{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-3-5-9-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 3-5-9-5","heading":"Government employee may not hold elected office","body":"Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 7 of this chapter, an individual is considered to have resigned as:\n(1) a government employee when the individual assumes an elected office of the unit that employs the individual; or\n(2) an elected official of the unit when the individual becomes a government employee of the unit.","path":["TITLE 3. ELECTIONS","ARTICLE 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Chapter 9. Government Employees and Volunteer Firefighters Holding Office"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_3.html#3-5-9-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-08T08:01:41Z","sha256":"8842a02487db9d4265981c6d0d62571b022aec3eb420d0dd532d9335b95e80bc","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-3-5-9-4","next":"us-in/ic-3-5-9-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}