Indiana § 4-5-1-3 Copies of records and documents; evidence; official acts and
proceedings of governor; inspection of records

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§ 4-5-1-3 — Copies of records and documents; evidence; official acts and proceedings of governor; inspection of records

Indiana § 4-5-1-3

Art. 5SECRETARY OF STATE

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Ind. Code § 4-5-1-3 (2026).

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(a)If certified and sealed by the secretary of state with the state seal, any copy (including a copy that has been reproduced from a micrographic copy prepared under section 2 of this chapter) of any records, laws, acts, official bonds, registers, rules, or papers that are required by law to be kept in the office of the secretary of state shall, in all cases, be evidence equally and in like manner as the originals.

(b)The secretary of state shall attest all the official acts and proceedings of the governor and affix the seal of state, with the attestation, to all commissions, pardons, and other public instruments to which the signature of the governor is required.

(c)The secretary of state shall permit all the books, bonds, conveyances, registers, papers, accounts, and transactions of t

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(a) If certified and sealed by the secretary of state
with the state seal, any copy (including a copy that has been reproduced
from a micrographic copy prepared under section 2 of this chapter) of
any records, laws, acts, official bonds, registers, rules, or papers that
are required by law to be kept in the office of the secretary of state
shall, in all cases, be evidence equally and in like manner as the
originals.
(b) The secretary of state shall attest all the official acts and
proceedings of the governor and affix the seal of state, with the
attestation, to all commissions, pardons, and other public instruments
to which the signature of the governor is required.
(c) The secretary of state shall permit all the books, bonds,
conveyances, registers, papers, accounts, and transactions of the
secretary of state's office to be open at all times to the inspection and
examination of any committee of either branch of the general assembly.
(d) The secretary of state shall furnish information in writing upon
any subject relating to the duties of the secretary of state's office to the
governor, whenever required.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.96, s.3. As amended by Acts 1978,
P.L.12, SEC.3; P.L.31-1985, SEC.40; P.L.215-2016, SEC.28.