Sec. 1. (a) The department shall examine the affairs of every financial institution as often as the department considers necessary. Examinations may be made without notice to the institution to be examined.

     (b) In making an examination, the department may examine any of the officers or agents of the institution under oath.

     (c) The department may require an independent audit by a certified public accountant, subject to the standards the department determines.

     (d) The department, in the classification of assets, may disregard the amount of an asset in its analysis of capital adequacy of the financial institution until the amount of the asset is recovered.

     (e) After the examiners complete the examination of a financial institution, the examiners:

(1) shall submit their written findings and recommendations to:

(A) the board of directors;

(B) other parties authorized by the board of directors and approved by the director; and

(C) in the case of a credit union, the supervisory committee of the credit union, in addition to the parties set forth in clauses (A) and (B); and

(2) may confer with the parties listed in subdivision (1) on the findings and recommendations.

     (f) Upon the conclusion of an examination, a full, true, and detailed report of the condition of the financial institution shall be made to the department by the examiners in the form prescribed by the department.

     (g) A financial institution subject to examination by the department may not cause, by contract or otherwise, any data processing or other similar service to be performed, either on or off its premises, until written assurances are furnished to the department by the financial institution and the entity providing the service that the performance of the service will be subject to regulation and examination by the department to the same extent as if the service were being performed by the financial institution on its own premises. Entities that provide data processing or other similar services to more than one (1) financial institution need only file one (1) written assurance to cover all financial institutions to which the entity provides services.

     (h) The report of an examination conducted under this section:

(1) is the exclusive property of the department; and

(2) except as provided in subsection (i), shall not be distributed, published, or duplicated without the prior authorization of the director.

     (i) A financial institution that is or seeks to become a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System may provide a copy of a report of an examination conducted by the department to the Federal Home Loan Bank for the confidential use of the Federal Home Loan Bank if the director and the Federal Home Loan Bank have entered into a written agreement that provides that the report of the examination:

(1) remains the property of the department; and

(2) is not:

(A) subject to inspection under IC 5-14-3;

(B) subject to subpoena;

(C) subject to discovery; or

(D) admissible in evidence in any civil action.

     (j) Except as provided in subsection (i), a person who knowingly or intentionally possesses, distributes, publishes, or duplicates a report of an examination conducted under this section without the prior authorization of the director commits a Class B misdemeanor.

     (k) If a financial institution contracts with an outside vendor to provide a service that would otherwise be undertaken internally by the financial institution and be subject to the department’s routine examination procedures, the person that provides the service to the financial institution shall, at the request of the director, submit to an examination by the department. If the director determines that an examination under this subsection is necessary or desirable, the examination may be made at the expense of the person to be examined. If the person to be examined under this subsection refuses to permit the examination to be made, the director may order any financial institution that receives services from the person refusing the examination to:

(1) discontinue receiving one (1) or more services from the person; or

(2) otherwise cease conducting business with the person.

As added by P.L.33-1991, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.262-1995, SEC.75; P.L.90-2008, SEC.69; P.L.35-2010, SEC.196; P.L.159-2017, SEC.54.