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34-16-1-1. Void Instruments

Sec. 1. A note, bill, bond, conveyance, contract, mortgage, or other security made in consideration of: (1) money or other property won as the result of a wager; or (2) the repayment of money lent at the time of a wager for the purpose of being wagered; is void. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-28-1.] As added […]

34-16-1-2. Debtor; Civil Action to Recover Losses; Limitation

Sec. 2. If a person, by betting on a game or on the hands or sides of persons playing a game: (1) loses any money or other property; and (2) delivers any part of the money or other property; the person may bring a civil action, within one hundred eighty (180) days, to recover the […]

34-16-1-3. Pleading

Sec. 3. In the civil action, it is sufficient for the plaintiff to allege that the defendant has received the money or other property so lost and delivered. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-28-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.11.

34-16-1-4. Prosecuting Attorney; Civil Action to Recover Losses

Sec. 4. If, within the one hundred eighty (180) day period, the person fails to sue or to effectively prosecute the action, the prosecuting attorney of the county shall bring a civil action to recover the money or other property so lost and delivered, in the name of the state and for the benefit of: […]

34-16-1-5. Discovery

Sec. 5. A person who is sued under this chapter (or IC 34-4-28 before its repeal) shall answer, under oath or affirmation, questions concerning the money or other property the defendant is alleged to have received. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-28-5.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.161.