Indiana § 5-14-3-3.5 Enhanced access to public records; contract with third party

Indiana Statutes

§ 5-14-3-3.5 — Enhanced access to public records; contract with third party

Indiana § 5-14-3-3.5

Title 5STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Art. 14PUBLIC RECORDS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS

Ch. 3Access to Public Records

This text of Indiana § 5-14-3-3.5 (Enhanced access to public records; contract with third party) 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 § 5-14-3-3.5 (2026).

Text

5.

(a)As used in this section, "state agency" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-13-1-1. The term does not include the office of the following elected state officials:

(1)Secretary of state.

(2)State comptroller.

(3)Treasurer.

(4)Attorney general. However, each state office described in subdivisions (1) through (4) and the judicial department of state government may use the computer gateway administered by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, subject to the requirements of this section.

(b)As an additional means of inspecting and copying public records, a state agency may provide enhanced access to public records maintained by the state agency.

(c)If the state agency has entered into a contract with a third party under which the state agency provides enhanced access

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

5. (a) As used in this section, "state agency"
has the meaning set forth in IC 4-13-1-1. The term does not include the
office of the following elected state officials:
(1) Secretary of state.
(2) State comptroller.
(3) Treasurer.
(4) Attorney general.
However, each state office described in subdivisions (1) through (4)
and the judicial department of state government may use the computer
gateway administered by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, subject to the requirements of this section.
(b) As an additional means of inspecting and copying public
records, a state agency may provide enhanced access to public records
maintained by the state agency.
(c) If the state agency has entered into a contract with a third party
under which the state agency provides enhanced access to the person
through the third party's computer gateway or otherwise, all of the
following apply to the contract:
(1) The contract between the state agency and the third party must
provide for the protection of public records in accordance with
subsection (d).
(2) The contract between the state agency and the third party may
provide for the payment of a reasonable fee to the state agency by
either:
(A) the third party; or
(B) the person.
(d) A contract required by this section must provide that the person
and the third party will not engage in the following:
(1) Unauthorized enhanced access to public records.
(2) Unauthorized alteration of public records.
(3) Disclosure of confidential public records.
(e) A state agency shall provide enhanced access to public records
only through the computer gateway administered by the office of
technology.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.58-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.77-1995, SEC.4; P.L.19-1997, SEC.2; P.L.14-2004, SEC.183; P.L.177-2005, SEC.15; P.L.219-2017, SEC.13; P.L.8-2019, SEC.13; P.L.43-2021, SEC.29; P.L.9-2024, SEC.146.