Name changes
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Wallace v. State (2009)
Most recently applied in Buss v. Harris (May 2010)
As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.13 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.13
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Sec. 16. (a) A sex or violent offender who is required to register under this chapter may not petition for a change of name under IC 34-28-2.
(b) If a sex or violent offender who is required to register under this chapter changes the sex or violent offender's name due to marriage, the sex or violent offender must register with the local law enforcement authority not more than seven (7) days after the name change.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.