IC 34-17-3
    Chapter 3. Judgment, Costs, and Enforcement

IC 34-17-3-1
Contest for office; judgment
    Sec. 1. In every case contesting the right to an office, judgmentshall be rendered upon the rights of the parties, and for any damagesthe relator shows the relator is entitled to, to the time of thejudgment.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.12.

IC 34-17-3-2
Judgments in favor of relator; proceedings; filling public officevacancy under IC 5-8-6
    Sec. 2. (a) If judgment is rendered in favor of a person who claimsto be the person entitled to hold the office:
        (1) that person shall proceed to exercise the functions of theoffice after the person has been qualified, as required by law;and
        (2) the court shall order the defendant to deliver all the fundsand records in the custody or within the power of the defendant,belonging to the office from which the defendant has beenremoved:
            (A) to the person entitled to hold the office; or
            (B) if a vacancy results, to the court to hold until a person isselected under subsection (b) to fill the vacancy.
    (b) This subsection applies whenever:
        (1) the court renders a judgment under subsection (a) that anindividual holding a public office (as that term is used inIC 34-17-1-1) is not entitled to hold that office; and
        (2) a vacancy occurs in that office as the result of the court'sjudgment.
The court must file a certified copy of the judgment with the personwho is entitled under IC 5-8-6 to receive notice of the death of anindividual holding the public office. The person receiving the copyof the judgment must give notice of the judgment in the same manneras if the person had received a notice of the death of the officeholderunder IC 5-8-6. The person required or permitted to fill the vacancythat results from a removal under this section must comply withIC 3-13 or IC 20, whichever applies, to fill the vacancy.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.119-2005,SEC.34.

IC 34-17-3-3
Refusal of defendant to deliver books and papers; enforcement byattachment and imprisonment
    Sec. 3. If the defendant refuses or neglects to deliver the booksand papers, pursuant to the order, the court or judge shall enforce theorder by attachment and imprisonment.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.12.
IC 34-17-3-4
Damages
    Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to a judgment rendered in favor ofthe plaintiff.
    (b) If the plaintiff did not claim damages in the information, theplaintiff may file an action for the damages at any time within one(1) year after the judgment.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.12.

IC 34-17-3-5
Judgment or exclusion from office, franchise, or corporate rights;dissolution of corporation
    Sec. 5. (a) This section applies whenever:
        (1) a person is found guilty of usurping, intruding into, orunlawfully exercising:
            (A) an office or a franchise within Indiana; or
            (B) an office in a corporation created by the authority of thisstate;
        (2) a public officer thus charged is found guilty of having doneor suffered an act which, by law, works a forfeiture of theoffice; or
        (3) an association or number of persons is found guilty ofhaving acted as a corporation, without having been legallyincorporated.
    (b) The court shall give judgment of ouster against the defendantand:
        (1) exclude the defendant from the office, franchise, orcorporate rights;
        (2) in cases of corporations, dissolve the corporation; and
        (3) adjudge costs in favor of the plaintiff.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.12.

IC 34-17-3-6
Execution or attachment against directors or officers ofcorporations
    Sec. 6. (a) If judgment is rendered against a corporation or againstany persons claiming to be a corporation, the court may cause thecosts to be collected:
        (1) by execution against the persons claiming to be acorporation; or
        (2) by attachment against the directors or other officers of thecorporation.
    (b) In addition, the court shall:
        (1) restrain the corporation;
        (2) appoint a receiver of the corporation's property and effects;
        (3) take an account; and
        (4) make a distribution of property among the creditors.
    (c) The prosecuting attorney shall immediately instituteproceedings for these purposes.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.12.
IC 34-17-3-7
Liability for costs
    Sec. 7. When an information is filed by the prosecuting attorney,the prosecuting attorney is not liable for costs. However, when aninformation is filed upon the relation of a private person, the privateperson is liable for costs, unless the costs are adjudged against thedefendant.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.12.