§ 5-15-6-1 County commissions of public records; creation; membership; meetings
§ 5-15-6-1.1 “Administration”
§ 5-15-6-1.2 “County commission” or “commission”
§ 5-15-6-1.3 “Indiana state archives”
§ 5-15-6-1.4 “Local government”
§ 5-15-6-1.5 “Public record” or “record”
§ 5-15-6-1.6 “Records management”
§ 5-15-6-1.7 “Retention schedule”
§ 5-15-6-2 Duties of county commission
§ 5-15-6-2.5 Retention schedules; records not covered under schedules; exceptions to schedules; documentation of disposition; jurisdiction over records
§ 5-15-6-3 Prerequisites to destruction of financial records
§ 5-15-6-4 Prohibition against destroying or removing records less than three years after filing except according to approved retention schedule
§ 5-15-6-5 Records having official value; state archives
§ 5-15-6-6 Records having historical value; state archives
§ 5-15-6-7 Order of commission that public records be destroyed, removed, or transferred; genealogical or historical society may obtain records
§ 5-15-6-8 Reckless, knowing, or intentional destruction or damage to public records; offense; exceptions
§ 5-15-6-11 Application of chapter
§ 5-15-6-12 Retention of compilation or creation of list or report; considerations
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 15 > Chapter 6 - Local Public Records Commissions

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • commission: refers to the county commission of public records created by section 1 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.2
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Indiana state archives: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.3
  • 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.
  • local government: means a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13). See Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.4
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • record: means a record (as defined in Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.5
  • records management: means a program to apply management techniques to the purchase, creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of records undertaken to improve efficiency and reduce costs of record keeping, including management of the following:

    Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.6

  • retention schedule: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.7
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5