§ 36-8-10-22 — County operating jail; inmate money to be held in trust; disbursements from trust; payment upon discharge or release of inmate; payment for inmate destruction or loss of property; records

Indiana § 36-8-10-22

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 8: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Ch. 10: Sheriff's Department; Merit Board; Pensions

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(a) This section applies to any county that
operates a county jail.
(b) The sheriff shall hold in trust separately for each inmate any
money received from that inmate or from another person on behalf of
that inmate.
(c) If the inmate or the inmate's legal guardian requests a
disbursement from the inmate's trust fund, the sheriff may make a
disbursement for the personal benefit of the inmate, including but not
limited to a disbursement to the county jail commissary.
(d) Upon discharge or release of an inmate from the county jail, the
sheriff shall pay to that inmate or the inmate's legal guardian any
balance remaining in the inmate's trust fund.
(e) If an inmate is found guilty of intentionally destroying or losing
county property after a hearing conducted under IC 11-11-5-5, the
sheriff may disburse from the inmate's trust fund or commissary
account sums of money as reimbursement to the county for the inmate's
intentional destruction or loss of county property, including but not
limited to clothing, bedding, and other nondisposable items issued by
the county to the inmate. Before disbursing money under this
subsection, the sheriff shall adopt rules to administer this procedure.
(f) The sheriff shall maintain a record of each trust fund's receipts
and disbursements. The state board of accounts shall prescribe the form
for this record.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.48, SEC.5. Amended by
P.L.72-1994, SEC.2; P.L.80-2000, SEC.2; P.L.127-2017,
SEC.266.