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The Indiana Code is the code of laws for the U.S. state of Indiana. The contents are the codification of all the laws currently in effect within Indiana. With roots going back to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the laws of Indiana have been revised many times. The current approach to updating Indiana Code began in 1971 when the Indiana Statute ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Indiana. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 482 law enforcement agencies employing 13,171 sworn police officers, about 206 for each 100,000 residents.
Stop and identify statutes. "Stop and identify" statutes are laws in several U.S. states that authorize police [ 1] to lawfully order people whom they reasonably suspect of committing a crime to state their name. If there is not reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime, is committing a crime, or is about to commit a crime, the ...
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) operates state prisons in Indiana. It has its headquarters in Indianapolis . [ 1 ] As of 2019, the Indiana Department of Correction housed 27,140 adult Inmates, 388 juvenile Inmates, employed 5,937 State Employed Staff, and 1,718 Contracted Staff.
Seat. Indianapolis. The government of Indiana is established and regulated by the Constitution of Indiana. The state-level government consists of three branches: the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch. The three branches share power and jointly govern the state of Indiana. County and local governments are also ...
Indiana law prohibits as follows: IC 35-47-2-1 prohibits carrying handguns or possession within dwelling by those convicted of domestic battery. IC 35-47-4-6 states that it is a Class A misdemeanor for a person convicted of domestic battery to possess a firearm.
The commission was established by the Indiana General Assembly as the Railroad Commission in the late 1800s to regulate the railroads in the state. [1] On March 4, 1913, Governor Samuel M. Ralston signed the Shively-Spencer Utility Act giving it the additional authority to regulate electric, natural gas, water, private sewer, and telephone utilities along with common carriers (trucking) and ...
The laws in Indiana and Mississippi are now on hold as legal challenges to them play out. The Indiana law ( Senate Bill 17) says visitors to websites that display pornography or other "adult ...