Sec. 2.4. (a) If an indictment, information, pleading, motion, petition, probable cause affidavit, or other document is required to be verified or sworn under oath before it is submitted to the court in a criminal action, the document meets the requirements of the law as a sworn document if the following form or a substantially similar form is used:
I swear (affirm), under penalty of perjury as specified by IC 35-44.1-2-1, that the foregoing (the following) representations are true.
Signed __________________
(b) If a document complies with subsection (a), the swearing or affirming need not be done before a notary or other officer empowered to administer oaths.
(c) A person who makes a false affirmation or verification under this section may be prosecuted under IC 35-44.1-2-1.
As added by P.L.181-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.126-2012, SEC.47.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 34. Bringing Criminal Charges
Chapter 1. Indictment and Information
35-34-1-1. Commencement of Prosecution; Filing; Sealing; Violation
35-34-1-2. Contents; Requisites; Form
35-34-1-2.5. Prior Convictions
35-34-1-3. Illegible or Lost Indictment or Information
35-34-1-4. Motion to Dismiss by Defendant; Grounds; Requisites; Disposition; Effect of Order
35-34-1-5. Amendment of Charge; Procedures; Limitations
35-34-1-6. Defective Indictment or Information; Dismissal; Exceptions
35-34-1-7. Grand Jury Proceedings; Violation of Ic 35-34-2; Dismissal
35-34-1-9. Joinder of Offenses or Defendants
35-34-1-11. Severance of Offenses or Separate Trial of Defendants Joined
35-34-1-12. Motion for Severance or Separate Trial; Time; Waiver or Bar
35-34-1-13. Motion to Dismiss by Prosecuting Attorney
35-34-1-14. Pleading Special Matters; Sufficiency
35-34-1-15. Incorrect Name of Defendant Immaterial
35-34-1-16. Perjury; Requisites
35-34-1-17. Forgery; Misdescription of Instrument Destroyed or Withheld by Defendant Immaterial