Indiana § 27-16-4-1 - Registration requirements
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 27-16-4-1 — Registration requirements, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-16-4-1. Registration requirements
Sec. 1. (a) A person shall not:
(1) provide professional employer services;
(2) advertise that the person:
(A) is a professional employer organization; or
(B) provides professional employer services; or
(3) otherwise hold the person out as a professional employer organization;
in Indiana unless the person is registered under this article.
(b) The registration requirement specified in subsection (a) applies to a person that performs any of the activities specified in subsection (a) regardless of the person's use of any of the following terms:
(1) Professional employer organization.
(2) PEO.
(3) Staff leasing company.
(4) Registered staff leasing company.
(5) Employee leasing company.
(6) Administrative employer.
(7) Any other name.
As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-16-4-1 ("Registration requirements") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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