{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-4-15-11-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 4-15-11-1","heading":"\"Officer or employee of the state\"","body":"Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, \"officer or employee of the state\" means the following:\n(1) An elected official or employee of a state administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, service, or other similar body of state government created or established by law.\n(2) A teacher (as defined in IC 20-18-2-22).\nThe term does not include an employee of a state educational institution.","path":["TITLE 4. STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 15. PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION","Chapter 11. Legal Defense of State Employees"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_4.html#4-15-11-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-30T06:26:00Z","sha256":"8ca77ac298fa3f5cdea2cbb24e8f0af5f05f576c12ca97cbe380c7bd86345815","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-4-15-10.5-16","next":"us-in/ic-4-15-11-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}