Indiana Code 34-15-4-2. Service of notice
(1) at least four (4) days before filing the complaint against a news service;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-15-4-2
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) at least eleven (11) days before filing the complaint against a weekly newspaper;
serve notice in writing specifying the factual statements in the article that are alleged to be false and defamatory, and correcting the falsity of the statements by reference to the true facts.
(b) If the publication of the alleged libel was by a newspaper, the notice shall be served on the publisher at the newspaper’s principal office of publication. If the transmission of the alleged libel was by a news service, the notice shall be served on the bureau chief at the news service’s principal Indiana office.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-15-1 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.10.