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IN Code § 5-3-5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-8. Official Responsible for Electronic Publications

Sec. 8. The political subdivision shall:(1) designate an official of the political subdivision to be responsible for electronic publications; and(2) post the official's name and contact information on the official web site.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-3-5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-9. Electronic Publications Containing Errors or Omissions

Sec. 9. IC 5-3-1-2.3 and any other provision regarding an error or omission in a notice published in a newspaper also apply to the electronic publication of a notice made in accordance with this chapter.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-4-1-0.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-0.5. "Contractor"

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "contractor" means an individual or entity that:(1) enters into a contractual relationship with a city, town, county, or township;(2) has a fiduciary relationship with or performs a fiscal responsibility for the city, town, county, or township; and(3) is not insured, for purposes of the individual's or entity's accounts, by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.As added by P.L.188-2016, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-4-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-1. Oaths; Officers and Deputies; Prosecuting Attorneys and Deputies

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), every officer and every deputy, before entering on the officer's or deputy's official duties, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana, and that the officer or deputy will faithfully discharge the duties of such office.(b) A prosecuting attorney and a deputy prosecuting attorney shall take the oath required under subsection (a) before taking office.(c) This subsection applies to a deputy of a political subdivision. An individual appointed as a deputy is considered an employee of the political subdivision performing ministerial functions on behalf of an officer and is not required to take the oath prescribed by subsection (a). However, if a chief deputy assumes the duties of an office during a vacancy under IC 3-13-11-12, the chief deputy must take the oath required under subsection (a) before entering on the official duties of the office.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.1. As amended by P.L.49-1989, SEC.2; P.L.176-1999, SEC.119.
IN Code § 5-4-1-1.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-1.2. Time for Taking Oath; Exceptions; Failure of Officer of Political Subdivision to Take and Deposit Oath

Sec. 1.2. (a) This section does not apply to an individual:(1) appointed or elected to an office the establishment or qualifications of which are expressly provided for in the Constitution of the State of Indiana or the Constitution of the United States; or(2) holding over in an office under Article 15, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.(b) Subject to subsection (c), an individual appointed or elected to an office of a political subdivision may take the oath required under section 1 of this chapter at any time after the individual's appointment or election.(c) An individual appointed or elected to an office of a political subdivision must take the oath required by section 1 of this chapter and deposit the oath as required by section 4 of this chapter not later than thirty (30) days after the beginning of the term of office.(d) If an individual appointed or elected to an office of a political subdivision does not comply with subsection (c), the office becomes vacant.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-4-27.4-3 part; 18-1-2-2 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.176-1999, SEC.120; P.L.26-2000, SEC.32; P.L.169-2015, SEC.162.
IN Code § 5-4-1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-2. Endorsement

Sec. 2. (a) The oath required by section 1 of this chapter, except in the case of a notary public or in those cases specified in section 3 of this chapter, shall be endorsed on or attached to the:(1) commission;(2) certificate if a certificate was issued under IC 3-10-7-34, IC 3-12-4, or IC 3-12-5; or(3) certificate of appointment pro tempore under IC 3-13-11-11;signed by the person taking the oath, and certified to by the officer before whom the oath was taken, who shall also deliver to the person taking the oath a copy of the oath.(b) A copy of the oath of office of a prosecuting attorney shall be:(1) recorded on the bond required by section 20 of this chapter; or(2) attached to the commission of the prosecuting attorney.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.2. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.23, SEC.1; P.L.49-1989, SEC.3; P.L.10-1992, SEC.26; P.L.3-1993, SEC.240; P.L.3-1997, SEC.416; P.L.176-1999, SEC.121.
IN Code § 5-4-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-3. Legislators; Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Sec. 3. (a) Members of the general assembly shall take the oath described by section 1 of this chapter before taking their seats. The oath shall be entered on the journals.(b) The governor and lieutenant-governor shall each take the oath described by section 1 of this chapter. The oath shall be entered on the journals of each chamber of the general assembly.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.3. As amended by P.L.221-2005, SEC.141.
IN Code § 5-4-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-4. Copy of Oath; Deposit

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13.(b) The copy of the oath under section 2 of this chapter shall be deposited by the person as follows:(1) Of all officers whose oath is endorsed on or attached to the commission and whose duties are not limited to a particular county or of a justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney, in the office of the secretary of state.(2) Of the circuit court clerk, officers of a political subdivision or school corporation, and constables of a small claims court, in the circuit court clerk's office of the county containing the greatest percentage of the population of the political subdivision or school corporation.(3) Of a deputy prosecuting attorney, in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the deputy prosecuting attorney resides or serves.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-24-5; 17-3-58-3 part; 17-4-28-1; 18-1-2-2 part.]Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.4. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.29; Acts 1980, P.L.24, SEC.2; P.L.8-1987, SEC.7; P.L.49-1989, SEC.4; P.L.32-1992, SEC.1; P.L.3-1995, SEC.141; P.L.3-1997, SEC.417; P.L.176-1999, SEC.122; P.L.254-1999, SEC.5; P.L.14-2000, SEC.14.
IN Code § 5-4-1-5.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-5.1. Political Subdivision Officer, Employee, and Contractor Bond Filing; Data Base

Sec. 5.1. (a) "Political subdivision" as used in this section has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13 and excludes any department or agency of the state.(b) Every elected or appointed officer, official, deputy, employee, or contractor of a political subdivision who is required by section 18 of this chapter to file an official bond for the faithful performance of duty, except the county recorder and deputies and employees of the recorder, shall file the bond with the fiscal officer of the political subdivision and in the office of the county recorder in the county of office or employment of the officer, official, deputy, employee, or contractor. The county recorder and deputies and employees of the recorder shall file their bonds with the county auditor and in the office of the clerk of the circuit court.(c) The bonds described in subsection (b) shall be filed within ten (10) days of their issuance or, if approval is required, within ten (10) days after their approval by the person required to approve the bonds. The recorder shall record all of the bonds filed under this section, indexing them alphabetically under the name of the principal and referring to the title, office, and page number where recorded. The bonds shall be kept in a safe and convenient place in the recorder's office with a reference to the date filed and record and page where recorded.(d) Every county officer who is required to give bond shall have a copy of the oath of office recorded with the bond.(e) The fiscal officer of a political subdivision with whom an official bond is filed under subsection (b) shall file a copy of the bond with the state board of accounts:(1) contemporaneously with the filing of the political subdivision's annual financial report required under IC 5-11-1-4(a); and(2) electronically in the manner prescribed under IC 5-14-3.8-7.(f) The state board of accounts shall maintain a data base of bonds received under this section and make the data base available to the public on the state board of accounts Internet web site. To the extent practicable, the data base must include a list that specifies:(1) every individual who is required by section 18 of this chapter to file; and(2) whether each individual specified under subdivision (1) has obtained and filed;an official bond for the faithful performance of duty.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 5-4-1-5 part; 5-4-1-6 part; 17-2-36-2; 17-3-40-1 part; 18-2-1-4.2 part; 19-10-2-1; 19-10-2-2; 19-10-2-3.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.30. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.47, SEC.1; P.L.3-1997, SEC.418; P.L.230-2015, SEC.1; P.L.188-2016, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-4-1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-6. Secretary of State; Filing Official Bond

Sec. 6. The official bond of the secretary of state shall be filed and recorded in the recorder's office of Marion County.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.6. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.31.
IN Code § 5-4-1-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-7. Preservation of Certified Copy; Fees

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of every officer with whom such certified copies and bonds shall be filed to preserve the same, and, on demand, give certified copies thereof, or of the record, attested with his official seal, and for the same he shall receive the same fees allowed by law for certified copies in other cases.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.7.
IN Code § 5-4-1-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-8. Approval of Bonds

Sec. 8. (a) The official bonds of officers, if sufficient, shall be approved as follows:(1) Of county officers required to give bonds, by the clerk of the circuit court unless otherwise specified in this section.(2) Of county sheriff, county coroner, county recorder, county auditor, county treasurer, and clerk of the circuit court, by the county executive.(3) Of county assessor, township trustee, and township assessor (if any), by the county auditor.(4) Of city officers, except the executive and members of the legislative body, by the city executive.(5) Of members of the board of public works or of the board of public works and safety in cities, by the city legislative body.(6) Of clerk-treasurer and marshal of a town, by the town legislative body.(7) Of a controller of a solid waste management district established under IC 13-21 or IC 13-9.5 (before its repeal), by the board of directors of the solid waste management district.(b) A person who approves an official bond shall write the approval on the bond.(c) A bond must be approved before it is filed.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-2-36-1; 17-3-23-1 part; 17-3-32-1 part; 17-3-61-2 part; 17-3-69.5-2 part; 17-4-11-1 part; 17-4-27.4-2 part; 18-1-2-2 part; 18-1-6-4 part; 18-1-6-14 part; 18-3-1-28 part; 18-2-6-3 part; 18-4-4-7 part; 19-10-1-1.]Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.8. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.32; Acts 1981, P.L.47, SEC.2; P.L.8-1989, SEC.17; P.L.33-1992, SEC.1; P.L.1-1996, SEC.35; P.L.146-2008, SEC.33.
IN Code § 5-4-1-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-9. Time Limitation for Bond; Failure to Comply

Sec. 9. An officer required to give an official bond shall give the bond before the commencement of his term of office. If the officer fails to give the bond before that time, the officer may not take office.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-17-1 part; 17-3-23-1 part; 17-3-32-1 part; 17-4-11-1 part; 18-1-2-2 part; 18-2-11-1 part; 18-3-1-28 part.]Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.9. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.33; Acts 1980, P.L.24, SEC.3.
IN Code § 5-4-1-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-10. Bonds Payable to State

Sec. 10. All official bonds shall be payable to the state of Indiana; and every such bond shall be obligatory to such state, upon the principal and sureties, for the faithful discharge of all duties required of such officer by any law, then or subsequently in force, for the use of any person injured by any breach of the condition thereof.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.10.
IN Code § 5-4-1-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-11. First Recovery; Exhaustion of Penalty

Sec. 11. No official bond shall be void on a first recovery, but suits may be instituted thereon, from time to time, until the penalty thereof is exhausted.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.11.
IN Code § 5-4-1-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-12. Defects in Form and Substance

Sec. 12. No official bond shall be void because of defects in form or substance or in the approval and filing thereof, but, upon the suggestion of such defects, such bond shall be obligatory as if properly executed, filed and approved.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.12.
IN Code § 5-4-1-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-13. Execution

Sec. 13. (a) All official bonds required by statute shall be executed by the principal and one (1) or more freehold sureties except as provided by subsection (b).(b) The official bonds of county surveyors and township trustees shall be executed by the principal and by two (2) or more freehold sureties or an authorized surety company.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-61-2 part; 17-4-11-1 part.]Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.13. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.34.
IN Code § 5-4-1-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-14. Copies as Evidence

Sec. 14. A copy, a record, or a copy of a record of an official bond legally certified has the same effect in evidence as the original. Suit may be brought on a copy of an official bond as on the original.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 5-4-1-5 part.]Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.13, s.14. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.35.
IN Code § 5-4-1-15.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-15.1. Deputies or Employees; Bonds and Insurance Policies

Sec. 15.1. (a) Whenever it is necessary, the appropriate administrative officer of any department or agency of the state may cover deputies or employees of the department or agency by individual bonds, or blanket bonds, or a crime insurance policy endorsed to cover the faithful performance of duties. The administrative officer shall determine the amount of the insurance policy, individual bond, or blanket bond obtained under this section.(b) An individual bond, or blanket bond, or crime insurance policy endorsed to include faithful performance obtained under this section shall be filed and paid for in the same manner as public official bonds.(c) This section does not apply to officers required by law to execute and furnish individual official bonds.(d) The commissioner of insurance shall prescribe the form of the bonds or crime policies required by this section.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.49-1995, SEC.3.
IN Code § 5-4-1-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-19. Individual Surety Bonds for City, Town, County, or Township Officers and Employees; Faithful Performance of Duties

Sec. 19. The bonds prescribed by IC 5-4-1-18 cover the faithful performance of the duties of the officer, employee, or contractor, including the duty to comply with IC 35-44.1-1-1 and the duty to account properly for all monies and property received by virtue of the officer's, employee's, or contractor's service in the office or position.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.47, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.126-2012, SEC.15; P.L.188-2016, SEC.4.
IN Code § 5-4-1-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 1. Filing, Recording, and Terms of Bonds and Oaths|5-4-1-20. Individual Surety Bonds for Prosecuting Attorneys

Sec. 20. (a) A person elected to the office of prosecuting attorney shall execute an individual surety bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The amount of the bond must be at least eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500).(b) A person elected to the office of prosecuting attorney may not take office until that person has filed a bond:(1) in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the person resides; and(2) within ten (10) days after the bond is issued.(c) The cost of a bond shall be paid by the county. For multiple county judicial circuits, the cost shall be paid by each county in the judicial circuit in the manner provided by IC 33-38-5-3.(d) A bond must be:(1) executed by the person elected prosecuting attorney and one (1) or more freehold sureties; and(2) payable to the state as provided in section 10 of this chapter.(e) A bond is not void on first recovery, and suits may be brought on the bond until the penalty is exhausted.(f) If a bond has been legally certified, any of the following have the same effect in evidence as the bond:(1) A copy of the bond.(2) A record of the bond.(3) A copy of a record of the bond.(g) The county recorder of the county in which the person elected prosecuting attorney resides shall record the bond in an official bond register.As added by P.L.49-1989, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.98-2004, SEC.58.
IN Code § 5-4-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 3. Acknowledgment of Bonds|5-4-3-1. Certification of Acknowledgment

Sec. 1. (a) An official bond of any state, county, township, or other public officer may not be approved until the execution is acknowledged by the principal and sureties before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. The officer taking the acknowledgment shall certify the act on the bond.(b) In the case of a surety company, the official bonds of the county treasurer and the city controller acting as city treasurer in a second class city shall be signed and acknowledged by the appropriate officers of the company in the presence of a notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments. Otherwise, the official bonds of those officers shall be signed and acknowledged by the officers and their sureties in the presence of at least a majority of the board of county commissioners in the case of the county treasurer and of a majority of the common council of the city in the case of the city controller acting as city treasurer of a second class city.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-32-1 part; 18-2-6-3 part; 18-4-4-7 part.]Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.76, s.1. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.8, SEC.37.
IN Code § 5-4-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 3. Acknowledgment of Bonds|5-4-3-2. Defenses

Sec. 2. The sureties in any official bond, taken and acknowledged as contemplated in the foregoing section, shall, as between such sureties and the state, be deemed and taken to be principals; and it shall not be competent for any surety in such bond to set up, as a defense to an action brought for a breach of the condition thereof, any matter which would not be available as a defense to the principal in such bond.Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.76, s.2.
IN Code § 5-4-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 4. Insufficiency, Release, and Liability of Sureties|5-4-4-1. Officers Ceasing to Do Business; Insufficient Sureties; Proceedings Against Officer

Sec. 1. Whenever the clerk of the circuit court, superior court, or probate court with jurisdiction in the county where an officer resides determines or a voter eligible to vote for an officer files an affidavit with the clerk stating that:(1) the sureties for the official bond of an officer have ceased to do business in Indiana;(2) the security for an official bond of an officer has become insufficient; or(3) the penalty has become inadequate to secure the faithful performance of the duties of an officer's office by the diminution of the penalty by suit, an increase of liabilities from the enactment of statutes after the commencement of an officer's term, or other sufficient cause;the clerk shall issue a writ to the sheriff commanding the officer to appear before the judge of the circuit court, superior court, or probate court with jurisdiction in the county in which the officer resides ten (10) days after the service of process and answer the complaint. The summons shall be served, return made, and fees charged as in the case of other summons.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.12, s.1. As amended by P.L.1-1990, SEC.52; P.L.84-2016, SEC.21.
IN Code § 5-4-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 4. Officers' Bonds and Oaths|Chapter 4. Insufficiency, Release, and Liability of Sureties|5-4-4-2. Notice of Hearing to Judge

Sec. 2. Such clerk, on the return of the process served, shall immediately notify such judge of the time and place of hearing such complaint, and such judge shall attend thereupon.Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.12, s.2.