Indiana § 34-17-3-5 Judgment or exclusion from office, franchise, or corporate rights;
dissolution of corporation

Indiana Statutes

§ 34-17-3-5 — Judgment or exclusion from office, franchise, or corporate rights; dissolution of corporation

Indiana § 34-17-3-5

Title 34CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Art. 17CAUSES OF ACTION: INFORMATIONS

Ch. 3Judgment, Costs, and Enforcement

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Ind. Code § 34-17-3-5 (2026).

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(a)This section applies whenever:

(1)a person is found guilty of usurping, intruding into, or unlawfully exercising:

(A)an office or a franchise within Indiana; or

(B)an office in a corporation created by the authority of this state;

(2)a public officer thus charged is found guilty of having done or suffered an act which, by law, works a forfeiture of the office; or

(3)an association or number of persons is found guilty of having acted as a corporation, without having been legally incorporated.

(b)The court shall give judgment of ouster against the defendant and:

(1)exclude the defendant from the office, franchise, or corporate rights;

(2)in cases of corporations, dissolve the corporation; and

(3)adjudge costs in favor of the plaintiff. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-59-

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(a) This section applies whenever:
(1) a person is found guilty of usurping, intruding into, or
unlawfully exercising:
(A) an office or a franchise within Indiana; or
(B) an office in a corporation created by the authority of this
state;
(2) a public officer thus charged is found guilty of having done or
suffered an act which, by law, works a forfeiture of the office; or
(3) an association or number of persons is found guilty of having
acted as a corporation, without having been legally incorporated.
(b) The court shall give judgment of ouster against the defendant
and:
(1) exclude the defendant from the office, franchise, or corporate
rights;
(2) in cases of corporations, dissolve the corporation; and
(3) adjudge costs in favor of the plaintiff.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-59-11.]