Sec. 1. (a) The secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, the sheriff of the supreme court, and every clerk of the circuit court may appoint deputies, when necessary or when required, if provision shall have been made for paying such deputies for their services from the funds of the state […]
Sec. 2. (a) Subsection (b) does not apply to the deputy of a circuit court clerk or a deputy described in IC 5-4-1-1(c). (b) Deputies shall take the oath required of their principals. (c) A deputy may perform all the official duties of the deputy’s principal, being subject to the same regulations and penalties. Formerly: […]
Sec. 3. Such principals shall be responsible for all the official acts of their deputies. Formerly: Acts 1852, 1RS, c.28, s.3.
