-Tone Paint" wasn't legal HOWEVER it is THREE TONE Paint Scheme is. And I called my police department and asked if it was Legal, they said YES, now they are saying NO.
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My Car (As-Is)
Real Police Car
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I know the car LOOKS like it but its not and everything was removed by the department does this mean they didn't do their job making it ready for sale like the law says? I surly don't have money to redo everything (Bill was $920 and the car only costs $1625).
I live in a small town in Indiana and it seems cops have little to do minus harass people (I'm not exaggerating).
IS THIS LEGAL As it was say by The Police, Dealer, and Local Police (Before they changed their minds?
----LAW SAYS:----
Disposal of law enforcement vehicles?**** Sec. 9. (a) If a purchasing agency disposes of a law enforcement vehicle that is a model year of 1994 or after and is painted in a color scheme of more than one (1) color by transferring the vehicle to:?********(1) a person who will operate the vehicle on a public highway in Indiana, the person must repaint the vehicle in:?************(A) a monochrome color scheme; or?************(B) a color scheme that does not duplicate the color scheme of an Indiana law enforcement vehicle;?********before the vehicle is operated on a public highway in Indiana;?********(2) a person who will sell or otherwise transfer the vehicle to another person who will operate the vehicle on a public highway in Indiana, the person must repaint the vehicle in:?************(A) a monochrome color scheme; or?************(B) a color scheme that does not duplicate the color scheme of an Indiana law enforcement vehicle;?********before the vehicle is sold or otherwise transferred to the other person to be operated on a public highway in Indiana;?********(3) a person who will sell or otherwise transfer the vehicle to another person who will not operate the vehicle on a public highway in Indiana, the person is not required to repaint the vehicle before the vehicle is sold or otherwise transferred to the other person; or?********(4) another governmental body, the governmental body is not
required to repaint the vehicle before the vehicle is operated on a public highway in Indiana.?****(b) Before a purchasing agency disposes of a law enforcement vehicle that is painted in a color scheme of more than one (1) color, the purchasing agency must provide a copy of this subsection to the prospective purchaser of the vehicle.?****(c) A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction.
However I was pulled over (First day driving it) and it was said I was impersonating a police officer and I needed to repaint it, or I would be arrested on a class C infraction. That the "Two-Tone Paint" wasn't legal HOWEVER it is THREE TONE Paint Scheme is. And I called my police department and asked if it was Legal, they said YES, now they are saying NO.
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My Car (As-Is)
Real Police Car
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I know the car LOOKS like it but its not and everything was removed by the department does this mean they didn't do their job making it ready for sale like the law says? I surly don't have money to redo everything (Bill was $920 and the car only costs $1625).
I live in a small town in Indiana and it seems cops have little to do minus harass people (I'm not exaggerating).
IS THIS LEGAL As it was say by The Police, Dealer, and Local Police (Before they changed their minds?
----LAW SAYS:----
Disposal of law enforcement vehicles?**** Sec. 9. (a) If a purchasing agency disposes of a law enforcement vehicle that is a model year of 1994 or after and is painted in a color scheme of more than one (1) color by transferring the vehicle to:?********(1) a person who will operate the vehicle on a public highway in Indiana, the person must repaint the vehicle in:?************(A) a monochrome color scheme; or?************(B) a color scheme that does not duplicate the color scheme of an Indiana law enforcement vehicle;?********before the vehicle is operated on a public highway in Indiana;?********(2) a person who will sell or otherwise transfer the vehicle to another person who will operate the vehicle on a public highway in Indiana, the person must repaint the vehicle in:?************(A) a monochrome color scheme; or?************(B) a color scheme that does not duplicate the color scheme of an Indiana law enforcement vehicle;?********before the vehicle is sold or otherwise transferred to the other person to be operated on a public highway in Indiana;?********(3) a person who will sell or otherwise transfer the vehicle to another person who will not operate the vehicle on a public highway in Indiana, the person is not required to repaint the vehicle before the vehicle is sold or otherwise transferred to the other person; or?********(4) another governmental body, the governmental body is not
required to repaint the vehicle before the vehicle is operated on a public highway in Indiana.?****(b) Before a purchasing agency disposes of a law enforcement vehicle that is painted in a color scheme of more than one (1) color, the purchasing agency must provide a copy of this subsection to the prospective purchaser of the vehicle.?****(c) A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction.