Indiana § 22-4-17-9 Disputed claims; self-incrimination; privileges and immunities

Indiana Statutes

§ 22-4-17-9 — Disputed claims; self-incrimination; privileges and immunities

Indiana § 22-4-17-9

Art. 4UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM

Ch. 17Claims for Benefits

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Ind. Code § 22-4-17-9 (2026).

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No person shall be excused from attending and
testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence,
memoranda, and other records before the department, the review board,
an administrative law judge, or the duly authorized representative of
any of them, in obedience to the subpoena of any of them in any cause
or proceeding before any of them on the ground that the testimony or
evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of the person may tend
to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or
forfeiture, but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any
penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or
thing concerning which the person is compelled after having claimed
the privilege against self-incrimination to testify or produce evidence,
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No person shall be excused from attending and
testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence,
memoranda, and other records before the department, the review board,
an administrative law judge, or the duly authorized representative of
any of them, in obedience to the subpoena of any of them in any cause
or proceeding before any of them on the ground that the testimony or
evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of the person may tend
to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or
forfeiture, but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any
penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or
thing concerning which the person is compelled after having claimed
the privilege against self-incrimination to testify or produce evidence,
documentary or otherwise, except that such individual so testifying
shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury
committed in so testifying. Any testimony or evidence submitted in due
course before the department, the review board, an administrative law
judge, or any duly authorized representative of any of them, shall be
deemed a communication presumptively privileged with respect to any
civil action except actions to enforce the provisions of this article.
Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1809. As amended by
P.L.144-1986, SEC.107; P.L.135-1990, SEC.13; P.L.108-2006,
SEC.35; P.L.171-2016, SEC.17.