Indiana Code
Chapter 7.5. Petitions to Expunge Protection Orders
34-26-7.5-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Protection order" means an Indiana civil protection order under IC 34-26-5. The term includes an order for protection and an order for protection ex parte.
(2) "Protection order records" means an Indiana civil protection order under IC 34-26-5 and all records that relate to the protection order, including the petition for the protection order.
(3) "Subject of a protection order" means the person against whom a protection order was issued.
(4) "Plaintiff" means the person for whom a protection order was issued.
(5) "Expungement" means the sealing of protection order records from public inspection, but not from a law enforcement agency or the court.
As added by P.L.219-2019, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.55-2020, SEC.4.

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