Indiana constitution

Article 1: bill of rights

Section 1 - WE DECLARE, That all people are created equal; that they...

Section 2 - All people shall be secured in the natural right to...

Section 3 - No law shall, in any case whatever, control the free...

Section 4 - No preference shall be given, by law, to any creed,...

Section 5 - No religious test shall be required, as a qualification for...

Section 6 - No money shall be drawn from the treasury, for the...

Section 7 - No person shall be rendered incompetent as a witness, in...

Section 8 - The mode of administering an oath or affirmation, shall be...

Section 9 - No law shall be passed, restraining the free interchange of...

Section 10 - In all prosecutions for libel, the truth of the matters...

Section 11 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 12 - All courts shall be open; and every person, for injury...

Section 13 - (b) Victims of crime, as defined by law, shall have...

Section 14 - No person shall be put in jeopardy twice for the...

Section 15 - No person arrested, or confined in jail, shall be treated...

Section 16 - Excessive bail shall not be required. Excessive fines shall not...

Section 17 - Offenses, other than murder or treason, shall be bailable by...

Section 18 - The penal code shall be founded on the principles of...

Section 19 - In all criminal cases whatever, the jury shall have the...

Section 20 - In all civil cases, the right of trial by jury...

Section 21 - No person's particular services shall be demanded, without just compensation....

Section 22 - The privilege of the debtor to enjoy the necessary comforts...

Section 23 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or...

Section 24 - No ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation...

Section 25 - No law shall be passed, the taking effect of which...

Section 26 - The operation of the laws shall never be suspended, except...

Section 27 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not...

Section 28 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war...

Section 29 - No person shall be convicted of treason, except on the...

Section 30 - No conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of...

Section 31 - No law shall restrain any of the inhabitants of the...

Section 32 - The people shall have a right to bear arms, for...

Section 33 - The military shall be kept in strict subordination to the...

Section 34 - No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in...

Section 35 - The General Assembly shall not grant any title of nobility,...

Section 36 - Emigration from the State shall not be prohibited.

Section 37 - There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, within the...

Article 2: suffrage and election

Section 1 - All elections shall be free and equal.

Section 2 - (c) The General Assembly may provide that a citizen who...

Section 4 - No person shall be deemed to have lost his residence...

Section 6 - Every person shall be disqualified from holding office, during the...

Section 8 - The General Assembly shall have power to deprive of the...

Section 9 - No person holding a lucrative office or appointment under the...

Section 10 - No person who may hereafter be a collector or holder...

Section 11 - In all cases in which it is provided, that an...

Section 12 - In all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the...

Section 13 - All elections by the People shall be by ballot; and...

Section 14 - (c) The General Assembly shall provide for the registration of...

Article 3: distribution of powers

Section 1 - The powers of the Government are divided into three separate...

Article 4: legislative

Section 1 - The Legislative authority of the State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The Senate shall not exceed fifty, nor the House of...

Section 3 - Senators shall be elected for the term of four years,...

Section 4 - The General Assembly may provide by law for the filling...

Section 5 - The General Assembly elected during the year in which a...

Section 7 - No person shall be a Senator or a Representative, who,...

Section 8 - Senators and Representatives, in all cases except treason, felony, and...

Section 9 - The sessions of the General Assembly shall be held at...

Section 10 - Each House, when assembled, shall choose its own officers, the...

Section 11 - Two-thirds of each House shall constitute a quorum to do...

Section 12 - Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and...

Section 13 - The doors of each House, and of Committees of the...

Section 14 - Either House may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and...

Section 15 - Either House, during its session, may punish, by imprisonment, any...

Section 16 - Each House shall have all powers, necessary for a branch...

Section 17 - Bills may originate in either House, but may be amended...

Section 18 - Every bill shall be read, by title, on three several...

Section 19 - An act, except an act for the codification, revision or...

Section 20 - Every act and joint resolution shall be plainly worded, avoiding,...

Section 22 - Providing for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors; Regulating the...

Section 23 - In all the cases enumerated in the preceding section, and...

Section 24 - Provision may be made, by general law, for bringing suit...

Section 25 - A majority of all the members elected to each House,...

Section 26 - Any member of either House shall have the right to...

Section 27 - Every statute shall be a public law, unless otherwise declared...

Section 28 - No act shall take effect, until the same shall have...

Section 29 - The members of the General Assembly shall receive for their...

Section 30 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the term for which...

Article 5: executive

Section 1 - The executive power of the State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - There shall be a Lieutenant Governor, who shall hold his...

Section 3 - The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the...

Section 4 - Each candidate for Lieutenant Governor shall run jointly in the...

Section 5 - In the event of a tie vote, the Governor and...

Section 6 - Contested elections for Governor or Lieutenant Governor, shall be determined...

Section 7 - No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor...

Section 8 - No member of Congress, or person holding any office under...

Section 9 - The official term of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall...

Section 10 - (g) An individual's authority to discharge the governor's powers and...

Section 11 - Whenever the Lieutenant Governor shall act as Governor, or shall...

Section 12 - The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and...

Section 13 - The Governor shall, from time to time, give to the...

Section 14 - (c) In the event a bill is passed over the...

Section 15 - The Governor shall transact all necessary business with the officers...

Section 16 - The Governor shall take care that the laws are faithfully...

Section 17 - The Governor may grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons, after conviction,...

Section 18 - When, during a recess of the General Assembly, a vacancy...

Section 20 - Should the seat of government become dangerous from disease or...

Section 21 - The Lieutenant Governor shall, by virtue of his office, be...

Section 22 - The Governor shall, at stated times, receive for his services...

Section 23 - The Lieutenant Governor, while he shall act as President of...

Section 24 - Neither the Governor nor Lieutenant Governor shall be eligible to...

Article 6: administrative

Section 1 - There shall be elected, by the voters of the state,...

Section 2 - (c) No person shall be eligible to the office of...

Section 3 - Such other county and township officers as may be necessary,...

Section 4 - No person shall be elected, or appointed, as a county...

Section 5 - (b) The Governor shall reside at the seat of government.

Section 6 - All county, township, and town officers, shall reside within their...

Section 7 - All State officers shall, for crime, incapacity, or negligence, be...

Section 8 - All State, county, township, and town officers, may be impeached,...

Section 9 - Vacancies in county, township, and town offices, shall be filled...

Section 10 - The General Assembly may confer upon the boards doing county...

Article 7: judicial

Section 1 - The judicial power of the State shall be vested in...

Section 2 - The Supreme Court shall consist of the Chief Justice of...

Section 3 - The Chief Justice of the State shall appoint such persons...

Section 4 - The Supreme Court shall have no original jurisdiction except in...

Section 5 - The Court of Appeals shall consist of as many geographic...

Section 6 - The Court shall have no original jurisdiction, except that it...

Section 7 - The State shall, from time to time, be divided into...

Section 8 - The Circuit Courts shall have such civil and criminal jurisdiction...

Section 9 - The judicial nominating commission shall consist of seven members, a...

Section 10 - To be eligible for nomination as a justice of the...

Section 11 - No such justice or judge shall, during his term of...

Section 12 - The General Assembly may provide, by law, that the Judge...

Section 13 - Any Judge of the Circuit Court or Prosecuting Attorney, who...

Section 15 - The provisions of Article 15, Section 2, prohibiting terms of...

Section 16 - There shall be elected in each judicial circuit by the...

Section 17 - The General Assembly may modify, or abolish, the grand jury...

Section 18 - All criminal prosecutions shall be carried on in the name,...

Section 19 - The Justices of Supreme Court and Judges of the Court...

Article 8: education

Section 1 - Knowledge and learning, general diffused throughout a community, being essential...

Section 2 - Taxes on the property of corporations, that may be assessed...

Section 3 - The principal of the Common School fund shall remain a...

Section 4 - The General Assembly shall invest, in some safe and profitable...

Section 5 - If any county shall fail to demand its proportion of...

Section 6 - The several counties shall be held liable for the preservation...

Section 7 - All trust funds, held by the State, shall remain inviolate,...

Section 8 - There shall be a State Superintendent of Public Instruction, whose...

Article 9: state institutions

Section 1 - It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to...

Section 2 - The General Assembly shall provide institutions for the correction and...

Section 3 - The counties may provide farms, as an asylum for those...

Article 10: finance

Section 1 - (g) This subsection applies to property taxes first due and...

Section 2 - All the revenues derived from the sale of any of...

Section 3 - No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in...

Section 4 - An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the...

Section 5 - (g) A court that orders a remedy pursuant to any...

Section 6 - No county shall subscribe for stock in any incorporated company,...

Section 7 - No law or resolution shall ever be passed by the...

Section 8 - The general assembly may levy and collect a tax upon...

Article 11: corporations

Section 1 - The General Assembly shall not have power to establish, or...

Section 2 - No banks shall be established otherwise than under a general...

Section 3 - If the General Assembly shall enact a general banking law,...

Section 4 - The General Assembly may also charter a bank with branches,...

Section 5 - If the General Assembly shall establish a bank with branches,...

Section 7 - All bills or notes issued as money shall be, at...

Section 8 - Holders of bank notes shall be entitled, in case of...

Section 9 - No bank shall receive, directly or indirectly, a greater rate...

Section 11 - The General Assembly is not prohibited from investing the Trust...

Section 12 - The State shall not be a stockholder in any bank;...

Section 13 - Corporations, other than banking, shall not be created by special...

Section 14 - Dues from corporations shall be secured by such individual liability...

Article 12: militia

Section 1 - A militia shall be provided and shall consist of all...

Section 2 - The Governor is Commander-in-Chief of the militia and other military...

Section 3 - There shall be an Adjutant General, who shall be appointed...

Section 4 - No person, conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, shall be compelled...

Article 13: indebtedness

Section 1 - No political or municipal corporation in this State shall ever...

Article 14: boundaries

Section 1 - In order that the boundaries of the State may be...

Section 2 - The State of Indiana shall possess jurisdiction and sovereignty co-extensive...

Article 15: miscellaneous

Section 1 - All officers, whose appointment is not otherwise provided for in...

Section 2 - When the duration of any office is not provided for...

Section 3 - Whenever it is provided in this Constitution, or in any...

Section 4 - Every person elected or appointed to any office under this...

Section 5 - There shall be a Seal of State, kept by the...

Section 6 - All commissions shall issue in the name of the State,...

Section 7 - No county shall be reduced to an area less than...

Section 9 - The following grounds owned by the State in Indianapolis, namely:...

Section 10 - It shall be the duty of the General Assembly, to...

Article 16: amendments

Section 1 - (c) If a majority of the electors voting on the...

Section 2 - If two or more amendments shall be submitted at the...