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Indiana Criminal Statutes

All 3,995 sections of the criminal code, organized by title, article, and part. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.

Title 7.1: Alcohol and Tobacco

Article 5: Crimes and Infractions

Chapter 1: General Provisions; Public Intoxication

Chapter 2: Advertising

Chapter 3: Containers

Chapter 4: Unpaid Taxes; Counterfeit Permits

Chapter 5: Miscellaneous Crimes

Chapter 6: Permits

Chapter 7: Minors

Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Prohibited Activities

Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Prohibited Interests

Chapter 10: Unlawful Sales

Chapter 11: Unlawful Transportation

Chapter 12: Prohibition on Smoking

Title 9: Motor Vehicles

Article 21: Traffic Regulation

Chapter 6: Speed Contests

Chapter 8: Vehicle Operation

Article 24: Drivers Licenses

Chapter 18: General Penalty Provisions

Chapter 19: Penalty Provisions for Operating a Motor Vehicle With Suspended or Revoked Driving Privileges, Licenses, or Permits

Article 26: Accidents and Accident Reports

Chapter 1: Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident Reports

Chapter 2: Duties of Law Enforcement Officers and Accident Reports

Chapter 3: Duties of State Police Department and Accident Reports

Chapter 4: Duties of Coroners

Chapter 5: Duties of Garages and Repair Shops

Chapter 6: Removal of Damaged Vehicles

Chapter 7: Damage to Fences

Chapter 8: Enforcement

Chapter 9: Accident Reports and Fees

Chapter 10: Indiana Emergency Contact Data Base

Article 30: General Penalty Provisions

Chapter 4: Licenses and Registrations; Suspension and Revocation

Chapter 5: Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated

Chapter 6: Implied Consent; Administrative and Evidentiary Matters

Chapter 7: Implied Consent in Accidents Involving Serious Injury or Death

Chapter 8: Ignition Interlock Devices

Chapter 8.1: Registration of Ignition Interlock Devices

Chapter 9: Circuit Court Alcohol Abuse Deterrent Programs

Chapter 10: Habitual Violator of Traffic Laws

Chapter 13: Miscellaneous Criminal Offenses; Suspension of Driving Privileges

Chapter 15: Open Alcoholic Beverage Containers; Consumption of Alcohol in Motor Vehicles

Chapter 15.5: Habitual Vehicular Substance Offender

Chapter 16: Driver's License Suspension Penalties

Title 11: Corrections

Article 8: General Provisions: Department of Correction

Chapter 8: Sex Offender Registration

Article 13: Probation and Parole

Chapter 1: Probation Administration

Chapter 2: State Aid for Probation Services

Chapter 3: Parole and Discharge of Criminal Offenders

Chapter 4: Out-of-State Probationer or Parolee

Chapter 4.5: Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision; Interstate Compact for Juveniles

Chapter 5: Interstate Parole and Probation Hearings

Chapter 6: Parole and Discharge of Delinquent Offenders

Chapter 8: Transitional Programs

Chapter 9: Rehabilitation Based Discharge for Long Term Inmates

Title 16: Health

Article 42: Regulation of Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics

Chapter 19: Drugs: Indiana Legend Drug Act

Title 31: Family Law and Juvenile Law

Article 30: Juvenile Law: Juvenile Court Jurisdiction

Chapter 1: Jurisdiction Generally

Chapter 2: Continuing Jurisdiction

Chapter 3: Waiver of Jurisdiction

Chapter 4: Sentencing Alternatives for Certain Offenders Under Criminal Court Jurisdiction

Article 37: Juvenile Law: Delinquency

Chapter 1: Delinquent Children Who Commit Acts That Would Be Offenses if Committed by Adults

Chapter 2: Delinquent Children Who Commit Certain Other Acts and Who Need Care, Treatment, or Rehabilitation

Chapter 3: Curfew Violations

Chapter 4: Taking a Child Into Custody

Chapter 5: Child Taken Into Custody

Chapter 6: Detention Hearing

Chapter 7: Detention of Alleged Delinquent Child

Chapter 8: Information About Delinquent Children, Investigation, and Preliminary Inquiry

Chapter 8.5: Juvenile Diversion

Chapter 9: Program of Informal Adjustment

Chapter 10: Filing of Petition Alleging That Child Is Delinquent Child

Chapter 11: Time Limits for Petitions; Motions for Continuance

Chapter 12: Initial Hearing and Issuance of Summons

Chapter 13: Factfinding Hearing

Chapter 14: Findings, Presumptions, and Evidence

Chapter 15: Petition for Parental Participation

Chapter 17: Predispositional Report

Chapter 18: Dispositional Hearing

Chapter 19: Dispositional Decrees

Chapter 20: Review of Dispositional Decrees; Formal Review Hearings

Chapter 21: Reports Required for Reviewing Dispositional Decrees

Chapter 22: Modification of Dispositional Decrees

Chapter 23: Interstate Compact on Juveniles

Chapter 25: No Contact Orders

Chapter 26: Competency

Title 34: Civil Law and Procedure

Article 26: Special Proceedings: Injunctions and Restraining Orders

Chapter 5: Indiana Civil Protection Order Act

Article 28: Special Proceedings: Miscellaneous Civil Proceedings and Remedies

Chapter 5: Infraction and Ordinance Violation Enforcement Proceedings

Title 35: Criminal Law and Procedure

Article 31.5: Definitions

Chapter 1: General Definitions

Chapter 2: Definitions

Article 32: General Procedural Provisions

Article 33: Preliminary Proceedings

Chapter 1: Arrest

Chapter 2: Arrest Warrants

Chapter 3: Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit

Chapter 4: Summons and Promise to Appear in Lieu of Arrest Warrant

Chapter 4.5: Eyewitness Identification Procedures

Chapter 5: Search and Seizure

Chapter 6: Detention of Shoplifters by Owner or Agent

Chapter 7: Probable Cause; Initial Hearing

Chapter 8: Bail and Bail Procedure

Chapter 8.5: Bail and Recognizance

Chapter 9: Bail Upon Appeal

Chapter 10: Securing Attendance of Defendants and Uniform Extradition Act

Chapter 11: Emergency Transfer of Certain Jail Inmates

Chapter 14: County Extradition and Sheriff's Assistance Fund

Article 33.5: Interception of Telephonic or Telegraphic Communications

Chapter 2: Applications, Procedures, and Reports

Chapter 3: Duties of the Court

Chapter 4: Procedures Regarding Intercepted Communications

Chapter 5: Confidentiality of Disclosure, Remedies, and Offenses

Article 34: Bringing Criminal Charges

Chapter 1: Indictment and Information

Chapter 2: Grand Jury and Special Grand Jury

Article 35: Pleading and Procedure

Article 36: Pretrial Notices, Motions, and Procedures

Chapter 1: Definitions

Chapter 2: Affirmative Defense of Insanity or Mental Illness; Pleadings, Orders, and Findings

Chapter 3: Comprehension to Stand Trial

Chapter 4: Notice of Alibi Defense

Chapter 5: Change of Judge

Chapter 6: Change of Venue

Chapter 7: Continuances

Chapter 8: Omnibus Date, Pretrial Hearing, and Pretrial Conference

Chapter 9: Pretrial Determination of Intellectual Disability in Death Sentence Cases

Chapter 10: Child Sex Abuse Material and Discovery

Chapter 11: Laboratory Reports

Chapter 12: Court Appointed Forensic Advocate for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, or Autism Spectrum Disorders

Article 37: Trial Procedure

Chapter 1: Jury Selection

Chapter 2: Trial Proceedings

Chapter 3: Witness Immunity

Chapter 4: Evidence and Protection of Certain Witnesses

Chapter 4.5: Sex Crimes Victims and Polygraph Examinations

Chapter 5: Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses From Outside the State in Criminal Proceedings

Chapter 6: Privileged Communications and Victim Counseling

Chapter 7: Privileged Financial Information

Article 38: Proceedings Following Dismissal, Verdict, or Finding

Chapter 1: Entry of Judgment and Sentencing

Chapter 2: Probation

Chapter 2.5: Home Detention

Chapter 2.6: Direct Placement in Community Corrections Program

Chapter 2.7: Electronic Monitoring Standards

Chapter 3: Commitment to the Department of Correction and Maximum, Medium, and Minimum Security Assignments

Chapter 4: Appeals

Chapter 5: Expungement of Arrest Records

Chapter 6: Execution of Death Sentence

Chapter 7: Postconviction DNA Testing and Analysis

Chapter 9: Sealing and Expunging Conviction Records

Chapter 10: Convictions of Trafficked Persons

Article 40: Victim Rights

Chapter 1: Legislative Intent

Chapter 2: Applicability; Standing to Invoke Rights

Chapter 3: Statutory Construction

Chapter 4: Definitions

Chapter 5: Victim Rights

Chapter 6: Prosecuting Attorney Duties and Victim Assistance Programs

Chapter 7: Notice of Release on Bond or Escape

Chapter 8: Notice of Probation Modification, Revocation, or Termination

Chapter 9: Notice of Release, Discharge, or Escape From a Mental Health Treatment Agency

Chapter 10: Request for Notice

Chapter 11: Victim's Discretion; Form of Statement

Chapter 12: Procedures Related to Notices and Consultations

Chapter 13: Inability to Exercise Rights; Designation of Others; Representative of a Minor

Chapter 14: Rights of Victims of Identity Deception

Chapter 15: Right to Request a New Investigation

Article 40.5: Rights of Sexual Assault Victims

Article 41: Substantive Criminal Provisions

Chapter 1: Jurisdiction and Definitions

Chapter 2: Basis of Criminal Liability

Chapter 3: Defenses Relating to Culpability

Chapter 4: Standard of Proof and Bars to Prosecution

Chapter 5: Offenses of General Applicability

Article 42: Offenses Against the Person

Chapter 1: Homicide

Chapter 2: Battery and Related Offenses

Chapter 3: Kidnapping and Confinement

Chapter 3.5: Human and Sexual Trafficking

Chapter 4: Sex Crimes

Chapter 5: Robbery

Article 43: Offenses Against Property

Chapter 1: Arson, Mischief, and Tampering

Chapter 2: Burglary and Trespass

Chapter 4: Theft, Conversion, and Receiving Stolen Property

Chapter 5: Forgery, Fraud, and Other Deceptions

Chapter 6: Home Improvement Fraud

Chapter 6.5: Motor Vehicle and Watercraft Fraud

Chapter 7: Impairment of Identification

Chapter 8: Timber Spiking

Chapter 9: Conversion or Misappropriation of Title Insurance Escrow Funds

Chapter 10: Legend Drug Deception

Article 44.1: Offenses Against General Public Administration

Chapter 1: General Public Administration

Chapter 2: Interference with General Government Operations

Chapter 3: Detention

Chapter 4: Firefighting and Emergency Services

Chapter 5: Illegal Alien Offenses

Article 44.2: Offenses Against State Public Administration

Chapter 1: Interference with State Government

Chapter 2: Purchasing Offenses

Chapter 3: State Public Works Contracting

Chapter 4: Confidentiality of Records and Meetings

Article 45: Offenses Against Public Health, Order, and Decency

Chapter 1: Offenses Against Public Order

Chapter 2: Intimidation and Other Offenses Relating to Communications

Chapter 3: Littering and Pollution

Chapter 4: Indecent Acts and Prostitution

Chapter 5: Gambling

Chapter 6: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations

Chapter 7: Loansharking

Chapter 8: Consumer Product Tampering

Chapter 9: Criminal Organization Control

Chapter 10: Stalking

Chapter 11: Abuse of a Corpse

Chapter 12: Code Grabbing Devices

Chapter 13: Unauthorized Use of Telecommunications Services

Chapter 15: Money Laundering

Chapter 16: Malicious Mischief

Chapter 17.1: Aggressive Harassment

Chapter 18: Combative Fighting

Chapter 19: Failure to Report a Dead Body

Chapter 20: Dispensing Contact Lenses Without a Prescription

Chapter 21: Offenses Against Public Health

Article 46: Miscellaneous Offenses

Chapter 1: Offenses Against the Family

Chapter 2: Offenses Relating to Civil Rights

Chapter 3: Offenses Relating to Animals

Chapter 5: Offenses Against Public Sensibility

Chapter 6: Glue Sniffing

Chapter 7: Offenses Against Persons Receiving Care

Chapter 8: Unlawful Recording

Chapter 8.5: Unlawful Photography and Surveillance on Private Property

Chapter 10: Offenses Involving Critical Infrastructure

Article 46.5: Terrorism

Article 47: Weapons and Instruments of Violence

Chapter 1: Definitions

Chapter 2: Regulation of Handguns

Chapter 2.5: Sale of Handguns

Chapter 3: Disposal of Confiscated Weapons

Chapter 3.5: Firearm Buyback Program

Chapter 4: Miscellaneous Provisions

Chapter 4.5: Regulation of Laser Pointers

Chapter 5: Prohibited Instruments of Violence

Chapter 6: Weapons on Aircraft

Chapter 7: Reporting of Wounds Inflicted by Weapons and Burn Injuries

Chapter 8: Regulation of Electronic Stun Weapons, Tasers, and Stun Guns

Chapter 8.5: NFA Firearm Certification

Chapter 9: Possession of Firearms on School Property and School Buses

Chapter 10: Children and Firearms

Chapter 11.1: Local Regulation of Firearms, Ammunition, and Firearm Accessories

Chapter 14: Proceedings for the Seizure and Retention of a Firearm

Chapter 15: Retired Law Enforcement Officers Identification for Carrying Firearms

Chapter 16: Possession of Firearms by Judicial Officers

Article 47.5: Controlled Explosives

Chapter 1: Applicability

Chapter 2: Definitions

Chapter 3: Classification of Regulated Explosives

Chapter 4: Registration and Control

Chapter 5: Offenses Relating to Regulated Explosives

Article 48: Controlled Substances

Chapter 1.1: Definitions

Chapter 2: Classification of Drugs

Chapter 3: Registration and Control

Chapter 4: Offenses Relating to Controlled Substances

Article 49: Obscenity and Pornography

Article 50: Sentences

Chapter 1: General Provisions

Chapter 2: Death Sentence and Sentences for Felonies and Habitual Offenders

Chapter 3: Sentences for Misdemeanors

Chapter 5: Additional Penalties

Chapter 6: Release From Imprisonment and Credit Time

Chapter 7: Probation Orders

Chapter 8: Primary or Secondary School Student Delinquency and Criminal Conviction Information

Chapter 9: Additional Sentence Requirements for Domestic Battery Convictions

Chapter 10: Criminal Conviction Information for Teachers

Article 52: Criminal Statutes Codified Outside Ic 35

Chapter 1: Scope of Article

Chapter 2: IC 2 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 3: IC 3 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 4: IC 4 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 5: IC 5 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 6: IC 6 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 7: IC 7.1 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 8: IC 8 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 9.1: IC 9 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 10: IC 10 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 11: IC 11 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 12: IC 12 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 13: IC 13 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 14: IC 14 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 15: IC 15 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 16: IC 16 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 20: IC 20 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 21: IC 21 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 22: IC 22 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 23: IC 23 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 24: IC 24 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 25: IC 25 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 26: IC 26 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 27: IC 27 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 28: IC 28 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 30: IC 30 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 31: IC 31 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 32: IC 32 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 33: IC 33 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 34: IC 34 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 36: IC 36 Criminal Statutes

Chapter 37: IC 37 Criminal Statutes