34-17-1-1. Information; when filing allowed

IN Code § 34-17-1-1 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 1. An information may be filed against any person or corporation in the following cases:

(1) When a person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises a public office or a franchise within Indiana or an office in a corporation created by the authority of this state.

(2) Whenever a public officer does or allows an act which, by law, works a forfeiture of the officer's office.

(3) When an association or number of persons acts within Indiana as a corporation, without being legally incorporated.

(4) When a corporation does or omits acts that amount to a surrender or forfeiture of its rights and privileges as a corporation.

(5) When a corporate franchise was procured through fraud practiced upon the state.

(6) When a corporation:

(A) exceeds or abuses the authority conferred upon the corporation by law; or

(B) exercises authority not conferred upon it by law.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-59-1.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.12.