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Ind. Code § 35-46-5-1

Human organ trafficking

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Bolin v. Wingert (2002)

Most recently applied in Trs. of Ind. Univ. v. Curry (March 2019)

As added by P.L.131-1992, SEC.2

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Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "human organ" means the kidney, liver, heart, lung, cornea, eye, bone marrow, bone, pancreas, or skin of a human body.

(b) As used in this section, "item of value" means money, real estate, funeral related services, and personal property. "Item of value" does not include:

(1) the reasonable payments associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, and storage of a human organ; or

(2) the reimbursement of travel, housing, lost wages, and other expenses incurred by the donor of a human organ related to the donation of the human organ.

(c) A person who intentionally acquires, receives, sells, or transfers, in exchange for an item of value, a human organ for use in human organ transplantation commits unlawful transfer of human organs, a Level 5 felony.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.