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IN Code § 5-14-5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure|5-14-5-5. Cooperation From Public Agencies

Sec. 5. A public agency shall cooperate with the counselor in any investigation or proceeding under this chapter.As added by P.L.70-1999, SEC.5 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-14-5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure|5-14-5-6. Grounds for Complaint

Sec. 6. A person or a public agency denied:(1) the right to inspect or copy records under IC 5-14-3;(2) the right to attend any public meeting of a public agency in violation of IC 5-14-1.5; or(3) any other right conferred by IC 5-14-3 or IC 5-14-1.5 or any other state statute or rule governing access to public meetings or public records;may file a formal complaint with the counselor under the procedure prescribed by this chapter or may make an informal inquiry under IC 5-14-4-10(5).As added by P.L.70-1999, SEC.5 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-14-5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure|5-14-5-7. Time for Filing Complaint

Sec. 7. (a) A person or a public agency that chooses to file a formal complaint with the counselor must file the complaint not later than thirty (30) days after:(1) the denial; or(2) the person filing the complaint receives notice in fact that a meeting was held by a public agency, if the meeting was conducted secretly or without notice.(b) A complaint is considered filed on the date it is:(1) received by the counselor; or(2) postmarked, if received more than thirty (30) days after the date of the denial that is the subject of the complaint.As added by P.L.70-1999, SEC.5 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-14-5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure|5-14-5-8. Complaint Forwarded to Public Agency

Sec. 8. When the counselor receives a complaint under section 7 of this chapter, the counselor shall immediately forward a copy of the complaint to the public agency that is the subject of the complaint.As added by P.L.70-1999, SEC.5 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-14-5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure|5-14-5-9. Advisory Opinion

Sec. 9. Except as provided in section 10 of this chapter, the counselor shall issue an advisory opinion on the complaint not later than thirty (30) days after the complaint is filed.As added by P.L.70-1999, SEC.5 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-14-5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure|5-14-5-10. Priority of Complaints

Sec. 10. (a) If the counselor determines that a complaint has priority, the counselor shall issue an advisory opinion on the complaint not later than seven (7) days after the complaint is filed.(b) The counselor shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing criteria for complaints that have priority.As added by P.L.70-1999, SEC.5 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-14-5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure|5-14-5-11. Form of Complaint

Sec. 11. The public access counselor shall determine the form of a formal complaint filed under this chapter.As added by P.L.70-1999, SEC.5 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-14-5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 5. Formal Complaint Procedure|5-14-5-12. Statute of Limitations

Sec. 12. The filing of a formal complaint under this chapter does not delay the running of a statute of limitation that applies to a lawsuit under IC 5-14-1.5 or IC 5-14-3 concerning the subject matter of the complaint.As added by P.L.70-1999, SEC.5 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.5.
IN Code § 5-14-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 6. Electronic Transmission of Reports to the General Assembly|5-14-6-1. "Public Agency"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "public agency" includes the following:(1) The judicial branch of state government.(2) A state agency (as defined in IC 4-13-1-1).(3) A body corporate and politic created by statute.(4) A state educational institution.As added by P.L.51-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.102.
IN Code § 5-14-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 6. Electronic Transmission of Reports to the General Assembly|5-14-6-2. "Report"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "report" includes any annual or other report that a public agency:(1) voluntarily; or(2) under a statutory directive;submits to the entire membership of the general assembly, the legislative services agency, the legislative council, or a committee established under IC 2-5-1.3-4. The term does not include any document prepared at the request of an individual member of the general assembly.As added by P.L.51-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.65.
IN Code § 5-14-6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 6. Electronic Transmission of Reports to the General Assembly|5-14-6-3. Prohibition on Paper Reports to the General Assembly; Restriction on Use of Public Funds for Paper Reports

Sec. 3. (a) A public agency may not submit a report to the general assembly, the legislative services agency, the legislative council, or a committee established under IC 2-5-1.3-4 on paper.(b) Notwithstanding any law, no funds appropriated to a public agency from the state treasury may be used to duplicate, print, distribute, or mail a report to the general assembly, the legislative services agency, the legislative council, or a committee established under IC 2-5-1.3-4 in violation of this chapter.As added by P.L.51-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.66.
IN Code § 5-14-6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 14. Public Records and Public Meetings|Chapter 6. Electronic Transmission of Reports to the General Assembly|5-14-6-4. Electronic Format Required; Distribution of Electronic Information

Sec. 4. (a) A public agency shall submit all reports in an electronic format specified by the executive director of the legislative services agency. Unless otherwise specified in statute, the electronic copy shall be delivered to the executive director of the legislative services agency.(b) An agency that submits a report under subsection (a) shall do the following:(1) Post, or cause to be posted, a copy of the report on the Internet.(2) Subject to the policies established by the legislative council, send a copy of the report:(A) for reports required to be sent to the entire membership of the general assembly, to each member of the general assembly;(B) for reports required to be sent to the legislative council, to each member of the legislative council; and(C) for reports required to be sent to a committee established under IC 2-5-1.3-4, to each member of the committee;using the member's senate or house of representatives electronic mail address. The legislative council may provide for the legislative services agency to make electronic distribution of reports under this subdivision instead of having the agency make the distribution.(c) The legislative services agency shall periodically compile reports received under this chapter on a CD-ROM or other suitable storage medium and shall distribute copies of the CD-ROM or other medium to any member of the general assembly who requests a copy.As added by P.L.51-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.53-2014, SEC.67.
IN Code § 5-15-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 1. Reproduction of Records|5-15-1-1. Copying of Records by Electronic or Other Process; Destruction of Original Records; Copies to Be Received as Evidence

Sec. 1. (a) Any officer, office, court, commission, board, institution, department, agent, or employee of the state, county, or any political subdivision being charged with the duty or authorized or required by law to record, preserve, keep, maintain, or file any record, document, plat, paper or instrument-in-writing, may, whenever any such officer, office, court, commission, board, institution, department, agent, or employee of the state, county, or any political subdivision shall deem it necessary, for the purpose of recording or copying same, preserving and protecting same, reducing space required for storage or filing of same, or any similar purpose, have or cause to have any or all such records recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photostatic, photographic, micrographic, electronic, or other process which correctly and accurately copies or reproduces, recreates, or forms a medium of copying or reproducing the original record, document, plat, paper, or instrument-in-writing. Any officer, office, court, commission, board, institution, department, agent, or employee of the state may have or cause to have records recorded, copied, or reproduced under this subsection by any optical imaging process that correctly and accurately copies or reproduces, recreates, or forms a medium of copying or reproducing the original record, document, plat, paper, or instrument-in-writing.(b) The original filing record may be destroyed if:(1) the record has been copied or is capable of being reproduced or recreated under subsection (a); and(2) an approved retention schedule allows for the destruction.(c) Copies, recreations, or reproductions made under subsection (a):(1) shall have the same force and effect at law as the original record destroyed under subsection (b); and(2) shall be received as evidence in any court where the original record could have been so introduced;if the recreations, copies, or reproductions are properly certified as to authenticity and accuracy by a duly constituted official custodian of such records.(d) All micrographics and imaging processes done under this chapter shall comply with the quality standards developed under IC 5-15-5.1-8.(e) This section does not apply to the office of judicial administration of the supreme court.Formerly: Acts 1947, c.195, s.1. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.40, SEC.16; P.L.50-1991, SEC.2; P.L.79-1995, SEC.1; P.L.171-2015, SEC.7; P.L.161-2018, SEC.15.
IN Code § 5-15-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records|5-15-2-1. Judicial Records; Certified Copies of Lost or Destroyed Originals

Sec. 1. Whenever any record, bond, execution, order of sale or other writ, or the returns thereon, or any other paper or part thereof, in any judicial proceeding of any judicial court of this state, shall before or after March 9, 1881, be lost or destroyed, any party or person interested therein may, on application by complaint in writing and upon notice, as provided in section 3 of this chapter, in the court having jurisdiction over, or the custody or control thereof, and on showing to the satisfaction of such court, that the same has been lost or destroyed without fault or neglect of the party or person making such application, obtain an order from such court authorizing such defect to be supplied by a duly certified copy of the original, where the same can be obtained, which certified copy shall be entered of record in said court and shall thereafter have the same force and effect as the original would have had in all respects.Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.1. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.82.
IN Code § 5-15-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records|5-15-2-2. Judicial Records; Loss or Destruction of Originals; Certified Copy Unobtainable

Sec. 2. Whenever the loss or destruction of any such record, bond, execution, order of sale, or other writ, or the returns thereon, or any other paper or part thereof, shall before or after March 9, 1881, happen and such defect cannot be supplied as provided in section 1 of this chapter, any party or person interested therein may file his complaint in the court to which the same belonged or which has jurisdiction over or custody or control of the same, showing the loss or destruction thereof, and that a certified copy thereof cannot be obtained by the party or person making such application, and the substance of the same so lost or destroyed, and that such loss or destruction occurred without the fault or neglect of the party making such application, and that such loss or destruction, unless supplied, will or may result in damage to the person making such application; and thereupon the defendants named in such complaint shall be served with summons or notified by publication, as provided in section 3 of this chapter, and said cause shall stand for hearing by said court the same as other civil cases in said court.Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.2. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.83.
IN Code § 5-15-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records|5-15-2-3. Notice of Hearings

Sec. 3. The defendants, their legal representatives, or the necessary parties in all cases mentioned in the preceding sections, shall have ten (10) days' notice of the time set for the hearing thereof, by summons issued by the clerk of such court; or if such defendants are nonresidents of the state of Indiana, or their residence be unknown, or the names of any necessary party defendants be unknown, such notice may be given by three (3) successive weeks' publication in some weekly newspaper of general circulation published in said county to be named by the person making the application, his agent or attorney; or if none be published in such county, then such notice shall be given by publication in the weekly newspaper published in this state nearest the county seat of such county, such published notice to be given by the clerk of such court on affidavit filed by plaintiff, his agent, attorney or some competent person; the last of which notices shall be published ten (10) days before the first day of the term of court in which said claim may be pending, or ten (10) days before a day in said term for which said cause may be set for hearing, which day shall be named in the summons or notice.Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.3.
IN Code § 5-15-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records|5-15-2-4. Resisting Complaint; Answer of Nul-Tiel Record; Admission of Oral Testimony; Reinstatement

Sec. 4. Such defendants may resist such complaint by answer of nul-tiel record, and no other, as to the existence of the record, bond, execution, order of sale or other writ, or the returns thereon, or other paper sought to be reinstated; and upon the trial thereof, oral testimony shall be admitted, and strict proof of dates, sums and amounts, and actual entries and forms of record shall not be required on the trial of such issue; but the court shall, on such hearing, if the question is presented, determine, and in its record of reinstatement set forth, what satisfaction, in whole or in part, by payment or otherwise, has been made of any judgment or decree sought to be reinstated since the rendition thereof, and if, upon such hearing, such court shall be satisfied that the statements in such complaint are true, the court shall make an order reciting what was the substance and effect of such lost or destroyed record, bond, execution, order of sale or other writ, or the returns thereon, or other paper or part thereof, and what satisfaction, by payment or otherwise, in whole or in part, has been made of any judgment or decree so sought to be reinstated when that question is presented; which order shall be entered of record in said court and shall have the same force and effect that the original record would have had if the same had not been lost or destroyed, subject to any satisfaction found by the court.Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.4.
IN Code § 5-15-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records|5-15-2-5. Motion to Set Aside Reinstatement

Sec. 5. In all cases where any record, bond, execution, order of sale or other writ, or the returns thereon, or any other paper, or part thereof mentioned in this chapter has been or may be lost or destroyed, in whole or in part, and has been reinstated without appearance of or actual notice to the defendants in such proceeding of reinstatement, any such defendants may, at any time within two (2) years thereafter, unless he may be under disabilities, then within two (2) years after the removal of such disabilities, on affidavit of merits have the same set aside on motion in writing, of which motion the plaintiff or complainant shall have the same notice required to be given the defendants in section 3 of this chapter, and when such reinstatement shall be set aside the same proceedings shall be had thereon as if the defendant had appeared to the original complaint for reinstatement.Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.5. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.84.
IN Code § 5-15-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records|5-15-2-6. Affidavit for Reinstatement; Stay of Proceedings

Sec. 6. In all actions pending on March 9, 1881, or that may be commenced after March 9, 1881, in any court of record in this state, any party thereto may, on application to such court verified by affidavit, show that any record, bond, execution, order of sale, or other writ or the returns thereon, or any other paper of the record or files of any court in this state necessary to be used in evidence in such cause has been lost or destroyed, in whole or in part, without his fault or neglect, which affidavit shall show the competency and necessity of the same as evidence in the cause, and that the same has not been reinstated, and such court shall, unless the adverse party will admit on the trial the facts stated in such affidavit, stay all proceedings for a reasonable time, that said destroyed record, in whole or in part, may be reinstated, the court shall, upon cause shown, grant further and additional time for the reinstatement of such record; but the trial of such action shall not be delayed more than one (1) year for such reinstatement, and to expedite the reinstatement of the same the court may, on motion of either party, refer the question of such destruction and reinstatement, as shown in such affidavit, to a master commissioner to be appointed by the court to hear, examine, and take all the evidence and report fully all the facts in writing to the court, as provided for in this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.6. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.85.
IN Code § 5-15-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records|5-15-2-7. Reference of Complaint to Master Commissioner; Proceedings

Sec. 7. Whenever any complaint is filed in any court for the reinstatement of any record, bond, execution, order of sale or other writ, or the returns thereon, or any other paper or part thereof, as above provided, the court may, on its own motion, or upon application of either party, refer to a master commissioner for examination and hearing all the evidence, written and oral, in such case; and such master commissioner shall hear such evidence as in other cases, and shall make a full and complete report thereof to the court, and shall also report to the court, in form, such record, bond, execution, order of sale or other writ, or the returns thereon, or any other paper or part thereof sought to be reinstated, and the court, if it finds the forms so reported to be substantially correct, as shown by the evidence reported, shall order the same reinstated accordingly; and when so entered of record by the court, it shall have the same force and effect as the original would have had if the same had not been lost or destroyed; or such court may, from the report of such master commissioner, find, determine and say what such original or part thereof was before its loss or destruction, and shall order the same reinstated; and when so reinstated, it shall have the same force and effect as the original would have had if the same had not been lost or destroyed. Which report of master commissioner, and the finding and judgment of the court thereon, shall be governed by the same practice as in other civil cases. Before such master commissioner shall proceed to hear and examine the evidence in any case referred to him, he shall give the parties thereto reasonable notice of the time and place of hearing the same. Said master commissioner shall have power to issue writs of subpoena, which writs and other notices shall be served by the sheriff, administer oaths, require the production of all writings, records, or parts of records, papers, memoranda or exhibits in any case referred to him; and he shall report to the court, for punishment for contempt, any person for failure to appear before him, on due and sufficient notice, to give testimony or to furnish any writing, record or part of record, paper, memorandum or exhibit that may be required in evidence in any case so referred. Such master commissioner shall be allowed by the court for his services, reasonable compensation, to be taxed and paid as the court may direct.Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.7.
IN Code § 5-15-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 15. Preservation of Public Records|Chapter 2. Reinstatement of Destroyed Records|5-15-2-8. Title to Real Estate; Quieting Title by Complaint

Sec. 8. Whenever any record of any court of this state, or any pleading or paper of the files of such court, any probated will or will filed for probate, or any execution or decretal order or other writ issued out of such court, or by the clerk thereof, has been lost or destroyed, in whole or in part, and such lost or destroyed record, paper, will, order or writ in any way forms a part of the evidence of any title to or interest in any real estate, either legal or equitable, any person holding such title to or interest in such real estate may, by complaint in the proper court of the county in which such real estate is situated, have his title to or interest in such real estate declared quieted and set at rest. All persons having or claiming any interest in such real estate shall be made defendants to such complaint and shall be served with notice as provided in section 3 of this chapter. The complaint shall specify the plaintiff's title to or interest in the real estate and shall state with reasonable certainty the record, paper, order, will or writ lost or destroyed and how the same constitutes a part of the evidence of his title to or interest in such real estate. Upon the trial of such cause, oral testimony shall be admitted of the loss or destruction, and the contents of such records, papers, wills, orders, or writs so lost or destroyed; and such rule of evidence shall be applicable to every part of such records, papers, orders, wills, or writs, the issuing of such writs, and other process of such courts, and the returns thereon, notices by publication and the proof thereof.Formerly: Acts 1881, c.30, s.8. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.86.