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2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 1. Trial by Jury › 34-36-1-3. View of Property; Speaking to Jury Prohibited

Sec. 3. (a) Whenever, in the opinion of the court, it is proper for the jury to have a view of:
(1) real or personal property that is the subject of litigation; or
(2) the place in which a material fact occurred;
the court may order the jury to be conducted in a body, under the charge of a sworn officer, to the place.
(b) The place shall be shown to the jury by a person appointed by the court for that purpose.
(c) While the jury is absent for the view, no person, other than the person appointed to show the place to the jury, shall speak to the jury on any subject connected with the trial.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 1. Trial by Jury › 34-36-1-4. Keeping Jurors Together; Communications

Sec. 4. (a) When a case is submitted to the jury, the jury may:
(1) decide in court; or
(2) retire for deliberation.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), if the jury retires, the members of the jury must be kept together in some convenient place, under the charge of a sworn officer, until the members of the jury:
(1) agree upon a verdict; or
(2) are discharged by the court.
(c) The court may, in its discretion, permit the jury to separate temporarily and for meals.
(d) The officer in charge of the jury shall not permit any communication to be made to the jury. The officer in charge of the jury shall not communicate with the jury, except:
(1) to ask the jury if it has agreed upon a verdict; or
(2) by order of the court.
(e) The officer in charge of the jury shall not, before the verdict is rendered, communicate to any person the state of the jury's deliberations or the jury's verdict.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 1. Trial by Jury › 34-36-1-5. Separation of Jury; Conversations; Opinions

Sec. 5. (a) If the members of the jury are permitted to separate, either during the trial or after the cause is submitted to them, the court shall admonish the jurors that it is their duty not to:
(1) converse with each other; or
(2) permit themselves to be addressed by any other person, on any subject of the trial.
(b) If the members of the jury are permitted to separate during the trial, the court shall admonish the jurors that it is their duty not to form or express among themselves an opinion on the cause until the cause is finally submitted to them.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 1. Trial by Jury › 34-36-1-6. Retirement for Deliberation; Request for Information

Sec. 6. If, after the jury retires for deliberation:
(1) there is a disagreement among the jurors as to any part of the testimony; or
(2) the jury desires to be informed as to any point of law arising in the case;
the jury may request the officer to conduct them into court, where the information required shall be given in the presence of, or after notice to, the parties or the attorneys representing the parties.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 1. Trial by Jury › 34-36-1-7. Discharge; Sickness; Accident, Calamity, or Consent; Hung Jury

Sec. 7. The jury may be discharged by the court under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Sickness of a juror.
(2) Other accident or calamity requiring the discharge.
(3) Both parties consent to the discharge.
(4) The jury has been kept together until it satisfactorily appears that there is no probability of the members agreeing upon a verdict.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 1. Trial by Jury › 34-36-1-8. Discharge of Jury; New Trial

Sec. 8. In all cases where the jury is discharged during the trial, or after the cause is submitted to them, the case may be tried again immediately or at a future time, as the court may direct.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-8.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 1. Trial by Jury › 34-36-1-9. Verdict; Signature; Dissent

Sec. 9. When the jury has agreed upon a verdict, the verdict must be reduced to writing and signed by the foreman. When returned into court, the foreman shall deliver the verdict, and either party may poll the jury. If a juror dissents from the verdict, the jury shall again be sent out to deliberate.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-21-9.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 2. Agreement Between Parties for a Special Jury and to Limit the Size of the Jury Panel › 34-36-2-1. Demand; Calling From Regular Panel

Sec. 1. In a civil action where:
(1) the parties are entitled to a trial by jury; and
(2) either party demands a jury trial;
the sheriff shall call a jury from the regular panel, except as provided in this chapter.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-19-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 2. Agreement Between Parties for a Special Jury and to Limit the Size of the Jury Panel › 34-36-2-2. Special Jury

Sec. 2. If the parties:
(1) agree upon the jurors to compose a special jury; and
(2) notify the court;
the court shall direct the sheriff to impanel a special jury if it can be done without unreasonable delay of the cause.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-19-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 2. Agreement Between Parties for a Special Jury and to Limit the Size of the Jury Panel › 34-36-2-3. Summoning; Striking; Number

Sec. 3. When both parties desire it, the court may direct the sheriff to summon eighteen (18) or fewer competent jurors, and the plaintiff first, and then the defendant, shall strike out one (1) juror in turn, until each has struck off six (6) or more jurors. The remaining jurors shall try the cause. However, if the parties consent, the parties, upon being furnished with a list of jurors to be summoned, may exercise the right to strike out any part of the names before the jurors are summoned, and the remaining jurors only shall be summoned.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-19-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 3. Jurors and Challenges › 34-36-3-1. Number of Jurors; Stipulations

Sec. 1. (a) In a civil case, the jury consists of six (6) members.
(b) At any time before the verdict is announced, the parties may stipulate that a verdict or finding of a stated majority of the jurors shall be taken as the verdict or finding of the jury.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20.5-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 3. Jurors and Challenges › 34-36-3-2. Alternate Jurors

Sec. 2. (a) In a civil case, the court may direct that no more than three (3) jurors be called and impanelled, in addition to the regular jury, to sit as alternate jurors.
(b) Alternate jurors shall, in the order in which they are called, replace jurors who, before the time the jury returns its verdict, become unable or disqualified to perform their duties.
(c) Alternate jurors:
(1) shall be drawn in the same manner;
(2) must have the same qualifications;
(3) are subject to the same examination and challenges;
(4) shall take the same oath; and
(5) shall perform the same function and hold the same powers and privileges;
as regular jurors. An alternate juror who does not replace a regular juror shall be discharged after the jury brings in its verdict.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20.5-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 3. Jurors and Challenges › 34-36-3-3. Number of Challenges

Sec. 3. (a) Each party in a civil case has three (3) peremptory challenges.
(b) In addition to the peremptory challenges under subsection (a), each party is entitled to:
(1) one (1) peremptory challenge if the court directs that one (1) or two (2) alternate jurors are to be impanelled; or
(2) two (2) peremptory challenges if the court directs that three (3) alternate jurors are to be impanelled.
(c) The additional peremptory challenges under subsection (b) may be used only against alternate jurors, and the peremptory challenges under subsection (a) may not be used against alternate jurors.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20.5-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 3. Jurors and Challenges › 34-36-3-4. Examination of Jurors

Sec. 4. (a) The court may:
(1) permit the parties or their attorneys to conduct the examination of prospective jurors; or
(2) conduct the examination itself.
(b) If the court conducts the examination of prospective jurors, the court shall permit the parties or their attorneys to supplement the examination by further inquiry.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20.5-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 3. Jurors and Challenges › 34-36-3-5. Challenge; Interested in Another Suit

Sec. 5. It is sufficient cause for challenge to a juror that the juror is interested in another suit, begun or contemplated, involving the same or a similar matter.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 3. Jurors and Challenges › 34-36-3-6. Oath; Verdict

Sec. 6. Before the commencement of the trial, an oath must be administered to each juror that the juror will:
(1) well and truly try the matter in issue between the parties; and
(2) give a true verdict;
according to law and evidence.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 3. Jurors and Challenges › 34-36-3-7. Repealed

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20-8.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32. Repealed by P.L.118-2007, SEC.38.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 5. Verdicts › 34-36-5-1. Recovery of Money; Amount

Sec. 1. In actions for recovery of money, the jury must assess the amount of the recovery.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-15-1(a) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 36. Juries › Chapter 5. Verdicts › 34-36-5-2. Recovery of Property; Assessment

Sec. 2. In actions for the recovery of property, the jury must make the assessments required under IC 32-35-2-35.
[1998 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.99.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 1. Documentary Evidence in General › 34-37-1-1. Sealed and Unsealed Writings; Conveyances; Compromise or Settlement

Sec. 1. (a) There is no difference in evidence between sealed and unsealed writings. Every writing that is not sealed has the same force and effect that it would have if sealed.
(b) A writing under seal, except conveyances of real estate or any interest in real estate, may be changed or altogether discharged by a writing not under seal.
(c) An agreement in writing, without a seal, for the compromise or settlement of a debt, is as obligatory as if a seal were affixed.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-16-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 1. Documentary Evidence in General › 34-37-1-2. Execution of Instrument; Seal

Sec. 2. The execution of an instrument is the subscribing and delivering of the instrument with or without affixing a seal.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-16-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 1. Documentary Evidence in General › 34-37-1-3. Recitals in Instrument; Seal

Sec. 3. Recitals in any written instrument have no greater effect than they have had in writings not under seal.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-16-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 1. Documentary Evidence in General › 34-37-1-4. Seal to Deed; Savings Clause

Sec. 4. Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this chapter do not repeal or affect any Indiana statute expressly requiring a seal to a deed or other instrument.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-16-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 1. Documentary Evidence in General › 34-37-1-5. Notary Public; Certificates or Instruments

Sec. 5. Certificates or instruments, either printed or written, purporting to be:
(1) the official act of a notary public of this state, of the District of Columbia, or of any other state or territory of the United States; and
(2) under the seal and signature of a notary public;
shall be received as presumptive evidence of the official character of the instrument and of the facts set forth in the instrument.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 1. Documentary Evidence in General › 34-37-1-6. Notice; Affidavit; Presumptive Evidence

Sec. 6. The original affidavit and copy of a notice published in a newspaper, which are filed under IC 34-32-1-3 (or IC 34-1-18-8 before its repeal), and copies of the affidavit and notice, duly certified by the clerk, are presumptive evidence in all cases and before every court of the facts contained in the affidavit.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-9.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 1. Documentary Evidence in General › 34-37-1-7. Affidavits; Foreign States; Authenticated

Sec. 7. When an affidavit taken in another state is:
(1) certified by the officer or justice of the peace taking the affidavit, under the:
(A) hand of the officer or justice of the peace; and
(B) seal of office, if the officer or justice of the peace has a seal; and
(2) attested by the clerk of the:
(A) circuit or district court; or
(B) court of common pleas;
of the county where the officer exercises the duties of office, under the hand of the clerk and seal of the court; and
the clerk certifies that the officer or justice of the peace is, by the laws of the other state, duly empowered to administer oaths and affirmations and to take affidavits, the affidavit is sufficiently authenticated and may be received and used in any Indiana court.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-10.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 1. Documentary Evidence in General › 34-37-1-8. Copies of Records; Deeds; Office Books; Official Bonds

Sec. 8. Exemplifications or copies of records, records of deeds, other instruments, office books, parts of office books, and official bonds that are kept in any public office in Indiana shall be proved or admitted as legal evidence in any court or office in Indiana:
(1) by the attestation of the custodian of the records, books, deeds, other instruments, or official bonds that the copies are true and complete copies of the records, bonds, instruments, books, bonds, or parts of the records, books, deeds, other instruments, or official bonds in the custodian’s custody; and
(2) by:
(A) the annexation by the custodian of the seal of office of the custodian if there is a seal; or,
(B) if there is no official seal, by the attachment to the attestation described in subdivision (1) of the certificate of the clerk and the seal of the circuit or superior court of the proper county where the custodian resides, that the attestation is made by the proper officer.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 2. Depositions as Evidence › 34-37-2-1. Perpetuating Testimony; Recording

Sec. 1. (a) A deposition taken and filed for the purpose of perpetuating testimony may, at any time before or after the commencement of an action, in anticipation of which the deposition may have been taken, be published by order of the court in the office of the clerk in which the order was filed, on the motion of any person or party interested in the preservation of the testimony.
(b) The court shall direct the deposition, with all the accompanying affidavits, orders, notices, and other documents, to be entered of record in the order book of the court, at the costs of the party making the motion. The record must contain a statement or recital of the date of the filing of the deposition.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-16-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 2. Depositions as Evidence › 34-37-2-2. Record; Certified Copy

Sec. 2. The record of any deposition recorded under the provisions of section 1 of this chapter (or IC 34-1-16-1 before its repeal), and copies of the record, duly certified, may be used as evidence, whenever and wherever the original deposition might be used.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-16-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 3. Handwriting Evidence › 34-37-3-1. Comparison by Witness, Jury, or Court to Determine Genuineness

Sec. 1. In a proceeding before a court or judicial officer of Indiana in which the genuineness of the handwriting of any person is involved, any admitted or proved handwriting of the person is competent evidence as a basis for comparison by:
(1) witnesses; or
(2) the jury, court, or officer conducting the proceedings;
to prove or disprove the genuineness of the handwriting.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-6-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 4. Official Finding of Death, Missing Person, or Other Status Issued by United States Officers › 34-37-4-1. Written Finding of Presumed Death; Evidentiary Status

Sec. 1. A written finding of presumed death made by an officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding under:
(1) the federal Missing Persons Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1001-17), before its repeal September 6, 1966;
(2) 5 U.S.C. 5565 to 5567; or
(3) 37 U.S.C. 555 to 557;
or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office, or other place in Indiana as evidence of the death of the person found to be dead, and the date, circumstances and place of the person's disappearance.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-4-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 4. Official Finding of Death, Missing Person, or Other Status Issued by United States Officers › 34-37-4-2. Official Reports of Capture or Missing in Action; Evidence

Sec. 2. An official written report or record, or a duly certified copy of a record or report:
(1) that states that a person is:
(A) missing;
(B) missing in action;
(C) interned in a neutral country;
(D) beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy;
(E) dead; or
(F) alive; and
(2) that is made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the statute referred to in section 1 of this chapter or by any other law of the United States to make such a report or record;
shall be received in any court, office, or other place in Indiana as evidence that the person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, dead, or alive.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-4-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 37. Evidence: Documentary and Other Written Evidence in General › Chapter 4. Official Finding of Death, Missing Person, or Other Status Issued by United States Officers › 34-37-4-3. Authority of Employee or Officer Furnishing Report

Sec. 3. For the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of this chapter, the following apply:
(1) Any finding, report, or record, or duly certified copy of a report or record, purporting to have been signed by an officer or employee of the United States described in section 1 or 2 of this chapter, shall prima facie be considered to have been signed and issued by the officer or employee pursuant to law.
(2) The person signing the finding, report, or record shall prima facie be considered to have acted within the scope of the person's authority.
(3) If a copy purports to have been certified by a person authorized by law to certify the copy, the certified copy shall be prima facie evidence of the person's authority to certify.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-4-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws › Chapter 1. Statutes and Laws of Indiana and the Northwest Territories › 34-38-1-1. Statute Books; Territories

Sec. 1. The printed statute books of:
(1) Indiana;
(2) the late Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio; and
(3) the territories of Indiana and Illinois;
purporting to be printed under the authority of the state or territory is evidence in all courts and places of the acts contained in the statute books.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-1.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 38. Evidence: Statutes and Laws › Chapter 1. Statutes and Laws of Indiana and the Northwest Territories › 34-38-1-2. Certificate of Secretary of State; Acts of General Assembly

Sec. 2. The certificate of the secretary of state, under the seal of state, stating the time when any act or acts of the general assembly were deposited in:
(1) the secretary of state's office; or
(2) the office of the clerk of any circuit court in Indiana;
as appears on the certificate or receipt of the clerk, is admissible in all courts in Indiana as evidence of the facts stated in the secretary's certificate.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-17-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 41. Evidence: Real Estate Records › Chapter 1. Deeds and Other Real Estate Records › 34-41-1-5. Register of Sales of Michigan Road Lands; Evidence

Sec. 5. (a) The:
(1) register of the sales of the Michigan road lands located in the Indiana state archives, Indiana archives and records administration; and
(2) certified copies of any entry in the register under the seal of Indiana;
are admissible in evidence in all courts and places.
(b) The register, or a certified copy of the entry of the sale of a tract of land described in the register, by any person named in the register as the purchaser of the land, is prima facie evidence that:
(1) the person designated in the register was the purchaser of the land; and
(2) the title to the land has been conveyed by the state to the purchaser in fee simple.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-5.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37. Amended by P.L.171-2015, SEC.46.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure › Article 41. Evidence: Real Estate Records › Chapter 1. Deeds and Other Real Estate Records › 34-41-1-6. Land Patents; Certificates of Purchase; Evidence

Sec. 6. The following documents are admissible in evidence in all courts and places, with the same force and effect as if the original were produced:
(1) The record of all:
(A) patents;
(B) certificates of purchase; and
(C) other evidence in writing of the sale of real estate;
whether issued by the United States or this state, or made by any person or corporation.
(2) All duly certified copies of the record of the documents described in subdivision (1).
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-6.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.