Sec. 2. (a) The county auditor, county treasurer, county surveyor, and county sheriff shall keep in their offices all records that they are required to make and shall deliver them to their successors.
(b) The clerk of the circuit court, county auditor, and county recorder shall use permanent jet-black, nonfading ink when preparing official records in longhand. A person who violates this subsection commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-14-12 part; 17-2-37-1 part; 17-3-4-1; 17-3-4-2; 17-3-21-3 part; 17-3-32-13 part; 17-3-58-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.338.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 2. Government of Counties Generally
36-2-17-1. Application of Chapter
36-2-17-2. Keeping Records in Offices; Delivery to Successors; Use of Permanent Ink; Violation
36-2-17-3. Photostatic Recording of Documents; Force of Recording
36-2-17-5. Preservation of Records; Restoration of Destroyed Records; Copies; Control of Records
36-2-17-6. Destruction of Records; Meetings; List; Replacement; Appointment of Commissioner
36-2-17-7. Destruction of Records; Powers and Duties of Commissioner; Procedures
36-2-17-14. Bond for County Officer Destroyed; New Bond; Liability