§ 10-13-3-35 — Indiana data and communication system; NCIC data; restraining order information; sanction for noncompliant law enforcement agency

(a) All law enforcement agencies shall enter
into the Indiana data and communication system (IDACS) computer
the following information within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt or
modification of the information required by IDACS, unless otherwise
provided by law:
(1) All information concerning stolen or recovered property,
including the following:
(A) Motor vehicles.
(B) Firearms.
(C) Securities.
(D) Boats.
(E) License plates.
(F) Other stolen or recovered property.
(2) All information concerning fugitives charged with a crime,
including information concerning extradition.
(3) All information concerning runaways, missing and
unidentified persons, and missing children (as defined in IC 10-13-5-4), including information concerning the release of those
persons to the custody of a parent or guardian.
(4) Information contained in a protective order, including any
modifications or extensions issued by a court and filed with a law
enforcement agency as required in IC 5-2-9-6(f).
(5) Information received from a court concerning a prohibited
person under IC 33-24-6-15.
(b) All law enforcement agencies shall do the following with the
information described in subsection (a) within twenty-four (24) hours
of receipt or modification of the information required by IDACS,
unless otherwise provided by law:
(1) Enter all information concerning missing children (as defined
in IC 10-13-5-4) into the National Crime Information Center's
Missing Person File.
(2) Enter all information concerning warrants issued for a person
who allegedly abducted or unlawfully retained a missing child
into the National Crime Information Center's Wanted Person File.
(3) Enter all information concerning unidentified persons into the
National Crime Information Center's Unidentified Person File.
(4) Enter all information concerning a protective order, a
workplace violence restraining order, or a no contact order
involving intimate partners into the National Crime Information
Center's (NCIC) Protection Order File if the order qualifies under
NCIC rules.
(c) If a protective order, a no contact order, or a workplace violence
restraining order is removed from a depository established under IC 5-2-9, the law enforcement agency responsible for the depository shall
delete the information entered under subsection (a)(4) from the Indiana
data and communication system (IDACS) computer.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, the department, in consultation
with the institute, may determine that a law enforcement agency is
ineligible to receive any law enforcement grants from the institute if the
law enforcement agency fails to timely enter or modify information in
accordance with the requirements set forth in this section. The law
enforcement agency remains ineligible for law enforcement grants until
the law enforcement agency remedies the deficiency in a manner
prescribed by the department. The institute may not award a law
enforcement grant to a law enforcement agency that is determined to
be ineligible for a grant under this subsection until the department
notifies the institute that the law enforcement agency has remedied its
deficiency.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-12.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.23-2023, SEC.1; P.L.118-2025, SEC.2.