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Chapter 1. Reproduction of Records
5-15-1-1. Copying of Records by Electronic or Other Process; Destruction of Original Records; Copies to Be Received as Evidence - Sec. 1. (a) Any officer, office, court, commission, board, institution,...
Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records
5-15-2-1. Judicial Records; Certified Copies of Lost or Destroyed Originals - Sec. 1. Whenever any record, bond, execution, order of sale...
5-15-2-2. Judicial Records; Loss or Destruction of Originals; Certified Copy Unobtainable - Sec. 2. Whenever the loss or destruction of any such...
5-15-2-3. Notice of Hearings - Sec. 3. The defendants, their legal representatives, or the necessary...
5-15-2-4. Resisting Complaint; Answer of Nul-Tiel Record; Admission of Oral Testimony; Reinstatement - Sec. 4. Such defendants may resist such complaint by answer...
5-15-2-5. Motion to Set Aside Reinstatement - Sec. 5. In all cases where any record, bond, execution,...
5-15-2-6. Affidavit for Reinstatement; Stay of Proceedings - Sec. 6. In all actions pending on March 9, 1881,...
5-15-2-7. Reference of Complaint to Master Commissioner; Proceedings - Sec. 7. Whenever any complaint is filed in any court...
5-15-2-8. Title to Real Estate; Quieting Title by Complaint - Sec. 8. Whenever any record of any court of this...
5-15-2-9. Probate Records; Reinstatement - Sec. 9. The judge of any court having probate jurisdiction,...
5-15-2-10. Judicial Records; Special Term to Reinstate Lost or Destroyed Records - Sec. 10. The judge of any court, the records or...
Chapter 3. Transcribing and Preserving Damaged Records
5-15-3-1. Damage to Judicial Records; Transcription Order - Sec. 1. Whenever any civil order book, probate order book,...
5-15-3-2. Transcription by Clerk - Sec. 2. (a) The clerk of the court shall promptly,...
5-15-3-3. Preservation of Damaged Books - Sec. 3. Damaged books described in section 1 of this...
5-15-3-4. Transcribed Books; Treatment as Original - Sec. 4. Such transcribed book, when so made and certified,...
5-15-3-5. Repealed - Formerly: Acts 1893, c.19, s.5. Repealed by P.L.4-1988, SEC.5.
Chapter 4. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.10.
Chapter 5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, P.L.40, SEC.25.
Chapter 5.1. Indiana Archives and Records Administration
5-15-5.1-1. Definitions - Sec. 1. (a) The definitions in this section apply throughout...
5-15-5.1-2. Application of Chapter - Sec. 2. (a) This chapter applies to records: (1) open...
5-15-5.1-3. Creation of Archives and Records Administration; Seal; Serving Legislative and Judicial Branches - Sec. 3. There is created the Indiana archives and records...
5-15-5.1-4. Director; Qualifications; Staff; Salaries - Sec. 4. (a) The governor shall appoint a director as...
5-15-5.1-5. Duties and Powers of the Archives and Records Administration - Sec. 5. (a) Subject to approval by the oversight committee...
5-15-5.1-5.3. State Archives Preservation and Reproduction Account; Establishment - Sec. 5.3. (a) The state archives preservation and reproduction account...
5-15-5.1-6. Designing, Numbering, Standardizing, Consolidating, and Eliminating Forms; Consultation With Affected Agency or Local Government - Sec. 6. The administration shall design, redesign, number, standardize, consolidate,...
5-15-5.1-6.5. Racial or Ethnic Identification Information; Multiracial Classification - Sec. 6.5. (a) This section does not apply to a...
5-15-5.1-7. Archives Available for Public Use, Subject to Need for Preservation; Furnishing Copies of Archival Materials - Sec. 7. The administration shall make the archives of the...
5-15-5.1-8. State Imaging and Microfilm Laboratory; Standards for Microfilming and Imaging Documents - Sec. 8. The administration shall operate a state imaging and...
5-15-5.1-9. Copies of Records Transferred to Archives and Records Administration; Force and Effect - Sec. 9. Copies of records transferred from the office of...
5-15-5.1-10. Duties of Agencies and Local Governments - Sec. 10. (a) Each agency and local government shall: (1)...
5-15-5.1-11. Title to Records - Sec. 11. Title to any record transferred to the Indiana...
5-15-5.1-12. Critical Records Program - Sec. 12. The administration shall establish and maintain a critical...
5-15-5.1-13. Confidential Records; Destruction - Sec. 13. Records designated as confidential by law shall be...
5-15-5.1-14. Mutilation, Sale, Loan, or Other Disposition of Records by Public Official or Agency - Sec. 14. A public official or agency may not mutilate,...
5-15-5.1-15. Public Official's Delivery of Records to Successor; Deposit of Records With Archives and Records Administration Upon Termination of State Agency or Local Government - Sec. 15. (a) A public official who has the custody...
5-15-5.1-16. Transfer of Records to State Archives; Agreements With Legislature and Supreme Court - Sec. 16. (a) The administration may enter into agreements with...
5-15-5.1-17. State or Local Government Official's Delivery of Books, Records, and Other Materials to Archives and Records Administration; Copying - Sec. 17. (a) A state or local government official may...
5-15-5.1-18. Oversight Committee; Composition; Secretary; Compensation and Expenses - Sec. 18. (a) The oversight committee on public records consists...
5-15-5.1-19. Duties of Oversight Committee - Sec. 19. (a) It is the duty of the oversight...
5-15-5.1-20. Establishment of Standards by Oversight Committee; Forms; Records Using Archival Materials, Processes, and Standards; Rules - Sec. 20. (a) The oversight committee shall: (1) establish standards...
5-15-5.1-20.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.65. Repealed by P.L.42-2018, SEC.26.
Chapter 6. Local Public Records Commissions
5-15-6-1. County Commissions of Public Records; Creation; Membership; Meetings - Sec. 1. (a) A commission is hereby created in each...
5-15-6-1.1. "Administration" - Sec. 1.1. "Administration" means the Indiana archives and records administration...
5-15-6-1.2. "County Commission" or "Commission" - Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter, "county commission" or...
5-15-6-1.3. "Indiana State Archives" - Sec. 1.3. As used in this chapter, "Indiana state archives"...
5-15-6-1.4. "Local Government" - Sec. 1.4. As used in this chapter, "local government" means...
5-15-6-1.5. "Public Record" or "Record" - Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "public record" or...
5-15-6-1.6. "Records Management" - Sec. 1.6. As used in this chapter, "records management" means...
5-15-6-1.7. "Retention Schedule" - Sec. 1.7. As used in this chapter, "retention schedule" has...
5-15-6-2. Duties of County Commission - Sec. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the...
5-15-6-2.5. Retention Schedules; Records Not Covered Under Schedules; Exceptions to Schedules; Documentation of Disposition; Jurisdiction Over Records - Sec. 2.5. (a) The county commission shall implement retention schedules...
5-15-6-3. Prerequisites to Destruction of Financial Records - Sec. 3. No financial records or records relating to financial...
5-15-6-4. Prohibition Against Destroying or Removing Records Less Than Three Years After Filing Except According to Approved Retention Schedule - Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no...
5-15-6-5. Records Having Official Value; State Archives - Sec. 5. Public records having an official value but which...
5-15-6-6. Records Having Historical Value; State Archives - Sec. 6. Public records having no apparent official value, but...
5-15-6-7. Order of Commission That Public Records Be Destroyed, Removed, or Transferred; Genealogical or Historical Society May Obtain Records - Sec. 7. (a) When any public records are ordered to...
5-15-6-8. Reckless, Knowing, or Intentional Destruction or Damage to Public Records; Offense; Exceptions - Sec. 8. A public official or other person who recklessly,...
5-15-6-9. Repealed - Formerly: Acts 1939, c.91, s.9; Acts 1955, c.319, s.3. As...
5-15-6-10. Repealed - Formerly: Acts 1939, c.91, s.10. Repealed by Acts 1978, P.L.2,...
5-15-6-11. Application of Chapter - Sec. 11. This chapter does not apply to public records...
5-15-6-12. Retention of Compilation or Creation of List or Report; Considerations - Sec. 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a...
Chapter 7. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.10.
Chapter 8. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.10.