Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 34-39-4-3 (2026)
Records and judicial proceedings of foreign courts
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 3. (a) The records and judicial proceedings of the several courts of record of or within the United States or the territories of the United States shall be admitted in Indiana courts as evidence when authenticated by attestation or certificate of the clerk or prothonotary, with the seal of the court annexed, together with the seal of the chief justice or one (1) or more of the judges, or the presiding magistrate of the court, that:
(1) the person who signed the attestation or certificate was, at the time of subscribing it, the clerk or prothonotary of the court; and
(2) the attestation is in due form of law.
(b) Records and judicial proceedings that have been authenticated as described in subsection (a) shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts in which they originated.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-18-7.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.
IC 34-39-5Chapter 5. Enforcement of Tribal Court Judgments
34-39-5-1Application
34-39-5-2"Tribal court"
34-39-5-3"Tribe"
34-39-5-4Effect of tribal court orders
34-39-5-5Enforcement limitation
34-39-5-6Presumption of validity
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2005–2024 · leading case: Cox v. Cantrell, 866 N.E.2d 798 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007).
Cox v. Cantrell, 866 N.E.2d 798 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). “Indiana has codified this notion at Indiana Code § 34-39-4-3, which provides that records and judicial proceedings from courts in other states “shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts in which they…”
In the Matter of the Support of B.J.R.: B.J.R., by next friend, R.J.C. v. C.J.R., Sr., 984 N.E.2d 687 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013). “Mother asserts that a foreign document must meet the requirements of Indiana Code section 34-39-4-3 in order to be authenticated and admitted into evidence.”
Gardner v. Pierce, 838 N.E.2d 546 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). “Indiana has codified this notion at Indiana Code § 34-39-4-3, which provides that records and judicial proceedings from courts in other states "shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts in which they…”
Heather Herren v. Jerry Dishman, 1 N.E.3d 697 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013). “" I.C. § 34-39-4-3(b). Additionally, Indiana's Civil Protection Order Act (CPOA) specifies that full faith and eredit must be conferred upon an out-of-state protection order, so long as the protection order "is facially valid.”
EBF Partners, LLC v. Novabella, Inc. d/b/a & Frank Terranova, 96 N.E.3d 87 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). “9 Indiana has codified the concept of full faith and credit at Indiana Code § 34-39-4-3, which provides that records and judicial proceedings from courts in other states "shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the…”
GIW Indus., Inc. v. Patriot Materials, Inc., 926 N.E.2d 491 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). “Indiana has codified this notion at Indiana Code section 34-39-4-3, which provides that records and judicial proceedings from courts in other states "shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts in which they…”
Cutter v. Classic Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 926 N.E.2d 1067 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). “Indiana has codified this notion at Indiana Code Section 34-39-4-3, which provides that records and judicial proceedings from courts in other states *1082 "shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts in which…”
Warren v. Ioof Cemetery, 901 N.E.2d 615 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). “Accordingly, Indiana has enacted Indiana Code Section 34-39-4-3, which provides that records and judicial proceedings of foreign courts that have been properly authenticated "shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in…”
Harry Kaufmann Motorcars, Inc. v. Schumaker Performance, Inc., 964 N.E.2d 872 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012). “Indiana has codified this notion at Indiana Code section 34-39-4-3, which provides that records and judicial proceedings from courts in other states “shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts in which they…”
Robert R. Setree, II, & Beverly L. Setree v. River City Bank, 10 N.E.3d 30 (Ind. Ct. App. 2014). “Indiana has codified this notion at Indiana Code section 34-39-4-3, which establishes that records and judicial proceedings from courts in other states “shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the courts in which…”
Cutter v. Classic Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 926 N.E.2d 1067 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). “Full faith and credit means that the judgment of a state court should have the same credit, validity, and effect, in every other court of the United States, which it had in the state where it was pronounced.”
Ty Evans v. State of Indiana (Ind. Ct. App. 2023). “Court of Appeals of Indiana | Opinion 22A-PC-220| May 1, 2023 Page 11 of 20 conviction court should strike the State’s evidence because “there [wa]s no certification of authenticity as required by Ind. Code § 34-39-4-3 .”6 (App. Vol. 6 at 11).”
— Ind. Code § 34-39-4-3(b) — 3 cases
Heather Herren v. Jerry Dishman, 1 N.E.3d 697 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013). “" I.C. § 34-39-4-3(b). Additionally, Indiana's Civil Protection Order Act (CPOA) specifies that full faith and eredit must be conferred upon an out-of-state protection order, so long as the protection order "is facially valid.”
EBF Partners, LLC v. Novabella, Inc. d/b/a & Frank Terranova, 96 N.E.3d 87 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). “9 Indiana has codified the concept of full faith and credit at Indiana Code § 34-39-4-3, which provides that records and judicial proceedings from courts in other states "shall have full faith and credit given to them in any court in Indiana as by law or usage they have in the…”
Rio Michaels v. State of Indiana (Ind. Ct. App. 2014).
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