§ 34-45-2-8 — Unlawfully taking or damaging personal property

Indiana § 34-45-2-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 45: WITNESSES
• Ch. 2: Competent and Incompetent Witnesses

Text

If the defendant in a case:
(1) is charged with unlawfully taking or detaining personal
property or having done damage to personal property; and
(2) defends the charge in the defendant's pleading by asserting
that the defendant is the executor, administrator, guardian, or heir,
and, as such, has taken or detained the property or has done the
acts charged;
a person is not competent to testify who would not be competent if the
defendant were the complainant. However, when the person
complaining cannot testify, the defendant shall also be excluded.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-8 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.