Sec. 9. (a) This section applies if a perpetrator who is restrained from contact with the tenant referred to in subsection (b) under an order referred to in section 7(2)(A) or 7(2)(B) of this chapter is not a tenant of the same dwelling unit as the tenant referred to in subsection (b).
(b) A landlord shall change the locks of a tenant's dwelling unit upon the written request of the tenant not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the tenant gives the landlord a copy of a court order referred to in section 7(2) of this chapter, and shall give a key to the new locks to the tenant.
As added by P.L.22-2007, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 31. Landlord-Tenant Relations
Chapter 9. Rights of Tenants Who Are Victims of Certain Crimes
32-31-9-1. Application; Waiver
32-31-9-2. Applicability of Definitions
32-31-9-3. "Applicable Offense"
32-31-9-7. "Protected Individual"
32-31-9-8. Lease Protections; Prohibition of Retaliation by Landlord
32-31-9-9. Change of Lock Requirements
32-31-9-10. Change of Lock Requirements if a Court Issues a Protection or Restraining Order
32-31-9-11. Reimbursement for Lock Changes; Key Requirements
32-31-9-12. Termination of Rental Agreements by Protected Individuals; Written Notices; Liability
32-31-9-13. Rights and Obligations of Other Adult Tenants