Sec. 9. If, on request, an attorney refuses to deliver over money or papers to a person from whom or for whom the attorney has received them, in the course of the attorney's professional employment, the attorney may be required, after reasonable notice, on motion of any party aggrieved, by an order of the court in which an action, if any, was prosecuted or if an action was not prosecuted, by the order of any court of record, to deliver the money or papers within a specified time, or show cause why the attorney should not be punished for contempt.
Ind. Code § 33-43-1-9
Refusal to deliver over money or papers; contempt
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Pigg v. State (2010)
Most recently applied in Pigg v. State (June 2010)
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.22.
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