§ 31-25-3-4 — Access to information and records; immunity from liability; confidential

Indiana § 31-25-3-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 25: CHILD SERVICES: ADMINISTRATION
• Ch. 3: Child Support Bureau

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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the bureau
or a prosecuting attorney, private attorney, or private entity that is
operating under an agreement or contract described in IC 31-25-4-13.1
is entitled to obtain access, at no cost to the bureau or the prosecuting
attorney, private attorney, or private entity that is operating under an
agreement or contract described in IC 31-25-4-13.1, to the following
records from the following agencies or entities:
(1) The following records of state and local agencies:
(A) Records of birth, marriage, and death.
(B) Tax and revenue records, including information related to
residence addresses, employers, and assets.
(C) Records concerning real and titled personal property.
(D) Records of occupational, professional, and recreational
licenses or permits.
(E) Records concerning the ownership and control of
corporations, partnerships, and other business entities.
(F) Employment security records.
(G) Records of agencies administering public assistance
programs.
(H) Records of the bureau of motor vehicles.
(I) Records of:
(i) the department of correction; and
(ii) county and municipal correction or confinement facilities.
(2) Subject to subsection (d), records of public utilities and cable
television companies that relate to persons who owe or are owed
support, or against whom a support obligation is sought,
including:
(A) the person's name and address; and
(B) the name and address of the person's employer.
(3) Records held by financial institutions as provided under IC 31-25-4-31.
(4) Subject to policies adopted by the superintendent of the state
police department concerning the disclosure of law enforcement
records, any other records of a state or local agency.
(b) Upon the request of the bureau or a prosecuting attorney, private
attorney, or private entity that is operating under an agreement or
contract described in IC 31-25-4-13.1, an employer shall provide
information related to the employment, earnings, benefits, and
residential address and phone number of any employee.
(c) An agency or entity that possesses records described in
subsection (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall provide information and records upon
the request of the bureau or a prosecuting attorney, private attorney, or
private entity that is operating under an agreement or contract under IC 31-25-4-13.1. Information described in this subsection shall be
provided in response to a subpoena, or the bureau may enter into
agreements to provide for electronic access to these records.
(d) An entity listed subsection (a)(2) shall provide the information
only in response to a judicial or administrative subpoena issued by the
bureau.
(e) An agency or entity described under subsection (a) that provides
information under a request or subpoena under this section is not liable
for disclosing information under the request or subpoena.
(f) All information received under this section is confidential. The
bureau may disclose this information only as provided under IC 31-25-4-21.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.80-2010, SEC.47.