The Indiana Code is the

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for the

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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

. The contents are the codification of all the laws currently in effect within Indiana. With roots going all the way back to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the laws of Indiana have been revised many times. The current approach to updating Indiana Code began in 1971 when the Indiana Statute Revision Commission began a complete rearrangement. The first official edition of the Indiana Code was published in 1976, and is regularly updated through the Office of Code Revision in the Legislative Services Agency.

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An act of Congress, approved by the president on May 7, 1800, established the Indiana Territory as a separate governmental unit. The first General Assembly of the Indiana Territory met on July 29, 1805 and shortly after the Revised Statutes of 1807 was the official body of law. Indiana's constitution, adopted in 1816, specified that all laws in effect for the Territory would be considered laws of the state, until they expired or were repealed. Indiana laws were revised many times over the years, but the current approach to updating the code in a regular manner began in 1971. A special agency was established to reorganize the entire body of law for the State of Indiana, leading to the development of 36 distinct Titles that correspond to subject categories. The first official edition of the Indiana Code was published by West Publishing Company, under direction of the Indiana Legislative Council. Responsibility for publishing the Code was later assumed by the Legislative Services Agency, through the Office of Code Revision and working with the Code Revision Commission. The current version of the Code, along with archived material, can be found at the Indiana General Assembly website: iga.in.gov

Titles

Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONSTitle 2. GENERAL ASSEMBLYTitle 3. ELECTIONSTitle 4. STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATIONTitle 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONTitle 6. TAXATIONTitle 7. ALCOHOL AND TOBACCOTitle 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATIONTitle 9. MOTOR VEHICLESTitle 10. PUBLIC SAFETYTitle 11. CORRECTIONSTitle 12. HUMAN SERVICESTitle 13. ENVIRONMENTTitle 14. NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCESTitle 15. AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALSTitle 16. HEALTHTitle 17. REPEALEDTitle 18. REPEALEDTitle 19. REPEALEDTitle 20. EDUCATIONTitle 21. HIGHER EDUCATIONTitle 22. LABOR AND SAFETYTitle 23. BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONSTitle 24. TRADE REGULATIONTitle 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONSTitle 26. COMMERCIAL LAWTitle 27. INSURANCETitle 28. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSTitle 29. PROBATETitle 30. TRUSTS AND FIDUCIARIESTitle 31. FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAWTitle 32. PROPERTYTitle 33. COURTS AND COURT OFFICERSTitle 34. CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURETitle 35. CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURETitle 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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Sources

* History of Official Indiana Statutes, 2016 Replacement Volume, Indiana Code, Titles 1 to 3, Edited and Published by the Office of Code Revision, Legislative Services Agency, Under the Direction of the Indiana Legislative Council. *

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Indiana Code and Constitution
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