Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to the following:
(1) Special machinery.
(2) A motor vehicle that was designed to have a maximum design speed of not more than twenty-five (25) miles per hour and that was built, constructed, modified, or assembled by a person other than the manufacturer.
(3) Snowmobiles.
(4) Motor driven cycles.
(b) The bureau may not register a vehicle unless the person applying for the certificate of registration:
(1) applies at the same time or within the immediately preceding forty-five (45) days for a certificate of title for the vehicle; or
(2) presents satisfactory evidence that a certificate of title has been previously issued to the person that covers the vehicle.
(c) If the bureau at any time determines that a certificate of title for a vehicle cannot be issued or is invalid, the bureau:
(1) shall not issue or furnish; or
(2) may invalidate;
the certificate of registration for the vehicle.
(d) A person that operates a vehicle for which a certificate of registration is required without a valid certificate of registration commits a Class C infraction.