Indiana § 33-37-5-12 - Child abuse prevention fee
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§ 33-37-5-12. Child abuse prevention fee
Sec. 12. The court shall order a person to pay a child abuse prevention fee of one hundred dollars ($100) to the clerk in each criminal action in which:
(1) the person is found to have committed the offense of:
(A) murder (IC 35-42-1-1);
(B) causing suicide (IC 35-42-1-2);
(C) voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3);
(D) reckless homicide (IC 35-42-1-5);
(E) battery (IC 35-42-2-1);
(F) strangulation (IC 35-42-2-9);
(G) domestic battery (IC 35-42-2-1.3);
(H) aggravated battery (IC 35-42-2-1.5);
(I) rape (IC 35-42-4-1);
(J) criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2) (repealed);
(K) child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3);
(L) child exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4);
(M) vicarious sexual gratification (IC 35-42-4-5);
(N) child solicitation (IC 35-42-4-6);
(O) incest (IC 35-46-1-3);
(P) neglect of a dependent (IC 35-46-1-4);
(Q) child selling (IC 35-46-1-4); or
(R) child seduction (IC 35-42-4-7); and
(2) the victim of the offense is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-19-6-12.]
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.340; P.L.214-2013, SEC.29; P.L.15-2016, SEC.1; P.L.65-2016, SEC.20.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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