Sec. 12. (a) Except as otherwise provided, any criminal or juvenile justice agency that maintains juvenile history data shall, upon request and proper identification of the person about whom juvenile history data is maintained, provide:

(1) that person; or

Terms Used In Indiana Code 10-13-4-12

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • inspection: means visual perusal and includes the right to make memoranda abstracts of juvenile history data. See Indiana Code 10-13-4-3
  • juvenile history data: means information collected by criminal or juvenile justice agencies or individuals about a child who is alleged to have committed a reportable act and consists of the following:

    Indiana Code 10-13-4-4

  • juvenile justice agency: means an agency or department of any level of government, the functions of which include juvenile justice activities included under IC 5-2-6-1. See Indiana Code 10-13-4-5
  • release: means furnishing a copy or edited copy of juvenile history data. See Indiana Code 10-13-4-7
(2) the person’s parent, guardian, or custodian if the person is less than eighteen (18) years of age;

with a copy of the person’s juvenile history data for a reasonable fee.

     (b) A person or the person’s parent, guardian, or custodian, if the person is less than eighteen (18) years of age, may challenge the accuracy of information about the person filed with the department as juvenile history data.

     (c) The department may not release or allow inspection of juvenile history data to any person or agency that is not authorized under this chapter to receive it.

[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5.1-13.]

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.