Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 35-45-2-4 (2026)

Unlawful disclosure

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Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to an employee who discloses information under IC 35-33.5.

(b) An employee of a telegraph company who knowingly or intentionally discloses the contents of a message sent or received, to a person other than a sender or receiver or authorized agent of either, commits unlawful disclosure, a Class A infraction.

(c) An employee of a telephone company who knowingly or intentionally discloses the contents of a conversation over a line of the company commits unlawful disclosure, a Class A infraction.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.26, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.161-1990, SEC.4.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2017 · leading case: Boehner, John A. v. McDermott, James A., 191 F.3d 463 (D.C. Cir. 1999).

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Boehner, John A. v. McDermott, James A., 191 F.3d 463 (D.C. Cir. 1999). “5/14-2 (1993); Ind.Code Ann. § 35-45-2-4 (West 1994) (limiting criminal disclosure liability to telecommunications employees); Iowa Code §§ 808B.”

Gerald Edward Johnson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Code § 35-42-2-1 (g)(2); Count II, intimidation, a Level 5 felony, I.C. § 35-45-2-4(a)(2);-(b)(2)(A); and his adjudication as a habitual offender, I.”

Milana Staletovich Riggs v. Cynthia Hill, in her capacity as the Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Leon O. Riggs, 84 N.E.3d 699 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “” Ind. Code § 35-45-2-4 (d). Our .Supreme Court has explained that this statute “establishes as a matter of legislative policy that claimants to the estate of a deceased person should not be permitted to present a court with their version of their dealings with the decedent.”

— Ind. Code § 35-45-2-4(a)(2) — 1 case

Gerald Edward Johnson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). “Code § 35-42-2-1 (g)(2); Count II, intimidation, a Level 5 felony, I.C. § 35-45-2-4(a)(2);-(b)(2)(A); and his adjudication as a habitual offender, I.”

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