Indiana legal term
Owner in Indiana Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Indiana legislative session
In Indiana criminal law, “Owner” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Indiana criminal code.
What does “Owner” mean in Indiana criminal law?
"Owner" means, with respect to a cave, the person who holds title to or is in possession of the land on or under which a cave is located, or the person's lessee, or agent. (Ind. Code § 35-43-1-2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Duties of driver of motor vehicle involved in accident; sentencing
- Arson
- Unlawful delivery, manufacture, distribution, or possession of a substance represented to be a controlled substance; factors
- Computer trespass; computer hoarding programs
- Criminal trespass; denial of entry; denial by posting with purple marks; permission to enter; exceptions
- Unlawful entry of motor vehicle; defense; rebuttable presumption
- Criminal offense; punishment
- "Synthetic urine"
- Torture or mutilation of a vertebrate animal; killing a domestic animal
- Unlawful photography, surveillance, and tracking on private property
- Unlawful recording; defense
- Coin machines selling tobacco products
Related terms in the same statutes
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