CHAPTER 4. RECORDS AND PROCEEDINGS IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS

IC 34-39-4
    Chapter 4. Records and Proceedings in Foreign Jurisdictions

IC 34-39-4-1
Proceedings and judgment; foreign states; United Statesterritories; District of Columbia
    Sec. 1. Copies of the proceedings and judgments of any justice ofthe peace of any state or territory of the United States or of theDistrict of Columbia:
        (1) certified by the hand and seal of:
            (A) the justice before whom the proceedings were held orjudgments rendered; or
            (B) the justice's successor in office, or other justices havinglegal custody of the proceedings or judgments;
        that the copies are true and complete copies of the proceedingsor judgments; and
        (2) accompanied by the certificate of the clerk or prothonotaryof any court of record of the county or district where the justiceholds office, certifying under the seal of the court that thejustice was duly commissioned and qualified to act as a justiceat the time:
            (A) the proceedings were held or the judgments rendered;and
            (B) the copy was taken;
are admissible as evidence in any court in Indiana.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.

IC 34-39-4-2
Common law of foreign courts
    Sec. 2. The unwritten or common law of any other of the UnitedStates or of the territories of the United States may be proved as factsby parol evidence. The books of reports of cases adjudged in thecourts of other states or territories may also be admitted in evidenceof the unwritten or common law.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.

IC 34-39-4-3
Records and judicial proceedings of foreign courts
    Sec. 3. (a) The records and judicial proceedings of the severalcourts of record of or within the United States or the territories of theUnited States shall be admitted in Indiana courts as evidence whenauthenticated by attestation or certificate of the clerk orprothonotary, with the seal of the court annexed, together with theseal of the chief justice or one (1) or more of the judges, or thepresiding magistrate of the court, that:
        (1) the person who signed the attestation or certificate was, atthe time of subscribing it, the clerk or prothonotary of the court;and
        (2) the attestation is in due form of law.
    (b) Records and judicial proceedings that have been authenticated

as described in subsection (a) shall have full faith and credit given tothem in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in thecourts in which they originated.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.