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Chapter 1. Impeachment and Removal From Office
5-8-1-1. Officers; Judges; Prosecuting Attorney; Liability to Impeachment - Sec. 1. (a) Under Article 6, Sections 7 and 8...
5-8-1-2. Method of Impeachment - Sec. 2. All impeachments must be by resolution, adopted, originated...
5-8-1-3. Articles of Impeachment - Sec. 3. When an officer is impeached by the house...
5-8-1-4. Hearing - Sec. 4. The senate must assign a day for the...
5-8-1-5. Service Upon Defendant - Sec. 5. The service must be made upon the defendant...
5-8-1-6. Absence of Defendant - Sec. 6. If the defendant does not appear, the senate,...
5-8-1-7. Objections to Articles of Impeachment; Pleas - Sec. 7. When the defendant appears, he may in writing...
5-8-1-8. Answering Articles of Impeachment; Judgment - Sec. 8. If the objection to the sufficiency of the...
5-8-1-9. Oaths - Sec. 9. At the time and place appointed, and before...
5-8-1-10. Conviction - Sec. 10. The defendant can not be convicted on impeachment...
5-8-1-11. Judgment - Sec. 11. After conviction, the senate must, at such time...
5-8-1-12. Resolution of Acquittal or Conviction - Sec. 12. On the adoption of the resolution by a...
5-8-1-13. Suspension or Removal From Office - Sec. 13. The judgment may be that the defendant be...
5-8-1-14. Disqualification of Defendant From Receiving Salaries - Sec. 14. If judgment of suspension is given, the defendant,...
5-8-1-15. Temporary Suspension During Pendency of Proceedings; Filling Vacancies - Sec. 15. Whenever articles of impeachment against any officer subject...
5-8-1-16. Impeachment of Governor or Lieutenant Governor; Chief Justice to Preside - Sec. 16. If the governor or lieutenant-governor is impeached, the...
5-8-1-17. Indictment or Information Not Barred - Sec. 17. If the offense for which the defendant is...
5-8-1-18. Senate to Continue in Session - Sec. 18. In case impeachment proceedings be pending in the...
5-8-1-19. Judge or Prosecuting Attorney; Duties of Attorney General - Sec. 19. (a) Under Article 7, Section 13 of the...
5-8-1-20. Repealed - Formerly: Acts 1897, c.182, s.20. Repealed by P.L.3-1993, SEC.282.
5-8-1-21. Written Accusations; Grand Jury - Sec. 21. An accusation in writing against any district officer,...
5-8-1-22. Form of Accusation - Sec. 22. The accusation must state the offense charged in...
5-8-1-23. Delivery of Accusations; Service on Defendant - Sec. 23. The accusation must be delivered by the foreman...
5-8-1-24. Appearance of Defendant - Sec. 24. The defendant must appear at the time appointed...
5-8-1-25. Answering Accusation - Sec. 25. The defendant may answer the accusation either by...
5-8-1-26. Objections to Legal Sufficiency of Accusation - Sec. 26. If the defendant objects to the legal sufficiency...
5-8-1-27. Denial of Accusation - Sec. 27. If he denies the truth of the accusation,...
5-8-1-28. Objection to Accusation Not Sustained - Sec. 28. If an objection to the sufficiency of the...
5-8-1-29. Guilty Plea or Refusal to Answer; Not Guilty Plea - Sec. 29. If the defendant pleads guilty, or refuses to...
5-8-1-30. Trial - Sec. 30. The trial must be by a jury, and...
5-8-1-31. Attendance of Witnesses - Sec. 31. The prosecuting attorney and the defendant are respectively...
5-8-1-32. Repealed - Formerly: Acts 1897, c.182, s.32. Repealed by Acts 1982, P.L.34,...
5-8-1-33. Repealed - Formerly: Acts 1897, c.182, s.33. Repealed by Acts 1982, P.L.34,...
5-8-1-34. Removal of Prosecuting Attorney; Proceedings - Sec. 34. The same proceedings may be had on like...
5-8-1-35. Verification of Accusation; Citing Party; Hearing; Judgment - Sec. 35. (a) When an accusation in writing, verified by...
5-8-1-36. Repealed - Formerly: Acts 1897, c.182, s.37; Acts 1899, c.119, s.1. Repealed...
5-8-1-37. Repealed - As added by Acts 1982, P.L.34, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.16-1983,...
5-8-1-38. Felony Conviction; Removal; Appeal; Reinstatement; Remuneration; Vacancy - Sec. 38. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section:...
Chapter 2. Removal From Office for Intoxication
5-8-2-1. Voluntary Intoxication During Business Hours - Sec. 1. Any person holding any office under the constitution...
Chapter 3. Disqualification by Violation of Federal Law
5-8-3-1. Draft Dodging; Sedition - Sec. 1. A person may not hold an office within...
5-8-3-2. Appointment or Election Void - Sec. 2. Any appointment or election of any person lacking...
Chapter 3.5. Notice of Resignation
5-8-3.5-1. Notices of Resignation and Vacancy - Sec. 1. (a) An officer who wants to resign shall...
Chapter 4. Resignations
5-8-4-1. No Right to Withdrawal Without Consent - Sec. 1. Whenever any officer, servant or employee of the...
5-8-4-2. Conditions Null and Void - Sec. 2. Any condition contained in any resignation, except as...
5-8-4-3. Repealed - Formerly: Acts 1945, c.119, s.3. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.26....
5-8-4-4. Effective Upon Filing With Person Authorized to Receive Resignation - Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to a person holding...
5-8-4-5. Effective on Time or Date Contained in Resignation - Sec. 5. A written resignation containing a provision stating that...
5-8-4-6. Effective Upon Filing With First Required Entity - Sec. 6. If this article requires that notice of a...
Chapter 5. Notice of a Town Council Vacancy
5-8-5-1. Applicability - Sec. 1. This chapter applies when a vacancy must be...
5-8-5-2. "Member" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "member" refers to...
5-8-5-3. Public Meeting to Determine Vacancy on Town Council - Sec. 3. (a) The town council may hold a public...
5-8-5-4. Declaring Vacancy on Town Council; Notice of Vacancy - Sec. 4. (a) If the town council is reasonably satisfied...
5-8-5-5. Right of Vacating Town Council Member to File Action - Sec. 5. The member whose seat is vacated may file...
Chapter 6. Notice of Death of an Officeholder
5-8-6-1. Applicability - Sec. 1. This chapter applies when a vacancy must be...
5-8-6-2. "Officeholder" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "officeholder" refers to...
5-8-6-3. Certification of Officeholder's Death - Sec. 3. (a) A person who knows of the death...
5-8-6-4. Vacancies Filled by Governor - Sec. 4. When the governor: (1) obtains information concerning the...
5-8-6-5. Secretary of State's Notice - Sec. 5. (a) When the secretary of state: (1) obtains...
5-8-6-6. Circuit Court Clerk's Notice - Sec. 6. (a) When a circuit court clerk: (1) obtains...