Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 34-13-9-7 (2026)
"Person"
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "person" includes the following:
(1) An individual.
(2) An organization, a religious society, a church, a body of communicants, or a group organized and operated primarily for religious purposes.
(3) A partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, a company, a firm, a society, a joint-stock company, an unincorporated association, or another entity that:
(A) may sue and be sued; and
(B) exercises practices that are compelled or limited by a system of religious belief held by:
(i) an individual; or
(ii) the individuals;
who have control and substantial ownership of the entity, regardless of whether the entity is organized and operated for profit or nonprofit purposes.
As added by P.L.3-2015, SEC.1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2024 · leading case: Rodney Tyms-Bey v. State of Indiana, 69 N.E.3d 488 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017).
Rodney Tyms-Bey v. State of Indiana, 69 N.E.3d 488 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). “§ 34-13-9-5 (defining “exercise of religion”); I.C. § 34-13-9-7 (defining “person”). [17] And there is good reason for the General Assembly to have sought that complete separation.”
House of Prayer Ministries, Inc. d/b/a Harvest Christian Camp v. Rush Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals Milco Dairy Farm, LLC, 91 N.E.3d 1053 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). “I.C. § 34-13-9-7. There is no dispute in this appeal that House of Prayer is a "person" under Indiana's RFRA.”
Indiana Fam. Inst. Inc. v. City of Carmel (Ind. Ct. App. 2020). “I.C. § 34-13-9-7. A person may assert a RFRA “violation or impending violation as a claim or defense” and, although a governmental entity is not required to be a party, it may intervene in the action.”
Individual Members of the Med. Licensing Bd. of Indiana v. Anonymous 1 (Ind. Ct. App. 2024). “” Ind. Code § 34-13-9-7 (2). [23] Though Hoosier Jews for Choice is a “person” under RFRA, the organization does not allege any violation of its own RFRA rights.”
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