§ 34-37-1-7 — Affidavits; foreign states; authenticated

Indiana § 34-37-1-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 37: EVIDENCE: DOCUMENTARY AND OTHER
• Ch. 1: Documentary Evidence in General

Text

When an affidavit taken in another state is:
(1) certified by the officer or justice of the peace taking the
affidavit, under the:
(A) hand of the officer or justice of the peace; and
(B) seal of office, if the officer or justice of the peace has a seal;
and
(2) attested by the clerk of the:
(A) circuit or district court; or
(B) court of common pleas;
of the county where the officer exercises the duties of office,
under the hand of the clerk and seal of the court; and
the clerk certifies that the officer or justice of the peace is, by the laws
of the other state, duly empowered to administer oaths and affirmations
and to take affidavits, the affidavit is sufficiently authenticated and may
be received and used in any Indiana court.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-10.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.33.