Ind. Code § 7.1-3-3-2

Sec. 2. Necessary Investment. An applicant for a beer wholesaler's permit shall have available for investment, capital, in cash or property, necessary and useful in his business, exclusively as a beer wholesaler, of at least fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), exclusive of motor vehicles. If his application is granted, the investment shall actually be made and proof of it submitted to the commission before the applicant shall engage in business as a beer wholesaler. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a permittee who held a valid beer wholesaler's permit as of April 2, 1965.