Title 34, CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE

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 …

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…

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 b…

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, s…

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…

Sec. 1. All: (1) patents issued by the United States or by the state of Indiana conveying real estate in Indiana; and (2) the records of those patents that have been duly recorded; shall be taken and received as competent evidence in all courts in Indiana. [Pre-1998 Recodificatio…

Sec. 2. All patents described in section 1 of this chapter that have not been recorded may be recorded as other deeds and conveyances are recorded by law. That record shall be competent evidence in all Indiana courts. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-8-1 part.] As added by…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to an action brought to recover damages for: (1) personal injuries; (2) wrongful death; or (3) property damage. (b) This chapter does not apply to actions in which there is more than one (1) defendant. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2.5-1…

Sec. 2. (a) An advance payment shall not be construed as an admission of liability by any person. (b) Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, evidence of an advance payment is not admissible during the trial for any purpose by either plaintiff or defendant. [Pre-1998 Rec…

Sec. 3. If it is determined that the plaintiff is entitled to recover in an action described in section 1 of this chapter: (1) the defendant may introduce evidence of any advance payment made; and (2) the court shall reduce the award to the plaintiff to the extent that the award …

Sec. 4. (a) An advance payment made by an insurance company on behalf of an insured does not increase the limits of liability of the insurance company under any existing policy of insurance. (b) The amount of an advance payment made in respect to any claim shall be credited again…

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 4 of this chapter by P.L.252-2001 apply to the estate of an individual who dies after June 30, 2001. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.574.

Sec. 1. All persons, whether parties to or interested in the suit, are competent witnesses in a civil action or proceeding, except as otherwise provided. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-4.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.

Sec. 10. (a) In all cases in which: (1) executors, administrators, heirs, or devisees are parties; and (2) one (1) of the parties to the suit is incompetent under this chapter to testify against the parties described in subdivision (1); the assignor or grantor of a party making t…

Sec. 11. In all actions by an executor or administrator, on contracts assigned to the decedent, when the assignor is alive and a competent witness in the cause: (1) the executor or administrator; and (2) the defendant or defendants; are competent witnesses as to all matters that …

Sec. 12. Lack of belief in a supreme being or in the Christian religion does not render a witness incompetent. However, lack of religious belief may be shown upon the trial. In all questions affecting the credibility of a witness, the general moral character of the witness may be…

Sec. 13. Any fact that might have been shown to render a witness incompetent may be shown to affect the credibility of the witness. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-14.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.

Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided by statute, persons who are insane at the time they are offered as witnesses are not competent witnesses, whether or not they have been adjudged insane. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-5 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies in all suits by or against any person adjudged to be a mentally incompetent person or against the mentally incompetent person's guardian: (1) founded upon any contract with, or demand against the protected person; (2) to obtain possession of the r…

decedent Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to suits or proceedings: (1) in which an executor or administrator is a party; (2) involving matters that occurred during the lifetime of the decedent; and (3) where a judgment or allowance may be made or rendered for or against the estat…

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to suits by or against heirs or devisees founded on a contract with or demand against an ancestor: (1) to obtain title to or possession of property, real or personal, of, or in right of, the ancestor; or (2) to affect property described in subdivi…

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies: (1) when an agent of a decedent testifies on behalf of an executor, administrator, or heirs concerning any transaction the agent had: (A) with a party to the suit, or the party's assignor or grantor; and (B) in the absence of the decedent; or (2)…

Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who acted as an agent in the making or continuing of a contract with any person who has died, is not a competent witness, in any suit upon or involving the contract, as to matters occurring before the death of the deceden…

Sec. 8. If the defendant in a case: (1) is charged with unlawfully taking or detaining personal property or having done damage to personal property; and (2) defends the charge in the defendant's pleading by asserting that the defendant is the executor, administrator, guardian, or…

Sec. 9. When the husband or wife is a party, and not a competent witness in his or her own behalf, the other shall also be excluded. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-9 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter contains a list of references to other privileged communication provisions outside IC 34. (b) Listing in this chapter does not equate to the creation of a privilege, and failure to be listed in this chapter does not negate a privileged communication recog…

Sec. 10. IC 16-41-7-3 (Concerning warning by physician of serious communicable disease). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.66.

Sec. 11. IC 16-41-11-10 (Concerning expert review panels who consult and advise health care workers who have communicable diseases). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 11.4. IC 16-49-3-13 (Concerning discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of a local child fatality review team). As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.21.

Sec. 11.5. IC 16-49-4-13 (Concerning discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of the statewide child fatality review committee). As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.22.

Sec. 11.6. IC 16-49-6-10 (Concerning discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of the local fetal-infant mortality review team). As added by P.L.31-2019, SEC.9.

Sec. 11.7. IC 16-50-1-10 (Concerning discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of the statewide maternal mortality review committee). As added by P.L.48-2018, SEC.7.

Sec. 12. IC 20-28-12-5 (Concerning information school psychologist acquires in professional capacity). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.1-2005, SEC.224.

Sec. 13. IC 20-28-10-17 (Concerning communications made to a school counselor). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.1-2005, SEC.225.

Sec. 14. IC 20-33-9-5 and IC 20-33-9-7 (Concerning reports of elementary and secondary school students suspected of alcohol and controlled substance violations). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.1-2005, SEC.226.

Sec. 15. IC 22-4-19-6 (Concerning department of workforce development information). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 16. IC 23-1.5-2-7 (Concerning communications involving a professional corporation or its employees). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 17. IC 25-2.1-5-8 (Concerning proceedings, records, and work papers of a peer review committee that conducts a peer review of an accounting firm). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.197-2011, SEC.126; P.L.83-2024, SEC.26.

Sec. 18. IC 25-2.1-14-1 (Concerning information relative to and in connection with any professional service as a certified public accountant, public accountant, or accounting practitioner). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 19. IC 25-23-1-31 (Concerning information pertaining to an impaired registered nurse or licensed practical nurse). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 2. IC 4-21.5-3.5-18 (Concerning confidential statement to mediator in administrative proceeding). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 20. IC 25-23.6-6-1 (Concerning matters communicated to a social worker or other counselor). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 21. IC 25-26-13-4.5 (Concerning information pertaining to an impaired pharmacist). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 22. IC 25-26-13-15 (Concerning pharmacist's knowledge of prescriptions, drug orders, records, and patient information). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 23. IC 25-33-1-17 (Concerning information communicated to a psychologist in the psychologist's professional capacity). [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.

Sec. 23.5. IC 25-40-2-2 (Concerning matters communicated by a client to an employee assistance professional). As added by P.L.185-1999, SEC.2.