When confessed judgment or default judgment by surety not permitted

Ind. Code § 34-22-1-7, under Remedies of Sureties Against Their Principals.

Ind. Code § 34-22-1-7

Sec. 7. No surety or representative of a surety shall confess judgment or suffer judgment, by default, in any case, when the surety or representative is notified that there is a valid defense, if the principal will: (1) enter as a defendant to the action; and (2) tender to the surety or the representative good security to indemnify him, to be approved by the court.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-55-7.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.17.