Indiana § 35-46-5-1 - Human organ trafficking
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 35-46-5-1 — Human organ trafficking, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 35-46-5-1. Human organ trafficking
Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "human organ" means the kidney, liver, heart, lung, cornea, eye, bone marrow, bone, pancreas, or skin of a human body.
(b) As used in this section, "item of value" means money, real estate, funeral related services, and personal property. "Item of value" does not include:
(1) the reasonable payments associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, and storage of a human organ; or
(2) the reimbursement of travel, housing, lost wages, and other expenses incurred by the donor of a human organ related to the donation of the human organ.
(c) A person who intentionally acquires, receives, sells, or transfers, in exchange for an item of value, a human organ for use in human organ transplantation commits unlawful transfer of human organs, a Level 5 felony.
As added by P.L.131-1992, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.217-1997, SEC.1; P.L.158-2013, SEC.570; P.L.213-2016, SEC.29.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 35-46-5-1 ("Human organ trafficking") 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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