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IN Code § 34-38-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 2. Statutes and Laws of Other States and Countries|34-38-2-1. Statute Books; Foreign States; United States Territories

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to the following:(1) The printed statute books of the several states and territories of the United States, purporting to be printed under the authority of those states and territories.(2) A copy of any statute or any part of a statute contained in a statute book described in subdivision (1) that is accompanied by the certificate of the secretary of state, under seal of the state, certifying that:(A) the copy is complete and correct;(B) the statute book from which the copy is taken is deposited in the office of the secretary or in the state library; and(C) the secretary of state believes the book was received under the authority of the state or territory purporting to have enacted the statutes.(b) A statute book, a copy of a statute, or a copy of part of a statute described in subsection (a) is presumptive evidence in all courts of public or private legislative acts of the state or territory purporting to have enacted the statute.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-2.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 2. Statutes and Laws of Other States and Countries|34-38-2-2. Legislative Acts; Foreign States or Territories; Full Faith and Credit

Sec. 2. Every act of the legislature of any state or territory of the United States, certified by the secretary, and having the seal of the state or territory affixed to the act, is considered authentic and shall receive full faith and credit when offered in evidence in any court in Indiana.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-4.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 2. Statutes and Laws of Other States and Countries|34-38-2-3. Laws of Foreign Countries

Sec. 3. The existence and tenor or effect of the laws of any foreign country may be proved as facts by parol evidence. However, if it appears that the law in question is contained in a written statute or code, the court may reject any evidence of the law that is not accompanied by a copy of the law as it appears in the written statute or code.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-12.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 3. Uniform Proof of Statutes Act|34-38-3-1. Foreign Laws

Sec. 1. Printed books or pamphlets purporting on their face to be the session or other statutes of any of the United States, a territory of the United States, or a foreign jurisdiction and to have been printed and published by the authority of the state, territory, or foreign jurisdiction, or proved to be commonly recognized in the courts of the state, territory or foreign jurisdiction, shall be received in Indiana courts as prima facie evidence of the statutes.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-1-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 3. Uniform Proof of Statutes Act|34-38-3-2. Interpretation and Construction of Chapter

Sec. 2. This chapter shall be interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states that enact it.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-1-2.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 3. Uniform Proof of Statutes Act|34-38-3-3. Citation

Sec. 3. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Proof of Statutes Act.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-1-3.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 4. Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act|34-38-4-1. Judicial Notice by Indiana Courts

Sec. 1. Every court in Indiana shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 4. Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act|34-38-4-2. Information to Court

Sec. 2. The court may inform itself of such laws in the manner as the court considers proper. The court may call upon counsel to aid the court in obtaining this information.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-2.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 4. Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act|34-38-4-3. Court Determination; Review

Sec. 3. The determination of these laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and is reviewable.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-3.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 4. Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act|34-38-4-4. Evidence of Laws in Other Jurisdictions; Notice to Adverse Parties

Sec. 4. Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken of the evidence, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties, either in the pleadings or otherwise.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-4.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 4. Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act|34-38-4-5. Laws of Other Jurisdictions

Sec. 5. The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in section 1 of this chapter shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this chapter concerning judicial notice.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-5.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 4. Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act|34-38-4-6. Interpretation and Construction of Chapter

Sec. 6. This chapter shall be interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-6.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-38-4-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws|Chapter 4. Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act|34-38-4-7. Citation

Sec. 7. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-7.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
IN Code § 34-39-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 1. Published Decisions of the Supreme Court of Indiana|34-39-1-1. Evidentiary Value of Indiana Reports

Sec. 1. In a case in which a certified copy of a decision of the Indiana supreme court is competent evidence in any court of the state, the decisions of the supreme court:(1) as published in official Indiana reports, as provided by Indiana laws; and(2) when properly identified by parol or other evidence;may be admitted into evidence in any court.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-13-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.
IN Code § 34-39-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 2. Record of Judgment or Proceeding|34-39-2-1. Production of Certain Papers, Certified and Attested With Seal of Court, to Have Same Force in Evidence as Transcript of Complete Record

Sec. 1. In a case where a complete record is dispensed with, the production of:(1) the papers and entries relating to the case; and(2) all transcripts of the case;certified and attested with the seal of the court as complete copies of all the papers and entries of the cause, shall have the same force in evidence as a transcript of a complete record of a case.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-33-2.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.
IN Code § 34-39-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 3. Evidence of Prior Felony Conviction in a Civil Action|34-39-3-1. Prior Felony Conviction; Admissibility

Sec. 1. (a) Evidence of a final judgment that:(1) is entered after a trial or upon a plea of guilty; and(2) adjudges a person guilty of a crime punishable by death or imprisonment of more than one (1) year;shall be admissible in a civil action to prove any fact essential to sustaining the judgment, and is not excluded from admission as hearsay regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness.(b) The pendency of an appeal may be shown but does not affect the admissibility of evidence under this section.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-18-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.
IN Code § 34-39-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 4. Records and Proceedings in Foreign Jurisdictions|34-39-4-1. Proceedings and Judgment; Foreign States; United States Territories; District of Columbia

Sec. 1. Copies of the proceedings and judgments of any justice of the peace of any state or territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia:(1) certified by the hand and seal of:(A) the justice before whom the proceedings were held or judgments rendered; or(B) the justice's successor in office, or other justices having legal custody of the proceedings or judgments;that the copies are true and complete copies of the proceedings or judgments; and(2) accompanied by the certificate of the clerk or prothonotary of any court of record of the county or district where the justice holds office, certifying under the seal of the court that the justice was duly commissioned and qualified to act as a justice at the time:(A) the proceedings were held or the judgments rendered; and(B) the copy was taken;are admissible as evidence in any court in Indiana.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-3.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.
IN Code § 34-39-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 4. Records and Proceedings in Foreign Jurisdictions|34-39-4-2. Common Law of Foreign Courts

Sec. 2. The unwritten or common law of any other of the United States or of the territories of the United States may be proved as facts by parol evidence. The books of reports of cases adjudged in the courts of other states or territories may also be admitted in evidence of the unwritten or common law.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-11.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.
IN Code § 34-39-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 4. Records and Proceedings in Foreign Jurisdictions|34-39-4-3. Records and Judicial Proceedings of Foreign Courts

Sec. 3. (a) The records and judicial proceedings of the several courts of record of or within the United States or the territories of the United States shall be admitted in Indiana courts as evidence when authenticated by attestation or certificate of the clerk or prothonotary, with the seal of the court annexed, together with the seal of the chief justice or one (1) or more of the judges, or the presiding magistrate of the court, that:(1) the person who signed the attestation or certificate was, at the time of subscribing it, the clerk or prothonotary of the court; and(2) the attestation is in due form of law.(b) Records and judicial proceedings that have been authenticated as described in subsection (a) shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts in which they originated.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-7.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.
IN Code § 34-39-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 5. Enforcement of Tribal Court Judgments|34-39-5-1. Application

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to judgments or orders that federal law requires to be given full faith and credit.As added by P.L.201-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 34-39-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 5. Enforcement of Tribal Court Judgments|34-39-5-2. "Tribal Court"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "tribal court" refers to a tribal court established by the tribe.As added by P.L.201-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 34-39-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 5. Enforcement of Tribal Court Judgments|34-39-5-3. "Tribe"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "tribe" means the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe (as defined by IC 5-33.5-2-1) with tribal headquarters in Dowagiac, Michigan.As added by P.L.201-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 34-39-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 5. Enforcement of Tribal Court Judgments|34-39-5-4. Effect of Tribal Court Orders

Sec. 4. The judgments, decrees, orders, warrants, subpoenas, records, and other judicial acts of a tribal court are recognized, have the same effect, and are subject to the same procedures, fees, defenses, and proceedings as judgments, decrees, orders, warrants, subpoenas, records, and other judicial acts of any court of record in Indiana, subject to the provisions of this chapter.As added by P.L.201-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 34-39-5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 5. Enforcement of Tribal Court Judgments|34-39-5-5. Enforcement Limitation

Sec. 5. The recognition described in section 4 of this chapter applies only if the tribe or tribal court enacts an ordinance, court rule, or other binding measure that obligates the tribal court to enforce the judgments, decrees, orders, warrants, subpoenas, records, and other judicial acts of the courts of Indiana.As added by P.L.201-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 34-39-5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 39. Evidence: Court Decisions and Records of Other Legal Proceedings|Chapter 5. Enforcement of Tribal Court Judgments|34-39-5-6. Presumption of Validity

Sec. 6. A judgment, decree, order, warrant, subpoena, record, or other judicial act of a tribal court that has taken the actions described in section 5 of this chapter is presumed to be valid. To overcome this presumption, a party asserting an objection must demonstrate that the:(1) tribal court lacked personal or subject matter jurisdiction; or(2) judgment, decree, order, warrant, subpoena, record, or other judicial act of the tribal court:(A) was obtained by fraud, duress, or coercion;(B) was obtained without a fair notice or hearing;(C) is repugnant to the public policy of the state of Indiana; or(D) is not final under the laws and procedures of the tribal court.As added by P.L.201-2021, SEC.1.
IN Code § 34-40-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 40. Evidence: Records of Public Agencies|Chapter 1. Prima Facie Proof of Lack of Records or Entry in Records Kept in Public Offices|34-40-1-1. Inapplicability of Chapter to Criminal Proceedings

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to civil proceedings in which a party seeks to prove the lack of a record or entry in a record kept in a public office.(b) This chapter does not apply to any criminal proceedings.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-17-3.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.36.
IN Code § 34-40-1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 40. Evidence: Records of Public Agencies|Chapter 1. Prima Facie Proof of Lack of Records or Entry in Records Kept in Public Offices|34-40-1-2. Prima Facie Proof of Lack of Record

Sec. 2. (a) Whenever a record or book kept in a public office of this state or a political subdivision of this state is admissible for any purpose as evidence in:(1) a civil proceeding in any court of this state; or(2) a hearing or determination before a board, commission, or officer of this state, or a political subdivision of this state;a written statement that meets the requirements of subsection (b), is admissible in evidence as prima facie proof of the lack of record or entry.(b) The statement described in subsection (a) must:(1) be signed by:(A) an officer or person who has custody of official records or books; or(B) a deputy of the officer or person described in clause (A);(2) state that, after diligent search no record or entry of a specified tenor is found to exist in the records of the office of the officer or person described in subdivision (1)(A); and(3) include the seal of the office, if there is a seal.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-17-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.36.
IN Code § 34-40-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 40. Evidence: Records of Public Agencies|Chapter 1. Prima Facie Proof of Lack of Records or Entry in Records Kept in Public Offices|34-40-1-3. Proof of Record by Other Sources

Sec. 3. (a) Proof of the lack of a record or entry as provided in section 2 of this chapter does not prevent the proof of:(1) an official record or book; or(2) the lack of an entry in an official record or book;by any method authorized by an applicable statute, the Indiana rules of evidence, or at common law.(b) This chapter shall be considered and construed as:(1) being supplemental to other applicable statutes, the Indiana rules of evidence, and common law; and(2) giving an additional means of proof of the lack of an entry.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-17-2.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.36.
IN Code § 34-40-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 40. Evidence: Records of Public Agencies|Chapter 2. Records of the Worker's Compensation Board|34-40-2-1. Evidentiary Value

Sec. 1. Copies of:(1) all papers filed with; and(2) all records, exhibits, awards, and orders made by;the worker's compensation board, when certified by the secretary of the board to be true and complete copies, are competent evidence in the several courts of record in Indiana in all cases in which the original papers, records, awards, exhibits, and orders would be competent evidence.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-16-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.36.
IN Code § 34-40-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 40. Evidence: Records of Public Agencies|Chapter 3. Schedules and Other Records Filed With the Interstate Commerce Commission or Its Successor Agency, or the Utility Regulatory Commission|34-40-3-1. Presumption of Correctness; Evidentiary Value

Sec. 1. Printed copies of schedules, classifications and tariffs of rates, fares and charges, and supplements that:(1) are filed with:(A) the Interstate Commerce Commission or its successor agency; or(B) the utility regulatory commission; and(2) show:(A) an Interstate Commerce Commission (or its successor agency) or utility regulatory commission number, which may be stated in abbreviated form, as I.C.C. or IRC No. _______; and(B) an effective date;are presumed to be correct copies of the original schedules, classifications, tariffs and supplements on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission (or its successor agency) or the utility regulatory commission and shall be received as good and sufficient evidence in civil actions, without certification, in any court of this state to prove the schedules, classifications, tariffs, and supplements.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.36.
IN Code § 34-40-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 40. Evidence: Records of Public Agencies|Chapter 4. Prima Facie Evidence of Ownership of Motor Vehicle|34-40-4-1. Certified Copy as Prima Facie Evidence

Sec. 1. In a civil proceeding, a certified copy of a certificate of title is prima facie evidence of the ownership of a motor vehicle.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-19-3.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.36.
IN Code § 34-41-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 41. Evidence: Real Estate Records|Chapter 1. Deeds and Other Real Estate Records|34-41-1-1. Admission of Copies

Sec. 1. Admission of a copy of a deed is governed by IC 34-37-1-8.[1998 Recodification Citation: New.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.
IN Code § 34-41-1-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 41. Evidence: Real Estate Records|Chapter 1. Deeds and Other Real Estate Records|34-41-1-2. Seals

Sec. 2. The circumstances under which seals are required on deeds and other instruments conveying land are governed by IC 34-37-1.[1998 Recodification Citation: New.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.100; P.L.185-2021, SEC.63.
IN Code § 34-41-1-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 41. Evidence: Real Estate Records|Chapter 1. Deeds and Other Real Estate Records|34-41-1-3. United States Land Office Records; Sale of Canal or Michigan Road Lands

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to the following documents kept at any land office of the United States located in Indiana or at any office for the sale of canal or Michigan road lands:(1) The register, catalog, tractbook, platbook, and description of lands.(2) Copies of documents described in subdivision (1) that are duly certified as true and complete by the proper custodian of the document.(3) Copies of documents described in subdivision (1) that are:(A) duly certified by the commissioner of the department of administration as true and complete copies from the original documents, or from copies of the original documents; and(B) legally deposited in the land office division of the department of administration.(b) Documents described in subsection (a) are admissible in evidence in civil actions in all courts in Indiana, and are prima facie evidence of the truth of their contents.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-8.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.
IN Code § 34-41-1-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 41. Evidence: Real Estate Records|Chapter 1. Deeds and Other Real Estate Records|34-41-1-4. Certificate of Purchase; United States Land Office

Sec. 4. Every certificate of purchase at a land office of the United States is evidence of legal title to the land described in the certificate.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-9.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.