Sec. 3. (a) A person who has learned or reasonably suspects that the person has been the victim of identity theft may contact the local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the person’s residence. The local law enforcement agency shall take an official report of the matter and provide the complainant with a copy of that report. Even if jurisdiction lies elsewhere for investigation and prosecution of a crime of theft, the local law enforcement agency shall take the complaint and provide the person with a copy of the complaint. The law enforcement authority may refer the complaint to a law enforcement agency in a different jurisdiction.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-40-14-3

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • identity theft: means :

    Indiana Code 35-40-14-1

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     (b) This section does not affect the discretion of a local law enforcement agency to allocate resources for investigation of crimes. A complaint filed under this section is not required to be counted as an open case for purposes of compiling open case statistics.

As added by P.L.137-2009, SEC.11.

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