{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-5-11-6-3","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 5-11-6-3","heading":"Public wrongdoing; institution of civil proceeding","body":"Sec. 3. If any examination or investigation made by the state examiner personally or through a deputy examiner, field examiner, or private examiner under this chapter or under any other statute discloses:\n(1) malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office or of any officer or employee;\n(2) that any public money has been:\n(A) unlawfully expended, either by having been expended for a purpose not authorized by law in an amount exceeding that authorized by law, or by having been paid to a person not lawfully entitled to receive it; or\n(B) obtained by fraud or in any unlawful manner; or\n(3) that any money has been wrongfully withheld from the public treasury;\na duly verified copy of the report shall be submitted by the state examiner to the attorney general, who shall institute and prosecute civil proceedings as provided in section 1 of this chapter, and to the inspector general.","path":["TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 11. ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS","Chapter 6. Additional Powers of State Examiner and Attorney General"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_5.html#5-11-6-3","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:11:39Z","sha256":"6348a13e5f5de818372c6d64d45d769e3c432406a3bbc08ea623fa99c685e1bf","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-5-11-6-2","next":"us-in/ic-5-11-6-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}