Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "monitoring device" means an electronic device that:
(1) can record or transmit information twenty-four (24) hours each day regarding an offender's precise location;
(2) is minimally intrusive upon the privacy of the offender or other persons residing in the offender's home;
(3) with the written consent of the offender and with the written consent of other persons residing in the home at the time an order for home detention is entered, may record or transmit:
(A) a visual image;
(B) an electronic communication or any sound; or
(C) information regarding the offender's activities while inside the offender's home; and
(4) can notify a probation department, a community corrections program, the parole board, a pretrial services agency, or a contract agency if the offender violates the terms of a home detention order.
(b) The term includes any device that can reliably determine the location of an offender and track the locations where the offender has been, including a device that uses a global positioning system satellite service.
(c) The term does not include an unmanned aerial vehicle (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-342.3).
As added by P.L.98-1988, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.31-2005, SEC.2; P.L.170-2014, SEC.25; P.L.84-2022, SEC.13.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 38. Proceedings Following Dismissal, Verdict, or Finding
35-38-2.5-1. Offenders to Which Chapter Applies
35-38-2.5-2.3. "Constant Supervision"
35-38-2.5-2.5. "Contract Agency"
35-38-2.5-3. "Monitoring Device"
35-38-2.5-4.5. "Security Risk"
35-38-2.5-4.7. "Violent Offender"
35-38-2.5-5. Home Detention as Condition of Probation
35-38-2.5-6. Orders for Home Detention; Contents
35-38-2.5-7. Home Detention; Where Permitted
35-38-2.5-8. Home Detention Fees
35-38-2.5-9. Responsibility for Food, Housing, and Related Costs
35-38-2.5-10. Violation of Home Detention; Violent Offender Status; Contract Agencies
35-38-2.5-11. Monitoring Devices; Information to Offender
35-38-2.5-12. Supervision of Violent Offender on Home Detention