Indiana § 5-11-6-3 - Public wrongdoing; institution of civil proceeding
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§ 5-11-6-3. Public wrongdoing; institution of civil proceeding
Sec. 3. If any examination or investigation made by the state examiner personally or through a deputy examiner, field examiner, or private examiner under this chapter or under any other statute discloses:
(1) malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office or of any officer or employee;
(2) that any public money has been:
(A) unlawfully expended, either by having been expended for a purpose not authorized by law in an amount exceeding that authorized by law, or by having been paid to a person not lawfully entitled to receive it; or
(B) obtained by fraud or in any unlawful manner; or
(3) that any money has been wrongfully withheld from the public treasury;
a duly verified copy of the report shall be submitted by the state examiner to the attorney general, who shall institute and prosecute civil proceedings as provided in section 1 of this chapter, and to the inspector general.
Formerly: Acts 1923, c.120, s.3. As amended by P.L.3-1986, SEC.21; P.L.126-2012, SEC.19; P.L.136-2012, SEC.5.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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