Indiana § 4-5-1-3 - Copies of records and documents; evidence; official acts and proceedings of governor; inspection of records
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§ 4-5-1-3. Copies of records and documents; evidence; official acts and proceedings of governor; inspection of records
Sec. 3. (a) If certified and sealed by the secretary of state with the state seal, any copy (including a copy that has been reproduced from a micrographic copy prepared under section 2 of this chapter) of any records, laws, acts, official bonds, registers, rules, or papers that are required by law to be kept in the office of the secretary of state shall, in all cases, be evidence equally and in like manner as the originals.
(b) The secretary of state shall attest all the official acts and proceedings of the governor and affix the seal of state, with the attestation, to all commissions, pardons, and other public instruments to which the signature of the governor is required.
(c) The secretary of state shall permit all the books, bonds, conveyances, registers, papers, accounts, and transactions of the secretary of state's office to be open at all times to the inspection and examination of any committee of either branch of the general assembly.
(d) The secretary of state shall furnish information in writing upon any subject relating to the duties of the secretary of state's office to the governor, whenever required.
Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.96, s.3. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.12, SEC.3; P.L.31-1985, SEC.40; P.L.215-2016, SEC.28.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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