Indiana § 10-10.7-2-1 Destruction, damaging, vandalizing, or desecration of monuments,
memorials, statues, commemorative property, religious property;
department to prioritize investigation and prosecution; discretionary
funding

Indiana Statutes

§ 10-10.7-2-1 — Destruction, damaging, vandalizing, or desecration of monuments, memorials, statues, commemorative property, religious property; department to prioritize investigation and prosecution; discretionary funding

Indiana § 10-10.7-2-1

Title 10PUBLIC SAFETY

Art. 10.7PROTECTION OF MONUMENTS,

Ch. 2Enforcement

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Ind. Code § 10-10.7-2-1 (2026).

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(a)The department shall prioritize within the department the investigation and prosecution of the following:

(1)Any person that destroys, damages, vandalizes, or desecrates:

(A)a private or government monument, memorial, statue, or other commemorative property; or

(B)the state capitol or Indiana government center campus.

(2)Any person that participates in efforts to incite violence, rioting, or other illegal activity in connection with acts described in subdivision (1).

(3)Any person that damages, defaces, or destroys religious property.

(b)The department shall take all appropriate enforcement actions against persons found to have violated Indiana law through the investigations described in subsection (a).

(c)Discretionary funding for:

(1)political subdivisions; or

(2)public spac

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(a) The department shall prioritize within the
department the investigation and prosecution of the following:
(1) Any person that destroys, damages, vandalizes, or desecrates:
(A) a private or government monument, memorial, statue, or
other commemorative property; or
(B) the state capitol or Indiana government center campus.
(2) Any person that participates in efforts to incite violence,
rioting, or other illegal activity in connection with acts described
in subdivision (1).
(3) Any person that damages, defaces, or destroys religious
property.
(b) The department shall take all appropriate enforcement actions
against persons found to have violated Indiana law through the
investigations described in subsection (a).
(c) Discretionary funding for:
(1) political subdivisions; or
(2) public spaces of political subdivisions;
may be withheld from political subdivisions that fail to protect public
monuments, memorials, and statues from destruction or vandalism.