Indiana § 32-18-1-15 - Examination of assignor or transferee
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 32-18-1-15 — Examination of assignor or transferee, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32-18-1-15. Examination of assignor or transferee
Sec. 15. (a) If a creditor or the trustee, by verified petition, asks the court for the examination of the assignor or any person to whom any part of the person's property has been transferred within six (6) months before the assignment, the circuit or superior court may issue an order for the examination of:
(1) the assignor;
(2) a person or officer of a corporation to whom a transfer is believed to have been fraudulently made;
(3) a person or officer of an association to whom a transfer is believed to have been fraudulently made; and
(4) a person alleged to have been concerned in the transfer.
(b) A person described in subsection (a) may be brought before the court and, on oath, be compelled to answer all questions put to the person pertinent to the alleged transaction. The court may stay further transfers and subject property that has been fraudulently withheld or transferred to the operation of the general trust. The assignor or person shall be interrogated or be compelled to answer all questions concerning the disposition of the property of the assignor. The assignor may be interrogated and compelled to answer all questions concerning the management of the assignor's business and affairs for the six (6) months before the assignment. The assignor shall be compelled to produce all books, papers, and accounts in reference to the assignor's business affairs during the six (6) months preceding the assignment.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-12-1-15.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.9-2022, SEC.66.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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