Ind. Code ch. 36-1-8.5

Ind. Code ch. 36-1-8.5
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Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-1 Applicability

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all units. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.91-2023, SEC.1.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-1.5 "Correctional services provider"

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "correctional services provider" means a person who provides: (1) health care services; or (2) mental health and addiction services; to an individual who is lawfully detained (as described in IC 35-31.5-2-186) in a facility operated by the state or a political subdivision, regardless of whether the person is an employee or a contractor. As added by P.L.238-2025, SEC.89.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-2 "Covered person"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "covered person" means any of the following: (1) A judge. (2) A law enforcement officer. (3) An address confidentiality program participant. (4) A public official. (5) The surviving spouse of a person described in subdivision (2), if the person was killed in the line of duty. (6) An employee of the department of child services. (7) A current or former probation officer. (8) A current or former community corrections officer. (9) A regular, paid firefighter or a volunteer firefighter (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2). (10) A correctional services provider. (11) A public defender. (12) Any person who resides in the same household as a person described in this section. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.191-2015, SEC.13; P.L.111-2019, SEC.4; P.L.243-2019, SEC.22; P.L.115-2021, SEC.3; P.L.91-2023, SEC.2; P.L.180-2023, SEC.1; P.L.238-2025, SEC.90; P.L.40-2026, SEC.10.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-2.5 "Employee of the department of child services"

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "employee of the department of child services" means an individual who is or was employed as any of the following by the department of child services established by IC 31-25-1-1: (1) A family case manager trainee. (2) A family case manager. (3) A family case manager supervisor. (4) A local office director. (5) A regional manager. (6) A child services assistant. (7) A child services attorney. As added by P.L.243-2019, SEC.23.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-3 "Judge"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "judge" means an individual who holds or formerly held office as: (1) a judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, tax court, circuit court, superior court, municipal court, county court, federal court, probate court, or small claims court; or (2) a magistrate, commissioner, or juvenile referee of a court. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.14-2014, SEC.1; P.L.191-2015, SEC.14; P.L.133-2020, SEC.10.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-4 "Law enforcement officer"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "law enforcement officer" means an individual who is employed or was formerly employed as: (1) a police officer (including a tribal police officer, a correctional police officer, and a hospital police officer employed by a hospital police department established under IC 16-18-4), sheriff, constable, marshal, prosecuting attorney, special prosecuting attorney, special deputy prosecuting attorney, the securities commissioner, or the inspector general; (2) a deputy of any of the persons specified in subdivision (1); (3) an investigator for a prosecuting attorney or for the inspector general; (4) a conservation officer; (5) an enforcement officer of the alcohol and tobacco commission; (6) an enforcement officer of the securities division of the office of the secretary of state; or (7) a member in the military police force of the Indiana National Guard while exercising police powers in accordance with IC 10-16-23-3. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.64-2022, SEC.12; P.L.122-2023, SEC.20; P.L.94-2026, SEC.85.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-4.3 "Program participant"

Sec. 4.3. As used in this chapter, "program participant" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-26.5-1-6. As added by P.L.180-2023, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-4.4 "Public defender"

Sec. 4.4. As used in this chapter, "public defender" means an individual who is any of the following: (1) An individual employed full time by a county as a public defender. (2) An individual who maintains a full-time equivalent caseload, as certified by the Indiana commission on court appointed attorneys under IC 21-13-12-16, as a contractual or hourly public defender. (3) The state public defender. (4) A deputy of the state public defender. (5) A chief public defender. As added by P.L.40-2026, SEC.11.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-4.5 "Public official"

Sec. 4.5. As used in this chapter, "public official" means an individual who holds or formerly held office at any time during the preceding four (4) years in the executive or legislative branch of the state or federal government or a political subdivision of the state or federal government. As added by P.L.191-2015, SEC.15.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-5 "Public property data base web site"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "public property data base web site" means an Internet web site that: (1) is available to the general public over the Internet; (2) does not require registration, subscription, or the creation of a user name and password to search the web site; and (3) connects a covered person's home address to the covered person's name, so that a search of the web site for the covered person's name discloses the covered person's home address. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-7 Restricting home address access through web site

Sec. 7. (a) A covered person who wants to restrict access to the covered person's home address by means of a public property data base Internet web site must submit a written request to the unit that operates the public property data base Internet web site. (b) A unit that operates a public property data base Internet web site, directly or through a third party, shall establish a process to prevent a member of the general public from gaining access to the home address of a covered person by means of the public property data base Internet web site. (c) In establishing a process under subsection (b), a unit shall do all of the following: (1) Determine which person or department of the unit will receive and process the request. (2) Provide a method under which a covered person is notified of the procedure to be used to restrict or allow disclosure of the home address of the covered person under this chapter. (d) A unit may charge a covered person a reasonable fee to make a written request under this section. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.191-2015, SEC.16; P.L.111-2019, SEC.6; P.L.159-2020, SEC.72.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-9 Responsibilities of the unit to restrict access

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies to a covered person who has submitted a written request under section 7(a) of this chapter. (b) A unit shall restrict access to the home address of a covered person until the covered person submits a written request to the unit to allow public access to the person's home address on the public property data base web site. The unit shall take reasonable steps to verify the authenticity of the written request, including requiring the covered person to provide appropriate identification. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.191-2015, SEC.18; P.L.111-2019, SEC.7; P.L.159-2020, SEC.73.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-10 Change of name

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to a covered person who: (1) after submitting a state address confidentiality form or written request under section 7(a) of this chapter, obtains a change of name under IC 34-28-2; and (2) notifies the unit in writing of the name change. (b) The unit shall prevent a search by the general public of the public property data base web site from disclosing or otherwise associating the covered person's home address with the covered person's former name and new name. The unit may charge a reasonable fee to process a name change under this section. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.191-2015, SEC.19; P.L.156-2020, SEC.135.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-11 Confidentiality of information submitted to unit

Sec. 11. A written request, notification of name change, or any other information submitted to the unit by a covered person under this chapter is confidential under IC 5-14-3-4(a). As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.111-2019, SEC.8; P.L.159-2020, SEC.74.

Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-12 Immunity

Sec. 12. A unit may not be held civilly liable for failure to timely restrict disclosure of an address under this chapter unless the unit's act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. As added by P.L.106-2013, SEC.2.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/36Fetched: 10/17/2026

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