Indiana § 34-46-4-2 - Privilege against disclosure of source of information
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 34-46-4-2 — Privilege against disclosure of source of information, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-46-4-2. Privilege against disclosure of source of information
Sec. 2. A person described in section 1 of this chapter shall not be compelled to disclose in any legal proceedings or elsewhere the source of any information procured or obtained in the course of the person's employment or representation of a newspaper, periodical, press association, radio station, television station, or wire service, whether:
(1) published or not published:
(A) in the newspaper or periodical; or
(B) by the press association or wire service; or
(2) broadcast or not broadcast by the radio station or television station;
by which the person is employed.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-5-1 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.
IC 34-46-5Chapter 5. Privileged Communications of Mental Health Service Providers
34-46-5-1Privilege governed by IC 34-30-16
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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