CHAPTER 1. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES
IC 5-6
ARTICLE 6. OFFICERS' DEPUTIES
IC 5-6-1
Chapter 1. Appointment of Deputies
IC 5-6-1-1
Officers authorized to appoint deputies; bonds
Sec. 1. (a) The secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer
of state, the sheriff of the supreme court, and every clerk of the
circuit court may appoint deputies, when necessary or when required,
if provision shall have been made for paying such deputies for their
services from the funds of the state or of the county or from fees
received for their services.
(b) Any such officer may require any deputy so appointed to give
bond, in such amount as may be prescribed by law or as may be fixed
by such officer, conditioned for the proper and faithful discharge of
all official duties as such deputy, and for the safe accounting of all
funds received by the deputy or entrusted to the deputy's care,
control, or management.
(Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.28, s.1; Acts 1855, c.41, s.1; Acts 1925,
c.164, s.1; Acts 1959, c.314, s.1.) As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11,
SEC.17; P.L.14-2004, SEC.181.
IC 5-6-1-2
Oaths; duties
Sec. 2. (a) Subsection (b) does not apply to the deputy of a circuit
court clerk.
(b) Deputies shall take the oath required of their principals.
(c) A deputy may perform all the official duties of the deputy's
principal, being subject to the same regulations and penalties.
(Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.28, s.2.) As amended by P.L.176-1999,
SEC.123; P.L.26-2000, SEC.33.
IC 5-6-1-3
Responsibility of principals for official acts of deputies
Sec. 3. Such principals shall be responsible for all the official acts
of their deputies.
(Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.28, s.3.)