Indiana § 5-2-4-7 - Unlawful disclosure; disclosure to certain persons permitted to avoid imminent danger to life or property

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§ 5-2-4-7. Unlawful disclosure; disclosure to certain persons permitted to avoid imminent danger to life or property

Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who knowingly releases criminal intelligence information to an agency or person other than a criminal justice agency commits a Class A misdemeanor.

(b) When necessary to avoid imminent danger to life or property, a criminal justice agency may disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to:

(1) a government official; or

(2) another individual:

(A) whose life or property is in imminent danger;

(B) who is responsible for protecting the life or property of another person; or

(C) who may be in a position to reduce or mitigate the imminent danger to life or property.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.50, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.503; P.L.186-2007, SEC.2.

IC 5-2-5Chapter 5. RepealedRepealed by P.L.2-2003, SEC.102.

IC 5-2-5.1Chapter 5.1. RepealedRepealed by P.L.2-2003, SEC.102.

IC 5-2-6Chapter 6. Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

5-2-6-0.3Certain rules considered rules of criminal justice institute; validation of other rules; criminal justice institute may adopt rules to supersede 5-2-6-1Definitions 5-2-6-2Acceptance of federal act 5-2-6-3Duties of institute 5-2-6-3.5Repealed 5-2-6-4Board of trustees; membership; terms 5-2-6-5Board of trustees; duties; meetings; compensation; research and information consortium 5-2-6-6Board of trustees; controversies between institute and local entities; determination 5-2-6-7Assistance; requests by governor 5-2-6-8Designated subcommittees 5-2-6-8.1"Division" 5-2-6-8.5Duties; statewide nonprofit domestic violence coalition 5-2-6-9Repealed 5-2-6-10Funds; disbursement 5-2-6-10.5Deobligation of funds; reinstatement or reallocation of deobligated funds; deobligation for failure to report criminal data 5-2-6-11Repealed 5-2-6-12Funds; actions by state for recovery 5-2-6-13Repealed 5-2-6-14Victim and witness assistance fund; establishment; source; use 5-2-6-15Repealed 5-2-6-16Repealed 5-2-6-17Repealed 5-2-6-18Repealed 5-2-6-19Repealed 5-2-6-20Expired 5-2-6-21Repealed 5-2-6-22Repealed 5-2-6-23Sexual assault victims assistance fund 5-2-6-24Duty of institute to monitor criminal justice system 5-2-6-25Human trafficking prevention and victim assistance fund 5-2-6-26Definitions 5-2-6-27Marion County violent crime reduction pilot project fund

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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