Indiana § 34-45-2-8 - Unlawfully taking or damaging personal property
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 34-45-2-8 — Unlawfully taking or damaging personal property, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-45-2-8. Unlawfully taking or damaging personal property
Sec. 8. If the defendant in a case:
(1) is charged with unlawfully taking or detaining personal property or having done damage to personal property; and
(2) defends the charge in the defendant's pleading by asserting that the defendant is the executor, administrator, guardian, or heir, and, as such, has taken or detained the property or has done the acts charged;
a person is not competent to testify who would not be competent if the defendant were the complainant. However, when the person complaining cannot testify, the defendant shall also be excluded.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-8 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 34-45-2-8 ("Unlawfully taking or damaging personal property") 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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