Indiana legal term
Performance in Indiana Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Indiana legislative session
In Indiana criminal law, “Performance” 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 “Performance” mean in Indiana criminal law?
"Performance" means any play, motion picture, dance, or other exhibition or presentation, whether pictured, animated, or live, performed before an audience of one (1) or more persons. (Ind. Code § 35-49-1-7)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Cruelty to a law enforcement animal
- Disarming a law enforcement officer
- Battery, neglect, or exploitation of endangered adult or person with mental or physical disability; failure to report; unlawful disclosure; referrals; retaliation
- Identity deception
- Obscene performance
- Unlawful photography, surveillance, and tracking on private property
- Bribery
- Dissemination of matter or conducting performance harmful to minors
- Ghost employment
- Indecent display by a youth
- Official misconduct
- Promotion of child sexual trafficking; promotion of sexual trafficking of a younger child
Related terms in the same statutes
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