8-2.1-17-9. "Household goods"

IN Code § 8-2.1-17-9 (2019) (N/A)

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Sec. 9. (a) "Household goods" means:

(1) personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when the effects and property are parts of the equipment or supply of that dwelling;

(2) furniture, fixtures, equipment and the property of stores, offices, museums, institutions, hospitals, or other establishments when these items are parts of the stock, equipment, or supply of those stores, offices, museums, institutions, hospitals, or other establishments; and

(3) articles including objects of art, displays, and exhibits that because of their unusual nature or value require the specialized handling and equipment usually employed in moving household goods.

(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not include property moving from a factory or store, except property that the householder has purchased with intent to use in the dwelling and that is transported at the request of, and the transportation charges paid to the carrier by, the householder. Subsection (a)(2) does not include the stock-in-trade of any establishment, whether consignor or consignee, other than used furniture and used fixtures, except when transported as an incident to the removal of the establishment, or a portion thereof, from one (1) location to another. Subsection (a)(3) does not include any article, whether crated or uncrated, that does not, because of its unusual nature or value, require the specialized handling and equipment usually employed in moving household goods.

As added by P.L.99-1989, SEC.8.

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