Legal Statutes: Indiana

UPDATED October 1, 2012

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• Indiana Code (select sections)
  • Title 5. State and Local Administration
    • Article 2. Law Enforcement
      • Chapter 9. Protective Order Depositories
        • IC 5-2-9-6 Copies of orders issued; confidential file; confidential form; depository
        • IC 5-2-9-7 Confidentiality
        • IC 5-2-9-8 Entry of information into IDACS
    • Article 26.5. Address Confidentiality Program
      • Chapter 2. Address Confidentiality Program
        • IC 5-26.5-2-2 Approval of applications
        • IC 5-26.5-2-6 Expiration of certificate; renewal
      • Chapter 3. Duties of the Office of the Attorney General
        • IC 5-26.5-3-2 Disclosure of confidential information
      • Chapter 4. Revocation of Certification as a Program Participant
        • IC 5-26.5-4-2 Change of address
  • Title 11. Corrections
    • Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction
      • Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration
        • IC 11-8-8-4.5 “Sex offender” defined
  • Title 16. Health
    • Article 37. Vital Statistics
      • Chapter 2. Certification of Births
        • IC 16-37-2-2.1 Paternity affidavits; requirements; forms; penalty; effect of filing paternity affidavit; action to establish paternity
  • Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
    • Article 9. Definitions
      • Chapter 2. Definitions
        • IC 31-9-2-35.5 “De facto custodian”
        • IC 31-9-2-42 “Domestic or family violence”
        • IC 31-9-2-44.5 “Family or household member”
    • Article 17. Family Law: Custody and Visitation Rights
      • Chapter 2. Actions for Child Custody and Modification of Child Custody Orders
        • IC 31-17-2-8 Custody order
        • IC 31-17-2-8.5 Consideration of de facto custodian factors
        • IC 31-17-2-8.3 Supervised parenting time by noncustodial parent convicted of crime involving domestic or family violence
        • 31-17-2-21.1 Delegation of parenting time of parent receiving military deployment order
      • Chapter 2.2. Relocation
        • IC 31-17-2.2-1 Notice of intent to move; hearing
        • IC 31-17-2.2-3 Notice of intent to move; content of notice; time requirements
        • IC 31-17-2.2-4 Notice of intent to move; confidentiality of information
  • Title 34. Civil Procedure
    • Article 6. Definitions
      • Chapter 2. Definitions
        • IC 34-6-2-44.8 “Family or household member”
    • Article 26. Special Proceedings: Injunctions and Restraining Orders
      • Chapter 5. Indiana Civil Protection Order Act
        • IC 34-26-5-1 Construction of chapter
        • IC 34-26-5-2 Persons authorized to file petition; origination and transfer of case when relief sought against unemancipated minor
        • IC 34-26-5-3 Duties of division of state court administration and clerk of circuit court; statements on petition and order; verification and issuance of order
        • IC 34-26-5-4 Jurisdiction to issue order; filing of petition; residency requirement
        • IC 34-26-5-5 Continuing duty to provide certain information
        • IC 34-26-5-6 Rules applicable to order
        • IC 34-26-5-7 Address information
        • IC 34-26-5-8 Responsibility for completing and transmitting forms
        • IC 34-26-5-9 Authority and jurisdiction of courts; relief available; notification and effectiveness of order; subsequent case or hearings
        • IC 34-26-5-10 Hearing on petition; availability of relief; continuation
        • IC 34-26-5-11 Waiver or nullification of order
        • IC 34-26-5-12 Dismissal of case
        • IC 34-26-5-13 Lapse of time between act of violence and filing of petition
        • IC 34-26-5-14 Mutual and separate orders of protection
        • IC 34-26-5-15 Mediation
        • IC 34-26-5-16 Fees and Costs
        • IC 34-26-5-17 Foreign protection orders
        • IC 34-26-5-18 Orders required to be entered into IDACS
        • IC 34-26-5-19 Appointment of guardian ad litem
      • Chapter 6. Workplace Violence Restraining Orders
        • IC 34-26-6-1 “Course of conduct” defined
        • IC 34-26-6-2 “Credible threat of violence” defined
        • IC 34-26-6-6 Authority to seek temporary restraining order or injunction
        • IC 34-26-6-7 Filing of petition
        • IC 34-26-6-8 Holding of hearing; issuance of injunction
        • IC 34-26-6-9 Effectiveness of injunction; renewal
        • IC 34-26-6-14 Filing fees
  • Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
    • Article 33. Preliminary Proceedings
      • Chapter 1. Arrest
        • IC 35-33-1-1.5 Law enforcement officer; scene of alleged crime involving domestic or family violence
    • Article 41. Substantive Criminal Provisions
      • Chapter 1. Jurisdiction and Definitions
        • IC 35-41-1-9 “Deviate sexual conduct” defined
    • Article 42. Offenses Against the Person
      • Chapter 2. Battery and Related Offenses
        • IC 35-42-2-1.3 Domestic battery
        • IC 35-42-2-9 Strangulation
      • Chapter 3. Kidnapping and Confinement
        • IC 35-42-3-2 Kidnapping
        • IC 35-42-3-3 Criminal confinement
      • Chapter 3.5. Human and Sexual Trafficking
        • IC 35-42-3.5-1 Promotion of human trafficking; sexual trafficking of a minor; human trafficking
        • IC 35-42-3.5-2 Restitution to victim
        • IC 35-42-3.5-3 Civil cause of action for victim; limitation
        • IC 35-42-3.5-4 Treatment of alleged victim of offense; LEA Declaration; denial and reconsideration of LEA Declaration
      • Chapter 4. Sex Crimes
        • IC 35-42-4-1 Rape
        • IC 35-42-4-2 Criminal deviate conduct
        • IC 35-42-4-3 Child molesting
        • IC 35-42-4-4 Child exploitation; possession of child pornography; violation classification; exemption; definitions; defenses
        • IC 35-42-4-5 Vicarious sexual gratification; fondling in the presence of a minor
        • IC 35-42-4-6 Child solicitation
        • IC 35-42-4-7 Child seduction
        • IC 35-42-4-8 Sexual battery
        • IC 35-42-4-9 Sexual misconduct with a minor
        • IC 35-42-4-13 Application of section; communication with child concerning sexual activity
    • Article 45. Offenses Against Public Health, Order, and Decency
      • Chapter 10. Stalking
        • IC 35-45-10-1 Stalk; defined
        • IC 35-45-10-2. Harassment; defined
    • Article 46. Miscellaneous Offenses
      • Chapter 1. Offenses Against the Family
        • IC 35-46-1-15.1 Invasion of privacy
    • Article 47. Weapons and Instruments of Violence
      • Chapter 1. Definitions
        • IC 35-47-1-5 “Firearm”
      • Chapter 2. Regulation of Handguns
        • IC 35-47-2-23 Violations; classes of misdemeanor and felony
      • Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions
        • IC 35-47-4-6 Unlawful possession of firearm by domestic batterer
        • IC 35-47-4-7 Restoration of right to possess firearm by person convicted of domestic violence
    • Article 50. Sentences
      • Chapter 3. Sentences for Misdemeanors
        • IC 35-50-3-2 Class A misdemeanor
        • IC 35-50-3-3 Class B misdemeanor

Chapter 1. Arrest

back to topIC 35-33-1-1.5 Law enforcement officer; scene of alleged crime involving domestic or family violence

Sec. 1.5. (a) A law enforcement officer responding to the scene of an alleged crime involving domestic or family violence shall use all reasonable means to prevent further violence, including the following:

(1) Transporting or obtaining transportation for the alleged victim and each child to a designated safe place to meet with a domestic violence counselor, local family member, or friend.

(2) Assisting the alleged victim in removing toiletries, medication, and necessary clothing.

(3) Giving the alleged victim immediate and written notice of the rights under IC 35-40.

(b) A law enforcement officer may confiscate and remove a firearm, ammunition, or a deadly weapon from the scene if the law enforcement officer has:

(1) probable cause to believe that a crime involving domestic or family violence has occurred;

(2) a reasonable belief that the firearm, ammunition, or deadly weapon:

(A) exposes the victim to an immediate risk of serious bodily injury; or

(B) was an instrumentality of the crime involving domestic or family violence; and

(3) observed the firearm, ammunition, or deadly weapon at the scene during the response.

(c) If a firearm, ammunition, or a deadly weapon is removed from the scene under subsection (b), the law enforcement officer shall provide for the safe storage of the firearm, ammunition, or deadly weapon during the pendency of a proceeding related to the alleged act of domestic or family violence.