Indiana Statutes

§ 35-41-3-1 — Legal authority

Indiana § 35-41-3-1
JurisdictionIndiana
Art. 41SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL PROVISIONS
Ch. 3Defenses Relating to Culpability

This text of Indiana § 35-41-3-1 (Legal authority) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Indiana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Ind. Code § 35-41-3-1 (2026).

Text

A person is justified in engaging in conduct otherwise prohibited if he has legal authority to do so. As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.7.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Related

Sanders v. State
466 N.E.2d 424 (Indiana Supreme Court, 1984)
67 case citations
Mitchell v. State
813 N.E.2d 422 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2004)
18 case citations
Johnson v. State
804 N.E.2d 255 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2004)
8 case citations
Barocas v. State
949 N.E.2d 1256 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 2011)
5 case citations
Cherelle Taylor v. State of Indiana
(Indiana Court of Appeals, 2024)

Nearby Sections

15
§ 35-31.5-1-1
Applicability
§ 35-31.5-2-1
"Abandon"
§ 35-31.5-2-1.5
"Abuse"
§ 35-31.5-2-1.7
"Abusive head trauma"
§ 35-31.5-2-10
"Advisory sentence"
§ 35-31.5-2-10.5
"Affiant"
§ 35-31.5-2-100
"Distribute"
§ 35-31.5-2-101
"Distributor"
§ 35-31.5-2-102
"Documentary material"
§ 35-31.5-2-103
"Domestic animal"
§ 35-31.5-2-104
"Drug"
§ 35-31.5-2-105
"Drug abuser"
§ 35-31.5-2-105.5
"Drug crime"
§ 35-31.5-2-107
"Dwelling"
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Indiana § 35-41-3-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/in/35-41-3-1.