§ 10-13-5-8.5 — Civil immunity for alert program participants

Indiana § 10-13-5-8.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 10: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Art. 13: STATE POLICE DATA AND INFORMATION
• Ch. 5: Indiana Clearinghouse for Information on Missing

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5. (a) A broadcaster or electronic billboard
operator that has agreed to participate in the Amber alert program,
green alert program, or silver alert program and that:
(1) receives an Amber alert notification, a green alert notification,
or a silver alert notification from the department; and
(2) broadcasts or displays:
(A) a description of the abducted child, missing endangered
child, missing veteran at risk, or missing endangered adult
contained in the notification; and
(B) other information contained in the notification that will
assist in locating the child, missing veteran at risk, or missing
endangered adult;
is immune from civil liability based on the broadcast or display of the
information received from the department.
(b) If:
(1) a person enters into an agreement with the department to
establish or maintain an Amber alert website, a green alert
website, or a silver alert website; and
(2) the agreement provides that only the department has the
ability to place information on the website;
the person is immune from civil liability for the information placed on
the website by the department. However, this subsection does not affect
the applicability of IC 34-13-3 to the department.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.131-2003, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.66-2007, SEC.7; P.L.43-2009, SEC.10; P.L.115-2018, SEC.5; P.L.40-2024, SEC.11.