§ 4-33-22-1 “Boxing”
§ 4-33-22-2 “Mixed martial arts”
§ 4-33-22-3 “Professional boxer”
§ 4-33-22-4 “Matchmaker”
§ 4-33-22-5 “Sparring”
§ 4-33-22-6 “Promoter”
§ 4-33-22-7 “Unarmed combat”
§ 4-33-22-8 “Unarmed competitor”
§ 4-33-22-9 “Fund”
§ 4-33-22-10 Commission duties
§ 4-33-22-11 Appointment of personnel; powers of executive director; issuance of legal documents
§ 4-33-22-12 Adoption of rules
§ 4-33-22-13 Authority of commission over matches and exhibitions; license and permit requirement
§ 4-33-22-14 Annual licenses; event permits; penalties
§ 4-33-22-15 Applications
§ 4-33-22-16 Submission of fingerprints and financial information; criminal history checks
§ 4-33-22-17 Licensing of promoters, participants, and other persons
§ 4-33-22-18 Amateur mixed martial arts; requirements
§ 4-33-22-19 Eligibility for licenses and permits; nontransferability of licenses and permits
§ 4-33-22-20 Authority to limit number of matches or exhibitions
§ 4-33-22-21 Requirement to comply with terms of application
§ 4-33-22-22 Denial of license or permit; violation of laws or rules; hearing
§ 4-33-22-23 Procedures for hearings
§ 4-33-22-24 Matches and exhibitions; site requirements
§ 4-33-22-25 Matches and exhibitions; age limits; gaming and other restrictions; penalties
§ 4-33-22-26 Participation in violation; penalties
§ 4-33-22-27 Contestants; examinations; limitations on length of match or exhibition; required personnel at matches or exhibitions; penalties
§ 4-33-22-28 Contestants; biennial licenses; fees
§ 4-33-22-29 Referees and judges; biennial licenses
§ 4-33-22-30 Ineligibility for and revocation of license; conviction of offense related to controlled substances
§ 4-33-22-31 Revocation and suspension
§ 4-33-22-32 Match or exhibition; gross receipts tax; report
§ 4-33-22-33 Closed circuit telecast; pay per view telecast; subscription television; gross receipts tax; report
§ 4-33-22-34 Unsatisfactory reports; examination of records; penalties
§ 4-33-22-35 Appointment of inspectors
§ 4-33-22-36 Regulation of weights and classes of contestants; rules
§ 4-33-22-37 Display of purchase price on tickets; maximum attendance limits
§ 4-33-22-38 Contestants; prohibition on prepayment of services; honest exhibition condition of payment
§ 4-33-22-39 Deposit of fees in fund
§ 4-33-22-40 Penalties
§ 4-33-22-41 Adoption of rules
§ 4-33-22-42 Grounds for disciplinary action
§ 4-33-22-43 Sanctions
§ 4-33-22-44 Summary suspension
§ 4-33-22-45 Reinstatement
§ 4-33-22-46 Reinstatement not available for revoked license; waiting period before reapplying for license
§ 4-33-22-47 Surrender of license
§ 4-33-22-48 Costs of disciplinary proceeding
§ 4-33-22-49 Effect of disciplinary action by another state or jurisdiction; probationary licenses
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 33 > Chapter 22 - Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annual percentage rate: The cost of credit at a yearly rate. It is calculated in a standard way, taking the average compound interest rate over the term of the loan so borrowers can compare loans. Lenders are required by law to disclose a card account's APR. Source: FDIC
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • applicant: means a person filing an application for a license under this chapter. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-2
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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
  • authorized delegate: means an entity designated by a licensee to:

    Indiana Code 28-8-4-3

  • bank: means a financial institution that is either of the following:

    Indiana Code 28-6.1-12-2

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • benchmark: means an index of interest rates or dividend rates that is used, in whole or in part, as the basis of, or as a reference for, calculating or determining any valuation, payment, or other measurement under or with respect to a contract, security, or instrument. See Indiana Code 28-10-2-2
  • benchmark replacement: means :

    Indiana Code 28-10-2-3

  • benchmark replacement conforming changes: means any technical, administrative, or operational changes, alterations, or modifications that:

    Indiana Code 28-10-2-4

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • boxing: means the art of attack and defense with the fists, or feet in the case of kickboxing, practiced as a sport. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-1
  • check cashing transaction: means a transaction under this chapter in which there is no written or implied agreement to hold the check for more than three (3) business days. See Indiana Code 28-8-5-2.5
  • checks: includes a check, draft, or money order. See Indiana Code 28-8-5-2
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • closed system stored value card: refers to a stored value card the use of which is limited to one (1) or more specified merchants or locations. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-3.5
  • Community Reinvestment Act: The Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977. Source: OCC
  • consideration: includes a premium charged for the sale of goods or services in excess of the cash price of the sale of such goods or services. See Indiana Code 28-8-5-3
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • control: means :

    Indiana Code 28-8-4-4

  • controlling person: means a person in control of a licensee. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-5
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of financial institutions. See Indiana Code 28-7-5-2
  • department: means the members of the department of financial institutions. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-6
  • department: means the members of the department of financial institutions. See Indiana Code 28-8-5-4
  • director: refers to the director of the department of financial institutions. See Indiana Code 28-6.2-1-9
  • Director: refers to the director of the department. See Indiana Code 28-7-5-2
  • director: has the meaning set forth in IC 28-11-2-1. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-7
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • disposition: includes a sale, a lease, an exchange, or other disposition. See Indiana Code 28-6.1-19-2
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • effective date of conversion: refers to the date that the savings bank has complied with section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 28-6.1-15-2
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • executive officer: means a person who is or performs the duties of the licensee's:

    Indiana Code 28-8-4-8

  • fallback provisions: means terms that are included in a contract, security, or instrument and that set forth a methodology or procedure for determining a benchmark replacement, including any terms relating to the effective date of the benchmark replacement, regardless of whether a benchmark replacement can be determined in accordance with the specified methodology or procedure. See Indiana Code 28-10-2-8
  • FDIC: refers to the federal deposit insurance corporation. See Indiana Code 28-6.2-1-10
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • fund: refers to the athletic fund created by this section. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-9
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • individual: means a natural person. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-8.5
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • LIBOR: means United States Dollar LIBOR (formerly known as the London Interbank Offered Rate), as administered by Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Limited (or by any predecessor or successor entity), that is used in making any calculation or determination under a particular contract, security or instrument. See Indiana Code 28-10-2-9
  • LIBOR discontinuance event: means the earliest to occur of any of the following:

    Indiana Code 28-10-2-10

  • LIBOR replacement date: means the following:

    Indiana Code 28-10-2-11

  • licensed activities: means money transmission activities:

    Indiana Code 28-8-4-10

  • licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-11
  • licensee: means a licensed casher of checks. See Indiana Code 28-8-5-7
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • loans and extensions of credit: includes all direct or indirect advances of funds to a person made on the basis of an obligation of that person to repay the funds or repayable from specific property pledged by or on behalf of the person. See Indiana Code 28-6.1-9-2
  • location: means a fixed or ambulatory place of business approved by the department. See Indiana Code 28-8-5-8
  • matchmaker: means a person who, under contract, agreement, or other arrangement with a boxer, acts as a booker, an agent, a booking agent, or a representative to secure:

    Indiana Code 4-33-22-4

  • minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • mixed martial arts: means the unarmed physical confrontation of persons involving the use, subject to limitations as established by the commission, of a combination of techniques from different disciplines of the martial arts, including grappling, kicking, and striking. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-2
  • money transmission: means an activity that:

    Indiana Code 28-8-4-13

  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Month: means a period extending from a given date in one (1) calendar month to the like date in the succeeding calendar month or, if there is no such like date, then to the last day of the succeeding calendar month. See Indiana Code 28-7-5-2
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • mutual holding company: means a mutual savings bank holding company that:

    Indiana Code 28-6.2-1-12

  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • organization: means a corporation, a government or governmental subdivision, an agency, a trust, an estate, a partnership, a limited liability company, a cooperative, an association, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, or any other entity, however organized. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-13.8
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Pawn: means lending money on the deposit or pledge of personal property, or purchasing personal property on the condition of selling the property back again at a stipulated price, with the condition indicated verbally, in a written agreement, or in any other form indicating that the seller may repurchase the personal property sold. See Indiana Code 28-7-5-2
  • Pawnbroker: means any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation that engages in the pawn business. See Indiana Code 28-7-5-2
  • payment instrument: means :

    Indiana Code 28-8-4-15

  • permissible investments: means :

    Indiana Code 28-8-4-16

  • person: includes an individual, an association, a business trust, a corporation, an estate, a joint venture, a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a trust, a government, or an agency, an instrumentality, or a political subdivision of a government, or any similar entity. See Indiana Code 28-6.1-9-3
  • Person: means any individual, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, partnership, trust, joint venture, corporation, unincorporated organization, or other form of entity, however organized. See Indiana Code 28-7-5-2
  • person: means an individual or an organization. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-17
  • person: means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, trust, joint venture, limited liability company, corporation, unincorporated organization, or other form of entity, however organized. See Indiana Code 28-8-5-9
  • Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Pledge: means personal property deposited with a pawnbroker as security for a loan. See Indiana Code 28-7-5-2
  • Pledger: means the person who delivers personal property into the possession of a pawnbroker as security for a loan. See Indiana Code 28-7-5-2
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • professional boxer: means a person who competes for money, teaches, pursues, or assists in the practice of boxing as a means to obtain a livelihood or pecuniary gain. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-3
  • promoter: means the person primarily responsible for organizing, promoting, and producing a professional boxing or sparring, professional unarmed combat, or professional wrestling match, contest, or exhibition. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-6
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • recommended spread adjustment: means a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining the spread adjustment, that:

    Indiana Code 28-10-2-13

  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • relevant recommending body: means :

    Indiana Code 28-10-2-14

  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • savings association: means a savings association (as defined in 12 U. See Indiana Code 28-6.2-1-19
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • sparring: means combat in which participants intend to and actually:

    Indiana Code 4-33-22-5

  • state: means Indiana. See Indiana Code 28-8-4-19
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • stored value card: means a card or device that:

    Indiana Code 28-8-4-19.5

  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • unarmed combat: means the practice, or any related practice, of mixed martial arts or martial arts. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-7
  • unarmed competitor: means a person who engages in an unarmed combat match, contest, exhibition, or performance. See Indiana Code 4-33-22-8
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5