Indiana § 36-2-17-2 Keeping records in offices; delivery to successors; use of permanent
ink; violation

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-2-17-2 — Keeping records in offices; delivery to successors; use of permanent ink; violation

Indiana § 36-2-17-2

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 2GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY

Ch. 17County Records

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Ind. Code § 36-2-17-2 (2026).

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(a)The county auditor, county treasurer, county surveyor, and county sheriff shall keep in their offices all records that they are required to make and shall deliver them to their successors.

(b)The clerk of the circuit court, county auditor, and county recorder shall use permanent jet-black, nonfading ink when preparing official records in longhand. A person who violates this subsection commits a Class C infraction. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-14-12 part; 17-2-37-1 part; 17-3-4-1; 17-3-4-2; 17-3-21-3 part; 17-3-32-13 part; 17-3-58-2 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.338.

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(a) The county auditor, county treasurer, county
surveyor, and county sheriff shall keep in their offices all records that
they are required to make and shall deliver them to their successors.
(b) The clerk of the circuit court, county auditor, and county
recorder shall use permanent jet-black, nonfading ink when preparing
official records in longhand. A person who violates this subsection
commits a Class C infraction.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations:
17-1-14-12 part; 17-2-37-1 part; 17-3-4-1; 17-3-4-2; 17-3-21-3 part;
17-3-32-13 part; 17-3-58-2 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.233-2015, SEC.338.