Indiana Code 4-6-3-3. Investigative demand; issuance
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Sec. 3. If the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person may be in possession, custody, or control of documentary material, or may have knowledge of a fact that is relevant to an investigation conducted to determine if a person is or has been engaged in a violation of IC 4-6-9, IC 4-6-10, IC 13-14-10, IC 13-14-12, IC 13-24-2, IC 13-30-4, IC 13-30-5, IC 13-30-8, IC 16-21-15, IC 23-7-8, IC 24-1-2, IC 24-5-0.5, IC 24-5-7, IC 24-5-8, IC 24-9, IC 25-1-7, IC 27-1-37-8, IC 32-34-1.5, or any other statute enforced by the attorney general or is or has been engaged in a criminal violation of IC 13, only the attorney general may issue in writing, and cause to be served upon the person or the person’s representative or agent, an investigative demand that requires that the person served do any combination of the following:
(2) Answer under oath and in writing written interrogatories.
(1) Produce the documentary material for inspection and copying or reproduction.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-6-3-3
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Documentary material: means the original or a copy of a book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other document. See Indiana Code 4-6-3-1
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Person: means a human being, an incorporated or unincorporated organization, or association, a trustee or legal representative, the state of Indiana, a political subdivision, a state or local agency, or a group of such persons acting in concert. See Indiana Code 4-6-3-1
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
(3) Appear and testify under oath before the attorney general or the attorney general’s duly authorized representative.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.20, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.27-1983, SEC.1; P.L.12-1986, SEC.1; P.L.31-1995, SEC.1; P.L.1-1996, SEC.23; P.L.2-2002, SEC.24; P.L.73-2004, SEC.3; P.L.137-2007, SEC.1; P.L.104-2021, SEC.1; P.L.137-2021, SEC.17; P.L.141-2021, SEC.1; P.L.198-2021, SEC.1.