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Chapter 1. Definitions
10-16-1-1. Application of Definitions - Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter: (1) apply throughout...
10-16-1-2. "Air Group" - Sec. 2. "Air group" has the same meaning as comparably...
10-16-1-2.5. "Armory" - Sec. 2.5. "Armory" means real property and facilities located on...
10-16-1-3. "Battalion" - Sec. 3. "Battalion" has the same meaning as comparably used...
10-16-1-4. "Battery" - Sec. 4. "Battery" has the same meaning as comparably used...
10-16-1-5. "Battle Group" - Sec. 5. "Battle group" has the same meaning as comparably...
10-16-1-5.5. "Civil Air Patrol" - Sec. 5.5. "Civil air patrol" refers to the Indiana wing...
10-16-1-6. "Commanding Officer" - Sec. 6. "Commanding officer" means the commander of a company,...
10-16-1-7. "Company" - Sec. 7. "Company" has the same meaning as comparably used...
10-16-1-8. "Court Martial" - Sec. 8. "Court martial" means a military or naval court...
10-16-1-9. "Division" - Sec. 9. "Division" has the same meaning as comparably used...
10-16-1-9.5. "Emergency Service Operation" - Sec. 9.5. "Emergency service operation" includes the following operations of...
10-16-1-10. "Federally Recognized National Guard" - Sec. 10. "Federally recognized national guard" means that part of...
10-16-1-11. "General Orders" - Sec. 11. "General orders" means the official instructions issued by...
10-16-1-12. "Headquarters" - Sec. 12. "Headquarters" means the office of the appropriate commander....
10-16-1-13. "National Guard" - Sec. 13. (a) "National guard" means the Indiana army national...
10-16-1-14. "Officer" - Sec. 14. "Officer" means a commissioned officer, including a warrant...
10-16-1-15. "Organization" - Sec. 15. "Organization" means unit or command. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation:...
10-16-1-15.5. "Political Subdivision" - Sec. 15.5. "Political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in...
10-16-1-16. "Regiment" - Sec. 16. "Regiment" has the same meaning as comparably used...
10-16-1-17. "Regulations" - Sec. 17. "Regulations" means the official rules of the appropriate...
10-16-1-18. "Squadron" - Sec. 18. "Squadron" has the same meaning as comparably used...
10-16-1-19. "State and Federal Property" - Sec. 19. "State and federal property" means: (1) state property,...
10-16-1-20. "Troop" - Sec. 20. "Troop" has the same meaning as comparably used...
10-16-1-21. "Unit" - Sec. 21. "Unit" means military complements of a company, detachment,...
10-16-1-22. "Wing" - Sec. 22. "Wing" has the same meaning as comparably used...
Chapter 2. Military Department
10-16-2-1. Military Department Established - Sec. 1. (a) The military department of the state: (1)...
10-16-2-2. Duties - Sec. 2. The military department shall administer all matters concerning...
10-16-2-3. Commander in Chief; Duties; Permission to Bear Arms - Sec. 3. (a) The governor shall: (1) be the commander...
10-16-2-4. Interpretation of Article - Sec. 4. This article shall be interpreted liberally in favor...
10-16-2-5. Governor's Honorary Staff; Chief of Staff - Sec. 5. (a) The governor may appoint an honorary staff...
10-16-2-6. Adjutant General - Sec. 6. (a) The governor shall appoint the adjutant general....
10-16-2-7. Assistant Adjutants General - Sec. 7. The adjutant general shall appoint four (4) assistant...
10-16-2-8. Executing Orders of Commander in Chief; Bond - Sec. 8. The adjutant general shall do the following: (1)...
10-16-2-9. Duties; Audits - Sec. 9. (a) The adjutant general shall perform duties required...
10-16-2-10. Compensation - Sec. 10. (a) The adjutant general may be paid a...
Chapter 3. State Armory Board
10-16-3-1. State Armory Board Established - Sec. 1. (a) The state armory board is established to...
10-16-3-2. Contribution of Funds in Support of Duties and Responsibilities of Adjutant General - Sec. 2. The state armory board established by section 1...
10-16-3-3. Term of Office; Vacancy in Office - Sec. 3. (a) The term of each member of the...
10-16-3-4. Compensation - Sec. 4. The members of the state armory board shall...
10-16-3-5. Erection of Armories - Sec. 5. (a) The state armory board shall erect or...
10-16-3-6. Lease or Purchase of Real Estate; Erection; Occupancy and Use - Sec. 6. (a) The state armory board may: (1) lease...
10-16-3-7. Board for General Management; Care and Custody of Armories - Sec. 7. The state armory board shall constitute a board...
10-16-3-8. Procurement of Property by State or Local Armory Board; Trust Bid, Proposal, or Quotation - Sec. 8. (a) This section applies if a contract for...
10-16-3-9. Donations and Contributions; Reconveyance of Property to Donor or Another Entity - Sec. 9. (a) The state armory board may receive from...
10-16-3-10. Payment of Expenses - Sec. 10. All expenses incurred in the operation of state...
10-16-3-11. Financial Resources Used to Promote Armed Forces or Veterans - Sec. 11. The state armory board may use its financial...
10-16-3-12. Armories; Sale - Sec. 12. (a) If the state armory board receives from...
10-16-3-13. Sale or Conveyance of Real Property - Sec. 13. (a) The state armory board may sell, lease,...
10-16-3-14. Sale of Real Property; Appraisement - Sec. 14. (a) If the state armory board sells any...
10-16-3-15. Sale of Real Estate; Execution of Deed - Sec. 15. (a) The purchaser of real property sold under...
10-16-3-16. Accounts and Reports - Sec. 16. (a) The state armory board shall report annually...
10-16-3-17. State Examiner; Examination of Transactions - Sec. 17. The state examiner, personally or through the deputy...
10-16-3-18. Engineering and Architectural Services; Compensation of Field Examiners - Sec. 18. (a) The state examiner, with the approval of...
Chapter 4. Local Armory Boards
10-16-4-1. Establishment - Sec. 1. (a) There shall be a local armory board...
10-16-4-2. Powers - Sec. 2. (a) The local armory boards shall do the...
10-16-4-3. President - Sec. 3. (a) The senior member of a local armory...
10-16-4-4. Donations and Contributions - Sec. 4. (a) A local armory board may receive from...
10-16-4-5. Examination of Records by State Examiner - Sec. 5. The state examiner of the state board of...
10-16-4-6. Compensation - Sec. 6. The members of the local armory boards shall...
10-16-4-7. Record of Receipts and Disbursements; Funds; Reports - Sec. 7. (a) A local armory board may retain all...
Chapter 5. Military Department of Indiana Ceremonial Unit
10-16-5-1. Organization, Maintenance, and Purpose of Unit - Sec. 1. The adjutant general may organize and maintain a...
10-16-5-2. Members - Sec. 2. The membership of the ceremonial unit must be...
10-16-5-3. Duties of Members - Sec. 3. The members of the ceremonial unit shall perform...
10-16-5-4. Acceptance of Gifts - Sec. 4. The state armory board may receive gifts of...
Chapter 6. Organization and Personnel
10-16-6-1. Age of Personnel - Sec. 1. Under Article 12, Section 1 of the Constitution...
10-16-6-2. Classes of Militia - Sec. 2. The militia shall be divided into two (2)...
10-16-6-3. National Guard - Sec. 3. (a) The Indiana national guard consists of those...
10-16-6-4. National Guard; Officers; Eligibility - Sec. 4. (a) Officers shall be commissioned by the governor....
10-16-6-5. Officers Eligibility; Preference in Appointment - Sec. 5. (a) A person may not be commissioned as...
10-16-6-6. Officers Discharge; Inactive National Guard - Sec. 6. (a) At any time, the moral character, capacity,...
10-16-6-7. Officers Oath - Sec. 7. A commissioned officer of the Indiana national guard,...
10-16-6-8. Period of Enlistment; Oath - Sec. 8. (a) The period of enlistment in the Indiana...
10-16-6-9. Discharge From Service - Sec. 9. An enlisted person who is discharged from service...
10-16-6-10. Uniform Code of Military Justice; Customs and Usage of Armed Forces of the United States - Sec. 10. All matters relating to: (1) organization, commissioning, and...
10-16-6-11. Inactive National Guard - Sec. 11. (a) The inactive national guard of Indiana consists...
10-16-6-12. Retirement - Sec. 12. (a) A commissioned officer: (1) who serves in...
10-16-6-13. Rights Under State and Federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Acts - Sec. 13. The Indiana National Guard shall provide to members...
Chapter 7. Training and Active Duty of National Guard; Benefits of Members
10-16-7-0.3. "Active Duty Military Pay" - Sec. 0.3. As used in section 5 of this chapter,...
10-16-7-0.5. "Active Duty Military Service" - Sec. 0.5. As used in section 5 of this chapter,...
10-16-7-1. "Employer" - Sec. 1. (a) As used in section 5(d) and 5(e)...
10-16-7-2. "Member" - Sec. 2. (a) As used in section 5 of this...
10-16-7-2.5. "Qualified Member" - Sec. 2.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "qualified member"...
10-16-7-3. Drills; Instruction; Encampments; Maneuvers; Other Exercises - Sec. 3. (a) Each detachment and unit in the national...
10-16-7-4. Refusal to Permit Employees to Attend Drill or Other Duty - Sec. 4. An employer who knowingly or intentionally refuses to...
10-16-7-5. Government Officers and Employees; Leave of Absence for Training or Active Duty; Differential Pay - Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (d) and...
10-16-7-6. Leave of Absence While on Active Duty; Effect on Time or Pay - Sec. 6. A member of the Indiana national guard is...
10-16-7-7. Governor; Ordering on State Duty; Immunity From Civil Prosecution; Order or Requisition by President of the United States - Sec. 7. (a) The governor shall order on state duty...
10-16-7-8. Arrest on Civil Process While on Active Duty - Sec. 8. (a) On days of military duty, the Indiana...
10-16-7-9. Sheriffs; Requesting National Guard Be Called to Active Duty - Sec. 9. (a) If: (1) insurrection, rebellion, invasion, tumult, riot,...
10-16-7-10. Written Orders Calling to Active Duty; Discretion in Carrying Out Orders - Sec. 10. An officer whose command is called out under...
10-16-7-11. Unlawful Assembly; Command to Disperse - Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), before...
10-16-7-12. Riots and Mobs; Death, Personal Injuries, and Property Damage - Sec. 12. (a) If a person taking part in an...
10-16-7-13. Assault on Members; Quelling Attack - Sec. 13. If a part of the Indiana national guard...
10-16-7-14. Right-of-Way on Streets and Highways - Sec. 14. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any...
10-16-7-15. Assembly Regulating Passage and Occupancy of Streets; Offense - Sec. 15. (a) If an unlawful assembly has occurred or...
10-16-7-16. Election Day; Muster, Assembly, Review, or Parade - Sec. 16. (a) A muster or an assembly for instruction,...
10-16-7-17. Pay and Allowance - Sec. 17. An officer or enlisted person in active service...
10-16-7-17.5. Group Life Insurance - Sec. 17.5. (a) As used in this section, "member" means...
10-16-7-18. Injury, Disability, or Disease in Line of Duty; Medical Treatment; Medical Examiner or Board; Claims - Sec. 18. (a) A member of the Indiana national guard...
10-16-7-19. Pensions; Funeral Expenses - Sec. 19. (a) A member of the Indiana national guard...
10-16-7-20. False or Fraudulent Representations; Increasing, Reducing, or Withdrawing - Sec. 20. (a) Before the name of a person is...
10-16-7-21. Pension Examiners and Boards; Lump Sum Payments - Sec. 21. (a) The adjutant general may appoint a pension...
10-16-7-22. Parenting Time; Making Up Lost Parenting Time - Sec. 22. If a member of the Indiana National Guard...
10-16-7-23. Extension of Federal Benefits - Sec. 23. (a) As used in this section, "active duty"...
10-16-7-24. Administration of "Pdhra" - Sec. 24. (a) As used in this section, "PDHRA" refers...
10-16-7-25. Transfers of Property Forfeited to the United States - Sec. 25. For purposes of transfers of property forfeited to...
Chapter 8. Guard Reserve
10-16-8-1. Organization - Sec. 1. (a) To supplement the Indiana national guard, the...
10-16-8-2. Rules and Regulations - Sec. 2. (a) The adjutant general may adopt rules, policies,...
10-16-8-3. Payment of Expenses - Sec. 3. The adjutant general shall determine and pay for...
10-16-8-4. Requisitions; Use of Public Buildings and Property - Sec. 4. (a) The state armory board shall make available...
10-16-8-5. Repealed - [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-8-5.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7. Repealed...
10-16-8-6. Military Forces of Foreign States; Pursuit Into State - Sec. 6. (a) Military forces, organizations, units, or detachments of...
10-16-8-7. Drafts for Military Service of United States; Exemptions - Sec. 7. This chapter may not be construed to authorize...
10-16-8-8. Civil Organizations; Enlistment as Unit - Sec. 8. A civil organization, a society, a club, a...
10-16-8-9. Qualifications; Citizenship; Dishonorable Discharge From Military Organizations - Sec. 9. A person may not be commissioned or enlisted...
10-16-8-10. Oath of Officers - Sec. 10. The oath to be taken by officers commissioned...
10-16-8-11. Term of Enlistment; Oath of Enlisted Persons - Sec. 11. A person may not be enlisted for more...
10-16-8-12. Orders; Arrest of Volunteers - Sec. 12. (a) If the Indiana guard reserve or any...
10-16-8-13. Group Insurance - Sec. 13. The adjutant general of Indiana, with the approval...
10-16-8-14. Repealed - [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-8-15.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7. Repealed...
10-16-8-15. Racial Group; Proportional Representation; Segregation Prohibited - Sec. 15. (a) Adequate provisions shall be made to allow...
Chapter 9. Court-Martial Procedures
10-16-9-1. Uniform Code of Military Justice; Trial by Civil Authorities; Killing and Injuring During Riots; Governor's Duties - Sec. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided, if the Indiana...
10-16-9-2. Military Courts - Sec. 2. (a) The military courts of Indiana shall be...
10-16-9-3. Collection of Fines - Sec. 3. (a) Fines may be collected in the following...
10-16-9-4. Fines; Confinement Until Paid - Sec. 4. If a fine is assessed by a court-martial...
10-16-9-5. Sheriffs; Order of Confinement - Sec. 5. If a sentence of imprisonment is to be...
10-16-9-6. Disciplinary Punishment - Sec. 6. (a) The commanding officer of any detachment, company,...
10-16-9-7. Arrest of Members - Sec. 7. (a) Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons of...
10-16-9-8. Marshals - Sec. 8. (a) The president or military judge of a...
10-16-9-9. Civil Proceedings Against Military Members Preferring Charges; Sentences or Executing Process and Writs - Sec. 9. An action on civil proceeding may not be...
10-16-9-10. Jurisdiction; Presumptions and Burden of Proof - Sec. 10. The jurisdiction of the courts and boards established...
10-16-9-11. Jails; Designating Place of Confinement; Sentence Served on Consecutive Day Basis - Sec. 11. (a) The reviewing authority shall designate: (1) the...
10-16-9-12. Disorderly Conduct in Presence of Court-Martial - Sec. 12. (a) A person connected with the military service:...
10-16-9-13. United States Military Laws and Regulations - Sec. 13. The general principle and spirit of the military...
10-16-9-14. Lack of Form Not Vitiating Proceedings - Sec. 14. A lack of form may not vitiate the...
10-16-9-15. Administration of Oaths - Sec. 15. An officer may administer oaths when necessary under...
Chapter 10. Public Property and Military Equipment
10-16-10-1. Security of Property; Pecuniary Liability of Officers and Enlisted Personnel - Sec. 1. (a) The officer in permanent or temporary command...
10-16-10-2. Board of Survey; Collection of Damages or Losses - Sec. 2. (a) If an officer, a soldier, or an...
10-16-10-3. Items Exempt From Execution for Debt - Sec. 3. The uniforms, arms, and equipment of a member...
10-16-10-4. Property No Longer of Value to National Guard - Sec. 4. If property owned by the state for the...
10-16-10-5. Sales of Property No Longer of Value to National Guard - Sec. 5. (a) If an entry under section 4 of...
10-16-10-6. Loan Companies or Pawnbrokers; Reports - Sec. 6. A loan company or pawnbroker that possesses a...
10-16-10-7. Loan Companies or Pawnbrokers; Permits to Sell Government Property - Sec. 7. A loan company or pawnbroker may not sell...
10-16-10-8. Seizure of Military Property - Sec. 8. (a) An officer shall report illegal disposition of...
10-16-10-9. Payment of Bills or Accounts - Sec. 9. (a) A bill or an account may not...
10-16-10-10. Failure to Account for Money or Property - Sec. 10. A personal payment may not be made under...
10-16-10-11. Accounting of State and Federal Property; Use of Public Property for Personal Benefit Prohibited - Sec. 11. (a) Federal property loaned to the state for...
Chapter 11. Military Funds
10-16-11-1. Appropriation - Sec. 1. The general assembly may appropriate the sums necessary...
10-16-11-2. Governor's Civil and Military Contingency Fund; Expenses; Warrants for Payment - Sec. 2. The governor's civil and military contingency fund: (1)...
10-16-11-3. Governor's Civil and Military Contingency Fund; Organization of National Guard; Boards of Examination, Inquiry, and Survey; Collection of Fines - Sec. 3. The governor may, by general order: (1) provide...
10-16-11-4. Council of Administration - Sec. 4. (a) The commanding officer of a company and...
10-16-11-5. Council of Administration; Record of Proceedings; Publication - Sec. 5. (a) The junior member of the council shall:...
10-16-11-6. Council of Administration; Signatures on Records - Sec. 6. (a) The proceedings of councils of administration shall...
10-16-11-7. Council of Administration; Audit and Settlement of Accounts - Sec. 7. The council of administration shall: (1) audit and...
10-16-11-8. Compensation; Personally Present for Duty; Payrolls; Signatures - Sec. 8. (a) An officer or a member of the...
10-16-11-9. Failure to Render Satisfactory Accounts - Sec. 9. An officer of the Indiana national guard charged...
10-16-11-10. Trustee; Other Funds; Separate Funds - Sec. 10. (a) The governor, as trustee, may receive from...
Chapter 12. Awards and Decorations
10-16-12-1. Establishment of Awards and Decorations - Sec. 1. The following awards and decorations are established to...
10-16-12-2. Character and Design of Medals and Decorations - Sec. 2. The medals and decorations provided for in this...
10-16-12-3. Recommendations and Applications for Awards; Rules and Procedures - Sec. 3. The governor, through the military department, shall publish...
Chapter 13. Naval Battalion
10-16-13-1. Organization of Naval Militia by Naval or Military Schools - Sec. 1. In addition to the military forces authorized in...
10-16-13-2. Commandant of School - Sec. 2. The naval battalion is under the command of...
10-16-13-3. Officers; Rank - Sec. 3. The officers of each naval battalion consist of...
10-16-13-4. Composition of Companies; Cadet Officers, Petty Officers, and Enlisted Persons - Sec. 4. Each company consists of the following: (1) One...
10-16-13-5. Commissions of Officers - Sec. 5. (a) The commissions of the battalion officers shall...
10-16-13-6. Officers; Evidence of Fitness - Sec. 6. The graduation and service of retired or honorably...
10-16-13-7. Age for Enlistment; Term of Enlistment - Sec. 7. The minimum age for the enlistment of cadets...
10-16-13-8. End of School Term - Sec. 8. When the regular term of the naval school...
10-16-13-9. National Guard Regulations; Pay and Allowances - Sec. 9. (a) In all matters not otherwise specifically provided...
10-16-13-10. Conforming to Customs and Usages of Navy - Sec. 10. (a) The general routine of duty, discipline, and...
Chapter 14. Naval Force
10-16-14-1. Creation of Naval Force - Sec. 1. In addition to the land military forces of...
10-16-14-2. Commander in Chief; Duties of Adjutant General; Rules and Regulations - Sec. 2. (a) The governor is the commander in chief...
10-16-14-3. Laws Applicable to Naval Forces - Sec. 3. All provisions of law relating to governing, maintaining,...
10-16-14-4. Vessels, Boats, and Equipment - Sec. 4. The commander in chief may accept from the...
Chapter 15. Marine Corps Battalion
10-16-15-1. Creation of Marine Corps Battalion - Sec. 1. In addition to the land military forces of...
10-16-15-2. Commander in Chief; Duties of Adjutant General; Divisions; Officers; Rules and Regulations - Sec. 2. (a) The governor is the commander in chief...
10-16-15-3. Laws Applicable to Marine Corps Militia Forces - Sec. 3. All provisions of law relating to governing, maintaining,...
10-16-15-4. Vessels, Boats, and Equipment - Sec. 4. The commander in chief may accept and use...
10-16-15-5. Lieutenant Colonel in Command - Sec. 5. (a) The lieutenant colonel in command of the...
Chapter 16. Military Academy Officers and Miscellaneous Provisions
10-16-16-1. Active and Reserve Duty Military Personnel Jury Service Exemption - Sec. 1. An individual who serves on: (1) active duty;...
10-16-16-2. Violations - Sec. 2. A person who: (1) fails to perform a...
10-16-16-3. Military Academies; Officers - Sec. 3. Upon recommendation of the superintendent of any military,...
10-16-16-4. Applicability of Military or Naval Laws to Military Academy Officers - Sec. 4. The military or naval laws of Indiana pertaining...
10-16-16-5. Expiration of Military Academy Officer Commissions - Sec. 5. The commissions made under section 3 of this...
Chapter 17. Division of Graves Registration
10-16-17-1. Director - Sec. 1. The director of the division of graves registration...
10-16-17-2. Burial Permits; Veterans - Sec. 2. (a) A burial permit may not be issued...
10-16-17-3. Appropriations - Sec. 3. There is annually appropriated to the governor an...
Chapter 18. Stout Field; Ban on Commercial Flights
10-16-18-1. Contracts for Commercial Flying - Sec. 1. A contract may not be entered into by...
Chapter 19. Civil Air Patrol
10-16-19-1. Application; Discipline of Employees of Political Subdivisions - Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to an...
10-16-19-2. Application; Discipline of Employees of Private Employers - Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to an employee of...
Chapter 20. Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
10-16-20-1. Violations; Application - Sec. 1. A violation of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief...
10-16-20-2. Definitions - Sec. 2. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1)...
10-16-20-3. Rights and Protections of Servicemember's Dependent - Sec. 3. After giving notice to a plaintiff, as applicable,...
10-16-20-4. Contract Terminations; Resubscriptions; Refunds - Sec. 4. (a) In addition to the rights and protections...
10-16-20-5. Civil Action to Enforce Chapter - Sec. 5. A civil action to enforce this chapter or...