Indiana Code 9-22-3-25. Releasing or providing evidence or information; immunity from civil and criminal liability
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Sec. 25. In the absence of fraud or bad faith, a person who releases or provides evidence or information under this chapter to any of the following is immune from civil or criminal liability for providing that evidence or information:
(2) The attorney general or the attorney general’s designee.
(1) The superintendent of the state police or the superintendent’s designee.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 9-22-3-25
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) The city police chief or the city police chief’s designee.
(4) The county sheriff or the county sheriff’s designee.
(5) The prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney’s designee responsible for prosecutions in the county that has jurisdiction of the auto theft.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-1-3.6-13.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.10.