Indiana § 35-38-1-29 - Lifetime parole for sexually violent predators not committed to the department of correction
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§ 35-38-1-29. Lifetime parole for sexually violent predators not committed to the department of correction
Sec. 29. (a) This section applies only to a sexually violent predator, including a person who is a sexually violent predator by operation of law for committing an offense under IC 35-38-1-7.5(b).
(b) If a court imposes a sentence on a person described in subsection (a) that does not involve a commitment to the department of correction, the court shall order the parole board to place the person on lifetime parole and supervise the person in the same manner that the parole board supervises a sexually violent predator who has been released from imprisonment and placed on lifetime parole under IC 35-50-6-1(e).
(c) If a person described in subsection (b) is also required to be supervised by a court, a probation department, a community corrections program, a community transition program, or another similar program upon the person's release from imprisonment, the parole board may:
(1) supervise the person while the person is being supervised by the other supervising agency; or
(2) permit the other supervising agency to exercise all or part of the parole board's supervisory responsibility during the period in which the other supervising agency is required to supervise the person;
in accordance with IC 35-50-6-1(g).
As added by P.L.216-2007, SEC.39.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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