IC 27-2-13-1: Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:

(a) "Authorized agency" means:

(1) the state fire marshal or a fire department acting under IC 36-8-17;

(2) the superintendent of the state police;

(3) the prosecuting attorney responsible for prosecutions in the county where the fire occurred;

(4) the attorney general; and

(5) an arson investigator.

(b) "Relevant" refers to information having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of a fire loss more probable or less probable than it would have been without the evidence.

(c) "Insurer" has the same meaning as in IC 27-1-2-3(x) and includes the Indiana FAIR plan.

(d) "Arson investigator" means an officer of a unit of local government whose duties include the investigation of arson.