Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 4-6-3-3 (2026)

Investigative demand; issuance; consult on certificate of public advantage

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     Sec. 3. (a) If the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person may be in possession, custody, or control of documentary material, or may have knowledge of a fact that is relevant to an investigation conducted to determine if a person is or has been engaged in a violation of IC 4-6-9, IC 4-6-10, IC 13-14-10, IC 13-14-12, IC 13-24-2, IC 13-30-4, IC 13-30-5, IC 13-30-8, IC 16-21-15, IC 23-7-8, IC 24-1-2, IC 24-5-0.5, IC 24-5-7, IC 24-5-8, IC 24-9, IC 25-1-7, IC 27-1-37-8, IC 32-34-1.5, or any other statute enforced by the attorney general or is or has been engaged in a criminal violation of IC 13, only the attorney general may issue in writing, and cause to be served upon the person or the person's representative or agent, an investigative demand that requires that the person served do any combination of the following:

(1) Produce the documentary material for inspection and copying or reproduction.

(2) Answer under oath and in writing written interrogatories.

(3) Appear and testify under oath before the attorney general or the attorney general's duly authorized representative.

     (b) The office of the attorney general may consult with the Indiana department of health in the review of an application for a certificate of public advantage under IC 16-21-15.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.20, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.27-1983, SEC.1; P.L.12-1986, SEC.1; P.L.31-1995, SEC.1; P.L.1-1996, SEC.23; P.L.2-2002, SEC.24; P.L.73-2004, SEC.3; P.L.137-2007, SEC.1; P.L.104-2021, SEC.1; P.L.137-2021, SEC.17; P.L.141-2021, SEC.1; P.L.198-2021, SEC.1; P.L.100-2025, SEC.1.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: Everdry Mktg. & Mgmt., Inc. v. Carter, 885 N.E.2d 6 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008).
Everdry Mktg. & Mgmt., Inc. v. Carter, 885 N.E.2d 6 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 6× “2d 1219 (1980)); see also Ind.Code § 4-6-3-3. In the traditional sense, personal jurisdiction is a court’s power to bring a person into its adjudicative process and enforce a judgment against him.”
Auto-Owners Ins. v. State, 692 N.E.2d 935 (Ind. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 8× “Indiana Code § 4-6-3-3 instructs the Attorney General to investigate violations of various business and trade laws of this state and authorizes discovery pursuant to such an investigation.”
Nu-Sash of Indianapolis, Inc. v. Carter, 887 N.E.2d 92 (Ind. 2008). · cites it 3× “The Attorney General may issue a CID if he has “reasonable cause to believe that a person may be in possession, custody, or control of documentary material, or may have knowledge of a fact that is relevant to an investigation conducted to determine if a person is or has been…”
City of East Chicago v. East Chicago Second Century, Inc., 878 N.E.2d 358 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Finally, Ind.Code § 4-6-3-3 provides if the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe a person may have information or documents relevant to a possible violation of any "statute enforced by the attorney general, only the attorney general may issue .”
Auto Owners Ins. v. State (Ind. 1998). · cites it 8× “Indiana Code § 4-6-3-3 instructs the Attorney General to investigate violations of various business and trade laws of this state and authorizes discovery pursuant to such an investigation. (footnote: 1) In accordance with this authority the Attorney General initiated an…”
Guerrin v. IBIN Mgmt., LLC (N.D. Ind. 2025). · cites it 2× “The OAG is empowered with authority, under Indiana Code §§ 4-6-3-3 and 4-6-12-7, to obtain any information related to the subject of an investigation that is not otherwise privileged.”
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