Indiana § 5-13-4-21 - "Public officer"
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 5-13-4-21 — "Public officer", with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-13-4-21. "Public officer"
Sec. 21. "Public officer" means any person elected or appointed to any office of the state or any political subdivision. "Public officer" includes an officer of all boards, commissions, departments, institutions, and other bodies established by law to function as a part of the government of the state or political subdivision that are supported wholly or partly by appropriations of money made from the treasury of the state or political subdivision or that are supported wholly or partly by taxes or fees. "Public officer" does not include an officer of an independent body politic and corporate set up as an instrumentality of the state but not constituting a political subdivision.
As added by P.L.19-1987, SEC.6.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5-13-4-21 (""Public officer"") 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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