Indiana § 35-37-7-3 - Compelling disclosure of a digital asset private key; limitations on a court's authority to compel disclosure

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§ 35-37-7-3. Compelling disclosure of a digital asset private key; limitations on a court's authority to compel disclosure

Sec. 3. A court may compel a person to disclose a digital asset private key only if no other admissible information is sufficient to provide access to the digital asset.

As added by P.L.49-2026, SEC.14.

IC 35-38ARTICLE 38. PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING DISMISSAL, VERDICT, OR FINDING

Ch. 1.Entry of Judgment and Sentencing Ch. 2.Probation Ch. 2.5.Home Detention Ch. 2.6.Direct Placement in Community Corrections Program Ch. 2.7.Electronic Monitoring Standards Ch. 3.Commitment to the Department of Correction and Maximum, Medium, and Minimum Security Assignments Ch. 4.Appeals Ch. 5.Expungement of Arrest Records Ch. 6.Execution of Death Sentence Ch. 7.Postconviction DNA Testing and Analysis Ch. 8.Repealed Ch. 9.Sealing and Expunging Conviction Records Ch. 10.Convictions of Trafficked Persons

IC 35-38-1Chapter 1. Entry of Judgment and Sentencing

35-38-1-0.1Application of certain amendments to chapter 35-38-1-1Judgment of conviction; pronouncement of sentence 35-38-1-1.3Statement of reasons for imposing particular sentence; not required if advisory sentence is imposed 35-38-1-1.5Converting Level 6 felony to Class A misdemeanor 35-38-1-2"Victim representative" defined; sentencing; date; hearing for increased penalty; imprisonment pending sentencing 35-38-1-2.5Crime of deception 35-38-1-3Presentence hearing 35-38-1-4Presence of defendant when sentence pronounced; pronouncement of sentence against defendant corporation 35-38-1-4.5Notification of victim of automated victim notificaiton system 35-38-1-5Informing defendant of verdict and court's finding; defendant's statement 35-38-1-6Judgment and sentence when defendant charged and found guilty of offense and included offense 35-38-1-7Repealed 35-38-1-7.1Considerations in imposing sentence 35-38-1-7.5Sexually violent predators 35-38-1-7.7Crime of domestic violence; sentence procedures 35-38-1-7.8Credit restricted felons 35-38-1-8Presentence report to be considered by court before sentencing; advisement of victim of right to make statement 35-38-1-8.5Presentence investigation; notice to victim; victim impact statement; contents 35-38-1-9"Recommendation" and "victim"; presentence investigation matters; certification by probation officer when no written statements submitted 35-38-1-9.5Confidential information; individual with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); sex crimes and controlled substances 35-38-1-10Presentence investigation; physical or mental examination 35-38-1-10.5Screening test for serious diseases; sex crimes and controlled substances; confirmatory test; presentence investigation; privileged communications; civil and criminal immunity 35-38-1-10.6Crime victims; notice that criminal had antibodies for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); counseling 35-38-1-10.7Repealed 35-38-1-11Presentence memorandum by convicted person 35-38-1-12Presentence investigation; advising defendant of contents and conclusions; copy of presentence report; opportunity for victim to make statement; sources of confidential information 35-38-1-13Confidentiality of presentence report or memoranda 35-38-1-14Imprisonment; transmission of certain information to department of correction 35-38-1-15Erroneous sentence; nature; correction 35-38-1-16Certified copies of corrected or modified sentence 35-38-1-17Sentence modification; conditions; not permitted for certain offenders 35-38-1-18Fines and costs; suspension of fines; commitment instead of fine; default 35-38-1-19Repealed 35-38-1-20Repealed 35-38-1-21Home detention; petition and hearing 35-38-1-22Juveniles; service of misdemeanor sentences in juvenile detention facilities 35-38-1-23Repealed 35-38-1-24Community transition program; Level 5 or Level 6 felony 35-38-1-25Community transition program; murder and Level 1 through Level 4 felony 35-38-1-26Repealed 35-38-1-27Persons required to provide a DNA sample as a condition of a sentence 35-38-1-28Fingerprinting required after sentencing; exception; transmission of fingerprints to prosecuting attorney and department of correction; immunity 35-38-1-29Lifetime parole for sexually violent predators not committed to the department of correction 35-38-1-30Sentence; refrain from contact 35-38-1-31Abstracts of judgment 35-38-1-32Court notification of potential habitual violator offenses 35-38-1-33Sex offender residency waiver

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

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