Title 34, CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Sec. 6. The court in which an action is brought may order continuances that are reasonable to afford the defendant opportunity to defend the action. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-2.5-6.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.29.

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies if there are multiple plaintiffs or multiple defendants in a civil action. (b) There shall be allowed only one (1) change of venue from the county to all plaintiffs and one (1) change of venue from the county to all defendants. (c) If a plaintiff …

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies in any action, proceeding, or matter, of any character or nature whatever, relating to, connected with, or involving the estate of a decedent. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), any of the parties to the action, proceeding, or matter are en…

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies when any matter of a civil, statutory, or equitable nature not triable by a jury is pending. (b) The judge before whom the cause is pending shall change the venue upon the application of either party to the cause, made upon affidavit, of either pa…

Sec. 1. (a) In a civil case, the jury consists of six (6) members. (b) At any time before the verdict is announced, the parties may stipulate that a verdict or finding of a stated majority of the jurors shall be taken as the verdict or finding of the jury. [Pre-1998 Recodificatio…

Sec. 2. (a) In a civil case, the court may direct that no more than three (3) jurors be called and impanelled, in addition to the regular jury, to sit as alternate jurors. (b) Alternate jurors shall, in the order in which they are called, replace jurors who, before the time the j…

Sec. 3. (a) Each party in a civil case has three (3) peremptory challenges. (b) In addition to the peremptory challenges under subsection (a), each party is entitled to: (1) one (1) peremptory challenge if the court directs that one (1) or two (2) alternate jurors are to be impan…

Sec. 4. (a) The court may: (1) permit the parties or their attorneys to conduct the examination of prospective jurors; or (2) conduct the examination itself. (b) If the court conducts the examination of prospective jurors, the court shall permit the parties or their attorneys to …

Sec. 5. It is sufficient cause for challenge to a juror that the juror is interested in another suit, begun or contemplated, involving the same or a similar matter. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20-5.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.

Sec. 6. Before the commencement of the trial, an oath must be administered to each juror that the juror will: (1) well and truly try the matter in issue between the parties; and (2) give a true verdict; according to law and evidence. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-20-6.]…

Sec. 1. In a proceeding before a court or judicial officer of Indiana in which the genuineness of the handwriting of any person is involved, any admitted or proved handwriting of the person is competent evidence as a basis for comparison by: (1) witnesses; or (2) the jury, court,…

Sec. 1. Printed books or pamphlets purporting on their face to be the session or other statutes of any of the United States, a territory of the United States, or a foreign jurisdiction and to have been printed and published by the authority of the state, territory, or foreign jur…

Sec. 2. This chapter shall be interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purposes to make uniform the law of those states that enact it. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-1-2.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

Sec. 3. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Proof of Statutes Act. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-1-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

Sec. 1. (a) Evidence of a final judgment that: (1) is entered after a trial or upon a plea of guilty; and (2) adjudges a person guilty of a crime punishable by death or imprisonment of more than one (1) year; shall be admissible in a civil action to prove any fact essential to su…

Sec. 1. Printed copies of schedules, classifications and tariffs of rates, fares and charges, and supplements that: (1) are filed with: (A) the Interstate Commerce Commission or its successor agency; or (B) the utility regulatory commission; and (2) show: (A) an Interstate Commer…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies when a deed or mortgage is recorded in the proper recorder's office of any county in Indiana and the record of the deed or mortgage is burned, lost, or destroyed. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-10-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.37.

Sec. 2. The general index of the record of an instrument described in section 1 of this chapter made: (1) under law; (2) in the handwriting of the county recorder; and (3) at the date the general index was made in any county of the state; is prima facie evidence of the proper exe…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a witness who is an expert in any art, science, trade, profession or mystery. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-12 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.

Sec. 2. A witness described in section 1 of this chapter may be compelled to appear and testify in: (1) any court in the county of the residence of the witness; or (2) any court in an adjoining county; to an opinion as an expert in relation to any matter whenever the opinion is m…

Sec. 3. A witness compelled to appear and testify under section 2 of this chapter may be compelled to do so without payment or tender of compensation other than the per diem and mileage allowed by law to other witnesses. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-12 part.] As add…

Sec. 4. The same rules and regulations apply to witnesses described in section 1 of this chapter as apply to a witness who can be compelled to appear and testify to knowledge the witness has of facts relevant to the same issue. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-12 part.]…

Sec. 1. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the following persons shall not be required to testify regarding the following communications: (1) Attorneys, as to confidential communications made to them in the course of their professional business, and as to advice given in su…

Sec. 1. A person who is guilty of any willful disobedience of any process, or any order lawfully issued: (1) by any court of record, or by the proper officer of the court; (2) under the authority of law, or the direction of the court; and (3) after the process or order has been s…

Sec. 2. A person who willfully resists, hinders, or delays the execution of any lawful process, or order of any court of record is guilty of an indirect contempt of court. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-7-4 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.43.

Sec. 3. A person: (1) who: (A) offers, gives, or promises any reward to; (B) threatens to assault or injure; (C) assaults or beats; or (D) in any other manner influences, intimidates, or attempts to influence; any witness to give or abstain from giving testimony in any case, or t…

Sec. 4. (a) A person who falsely makes, utters, or publishes any false or grossly inaccurate report of any case, trial, or proceeding, or part of any case, trial, or proceeding is considered guilty of an indirect contempt of the court in which the case, trial, or proceeding was i…

Sec. 5. (a) In all cases of indirect contempts, the person charged with indirect contempt is entitled: (1) before answering the charge; or (2) being punished for the contempt; to be served with a rule of the court against which the contempt was alleged to have been committed. (b)…

Sec. 6. (a) If the defendant: (1) fails to appear in court at the time and place specified in the rule provided for in section 5 of this chapter, to answer the rule; or (2) appears in court, but fails or refuses to answer concerning the alleged contempt; the court may proceed at …

Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this section applies to all cases of indirect contempt of courts of this state, other than the supreme court or the court of appeals. (b) This section does not apply to indirect contempts growing out of willfully resisting, hinder…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this section applies to all cases of indirect contempt of the supreme court or the court of appeals. (b) This section does not apply to indirect contempt growing out of willfully resisting, hindering, delaying, or disobeying any l…

Sec. 1. If a suit is brought: (1) in replevin; and (2) against an officer who issued a writ of attachment or execution under IC 32-35-2-26 (or IC 34-21-6-1 or IC 34-2-4-1 before their repeal); the officer may demand a bond from the attachment or execution plaintiff to indemnify t…

Sec. 0.2. The addition of IC 34-4-34-3, IC 34-4-34-4, IC 34-4-34-5, and IC 34-4-34-6 (before their repeal, now codified in this chapter) by P.L.278-1995 applies to a cause of action that accrues after June 30, 1995. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.576.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all cases in which a party requests the recovery of punitive damages in a civil action. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-34-1.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47.

Sec. 2. Before a person may recover punitive damages in any civil action, that person must establish, by clear and convincing evidence, all of the facts that are relied upon by that person to support the recovery of punitive damages. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-34-2.]…

Sec. 3. A jury in a case subject to this chapter may not be advised of: (1) the limitation on the amount of a punitive damage award under section 4 of this chapter; or (2) the requirement under section 6 of this chapter concerning allocation of money received in payment of a puni…

Sec. 4. A punitive damage award may not be more than the greater of: (1) three (3) times the amount of compensatory damages awarded in the action; or (2) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-34-4.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47.

Sec. 5. If a trier of fact awards punitive damages that exceed the limitation under section 4 of this chapter, the court shall reduce the punitive damage award to not more than the greater of: (1) three (3) times the amount of compensatory damages awarded in the action; or (2) fi…

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in IC 13-25-4-10, when a finder of fact announces a verdict that includes a punitive damage award in a civil action, the party against whom the judgment was entered shall notify the office of the attorney general of the punitive damage award. (b) Wh…

Sec. 1. When in any suit pending in any court in this state it is necessary to procure a transcript of any judgment or proceeding, or exemplification of any record, as evidence in the action, the necessary expense of procuring the transcript or exemplification shall be taxed with…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a contract, agreement, provision, or stipulation that: (1) gives a person a power of attorney or authority as attorney for the maker or endorser of the instrument in the name of the debtor to: (A) appear in any court of record; and (B) waive the se…

Sec. 2. A person shall not execute or procure to be executed any contract, agreement, provision, or stipulation described in section 1 of this chapter: (1) as part of or in connection with the execution of any negotiable instrument or other written contract to pay money; and (2) …

Sec. 3. A: (1) contract; (2) stipulation; or (3) power of attorney; given or entered into before a cause of action accrues on a promise to pay is void. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-25-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.50.

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to all cases in which the court rendering a foreign judgment obtains or attempts to obtain jurisdiction of a judgment debtor, in whole or in part, by virtue of a contract, agreement, or stipulation that is prohibited and declared void by this chap…

Sec. 1. When an execution against the property of any person is issued to the sheriff, the sheriff shall: (1) serve the execution upon the defendants in the county and levy the execution, if not paid, upon property; and (2) make at least one (1) offer to sell property levied upon…

Sec. 10. In all cases where the personal estate of the debtor, subject to execution, is insufficient to satisfy the execution, the real estate is exempt from levy and sale until the personal estate is levied upon and sold, unless the debtor directs otherwise. The principal messua…