Title 34, CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Sec. 6. A third party may not: (1) pay damages awarded under this chapter (or IC 34-1-70 before its repeal); or (2) provide a defense or money for a defense; on behalf of an insured under a contract of insurance or indemnification. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-70-13.] …

Sec. 7. (a) Two (2) or more persons may join as plaintiffs in one (1) action under this chapter (or IC 34-1-70 before its repeal) if: (1) each plaintiff's respective actions have at least one (1) place of illegal drug activity in common; and (2) any portion of the period of illeg…

Sec. 8. (a) An action by an individual drug user brought under this chapter (or IC 34-1-70 before its repeal) is governed by the principles of comparative liability under state law. Comparative liability attributed to a plaintiff does not bar recovery but diminishes the award of …

Sec. 9. (a) A person who is subject to liability under this chapter (or IC 34-1-70 before its repeal) has a right of action for contribution against another person subject to liability under this chapter (or IC 34-1-70 before its repeal). (b) Contribution may be enforced in: (1) …

Sec. 1. If a violation of IC 35-46-1-10 is being committed, any person may apply for an order enjoining the violation from the circuit court or a superior court of the county in which the violation occurs. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-38-2.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC…

Sec. 2. (a) Upon a showing that a person has violated IC 35-46-1-10, the court may grant: (1) an injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate order; and (2) the costs and reasonable attorney's fees of the person bringing the action. (b) The court may grant an order under s…

Sec. 1. A person who is dismissed from employment in violation of IC 35-44.1-2-11 may bring a civil action, within ninety (90) days of the dismissal, against the employer who dismissed the person: (1) to recover the wages the person lost as a result of the dismissal; and (2) to o…

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other law, a qualified director is immune from civil liability arising from the negligent performance of the director's duties. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-11.5-2(b).] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.26.

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to a health care provider (as defined in IC 34-18-2-14). (b) An individual who: (1) serves as a volunteer or volunteer director of: (A) a nonprofit corporation operating under IC 12-29-3-6; (B) an agency providing services under IC 12-12-3;…

Sec. 3. This chapter does not affect the civil liability of the entity a qualified director serves. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-11.5-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.26.

Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 34-4-31-1 (before its repeal, now codified in this chapter) by P.L.208-1997 apply to a cause of action that accrues after June 30, 1997. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.570.

Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, a parent is liable for not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in actual damages arising from harm to a person or damage to property knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly caused by the parent's child if: (1) the pare…

Sec. 2. A parent of a child who is a member of a criminal organization (as defined in IC 35-45-9-1), who actively encourages or knowingly benefits from the child's involvement in the criminal organization, is liable for actual damages arising from harm to a person or property int…

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies where: (1) an appeal to the court of appeals or supreme court of the state of Indiana has been taken from a judgment rendered against any party; and (2) the judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded for a new trial. (b) Either party in the c…

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies where: (1) an appeal to the court of appeals or the supreme court has been taken from a judgment rendered against any party, and the judgment is reversed with the cause remanded for a new trial; or (2) the action of the trial court in granting a n…

Sec. 1. A written finding of presumed death made by an officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding under: (1) the federal Missing Persons Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1001-17), before its repeal September 6, 1966; (2) 5 U.S.C. 5565 to 5567; or (3) 37 U.S.C. 55…

Sec. 2. An official written report or record, or a duly certified copy of a record or report: (1) that states that a person is: (A) missing; (B) missing in action; (C) interned in a neutral country; (D) beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy; (E) dead; or (F) alive; and (…

Sec. 3. For the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of this chapter, the following apply: (1) Any finding, report, or record, or duly certified copy of a report or record, purporting to have been signed by an officer or employee of the United States described in section 1 or 2 of this c…

Sec. 1. Every court in Indiana shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-1.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

Sec. 2. The court may inform itself of such laws in the manner as the court considers proper. The court may call upon counsel to aid the court in obtaining this information. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-2.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

Sec. 3. The determination of these laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and is reviewable. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

Sec. 4. Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken of the evidence, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties…

Sec. 5. The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in section 1 of this chapter shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this chapter concerning judicial notice. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-5.] As added by P…

Sec. 6. This chapter shall be interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-6.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

Sec. 7. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-2-7.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.34.

Sec. 1. Copies of the proceedings and judgments of any justice of the peace of any state or territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia: (1) certified by the hand and seal of: (A) the justice before whom the proceedings were held or judgments rendered; or (B) th…

Sec. 2. The unwritten or common law of any other of the United States or of the territories of the United States may be proved as facts by parol evidence. The books of reports of cases adjudged in the courts of other states or territories may also be admitted in evidence of the u…

Sec. 3. (a) The records and judicial proceedings of the several courts of record of or within the United States or the territories of the United States shall be admitted in Indiana courts as evidence when authenticated by attestation or certificate of the clerk or prothonotary, w…

Sec. 1. In a civil proceeding, a certified copy of a certificate of title is prima facie evidence of the ownership of a motor vehicle. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-19-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.36.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies when the record or any part of the record of any action, proceeding, order, judgment, or decree of any court in Indiana: (1) in which title to real estate has been determined; or (2) upon the authority of which any administrator's, executor's, guardia…

Sec. 2. When a record or part of a record described in section 1 of this chapter is destroyed, it shall be presumed that: (1) the court proceedings by which the title to the real estate was established or the deed was executed and the record of which has been destroyed were in al…

Sec. 3. In an action attacking the validity of: (1) the title of or conveyance of real estate; or (2) any such record, judgment, or decree; the record of which has been destroyed, the burden of proof is upon the person attacking the validity. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34…

Sec. 4. An action attacking the validity of: (1) an order, decree, or judgment described in section 1 of this chapter; or (2) the title established by or resulting from an order, decree, or judgment described in section 1 of this chapter; must be brought not later than one (1) ye…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the party producing a witness shall not be allowed to impeach the credibility of the witness by evidence of bad character. (b) The party producing a witness may impeach the credibility of the witness by evidence of bad ch…

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies when a witness, whether a party to the record or not: (1) is cross-examined to lay the foundation for impeachment of the witness by proof of an act or statement inconsistent with the testimony of the witness; (2) is asked if the witness did not do…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following persons: (1) any person connected with, or any person who has been connected with or employed by: (A) a newspaper or other periodical issued at regular intervals and having a general circulation; or (B) a recognized press association …

Sec. 2. A person described in section 1 of this chapter shall not be compelled to disclose in any legal proceedings or elsewhere the source of any information procured or obtained in the course of the person's employment or representation of a newspaper, periodical, press associa…

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to any proceeding in any court of record and of original jurisdiction authorized or empowered by law to: (1) punish for contempts of court; or (2) enforce its orders by contempt proceedings; whether the contempt proceedings are civil or criminal i…

Sec. 2. (a) For the purpose of procuring personal jurisdiction over a person who has allegedly violated a court order or who is otherwise in contempt of court, the court may issue a writ of attachment of the body of the person. (b) A writ of attachment issued under subsection (a)…

Sec. 3. This chapter shall be construed as supplemental to all laws: (1) concerning contempts of courts and punishments for contempts of court; or (2) providing for the enforcement of the lawful order of any such court. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-9-3.] As added by P.…

Sec. 1. When personal property is taken in an execution of judgment, the execution defendant may, under IC 34-55-5-1, deliver to the sheriff a written undertaking, payable to the execution plaintiff, with sufficient surety, to obtain the return of the personal property. [1998 Rec…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to any civil action arising out of tortious conduct. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-37-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47.

Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to a claim against the patient's compensation fund under IC 34-18-6, IC 27-12-6 (before its repeal), or IC 16-9.5-4 (before its repeal). [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-37-4.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47.

Sec. 3. This chapter does not impose liability for prejudgment interest on any part of a judgment that is awarded as punitive damages. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-37-5.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47.

Sec. 4. This chapter does not impose liability for prejudgment interest on the state or any political subdivision (as those terms are defined in IC 34-6-2.1-193 and IC 34-6-2.1-155). [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-37-6.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.47. Amended by P.L.186…

Sec. 5. This chapter does not apply if: (1) within nine (9) months after a claim is filed in the court, or any longer period determined by the court to be necessary upon a showing of good cause, one (1) or more of the parties against whom the claim is filed makes a written offer …