{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-30-3-6","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-30-3-6","heading":"Information and summons; form and content; inapplicability to electronic traffic ticket","body":"Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to electronic traffic tickets.\n(b) In traffic cases, the information and summons shall be in substantially the following form:\nIn the _________ Court of __________ County\nCause No. _________ Docket No. ___________\nPage No. _____\nState of Indiana\n | SS: | No.___________\nCounty of ______________________________________________\nINFORMATION AND SUMMONS\nThe undersigned having probable cause to believe and being duly sworn upon his oath says that:\nOn the ____________ Day of __________, 20 ____ at ____ M\nName ____________________________________________\n | Last | First | Middle\nStreet __________________________________________________\nCity ______________________ State _____ Zip Code ______\nRace ___ Sex ___ Age ___ D.O.B. ______ HT ____ WT _____\nOper. Lic. #_____________ St. ____ Did Unlawfully\nOperate Veh. Color _______ Veh. Yr.___ Veh. Make ______\nVeh. Lic. Yr. ____ Veh. Lic. St. ____ Veh. Lic. # ______\nUpon, (Location)\n______________________________________________________\n______________________________________________________\nA PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY IN ______________________\nCOUNTY, INDIANA, AND COMMIT, THE OFFENSE OF:\n______________________________________________________\n______________________________________________________\nCONTRARY TO THE FORM OF THE ( ) STATE STATUTE\n( ) LOCAL ORDINANCE IN SUCH CASE MADE AND PROVIDED.\nOFFICER'S SIGNATURE _________________________________\nI.D. No. ______________ Div. Dist. __________________________\nPOLICE AGENCY _______________________________________\nSubscribed And Sworn to Before Me\n(Deputy Clerk) ______________________________________\nThis ____________ Day of _________________, 20 ____\nCOURT APPEARANCE\nI PROMISE TO APPEAR IN COURTROOM\n__________________________________________________\nADDRESS: ______________________________\nON ______________ THE ________ DAY OF_________, 20 ___ AT __ M. OR BE SUBJECT TO ARREST.\nSIGNATURE __________________________________________\n\"YOUR SIGNATURE IS NOT AN ADMISSION OF GUILT\"\nThe information and summons shall consist of four (4) parts:\n(1) the original copy, printed on white paper, which shall be the abstract of court record for the Indiana bureau of motor vehicles;\n(2) the court copy, printed on white paper;\n(3) the police record, which shall be a copy of the information, printed on pink paper; and\n(4) the summons copy, printed on white stock.\nThe reverse sides of the information and abstract of court record shall be substantially as follows, with such additions or deletions as are necessary to adapt the form to the court involved:\nRECEIPT #_______________\nDATE ___________________\nCOURT ACTION AND OTHER ORDERS\nBAIL $ ___________\nREARREST BOND $ _____________ DATE ___________\n1. CONTINUANCE TO ___ | 4. CONTINUANCE TO ____\n2. CONTINUANCE TO ___ | 5. CONTINUANCE TO ____\n3. CONTINUANCE TO ___ | 6. CONTINUANCE TO ____\n | Motions | Date | Ruling | Date\n1. | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___\n2. | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___\n3. | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___\n4. | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___\nPLEA | ( ) GUILTY\n | ( ) NOT GUILTY\nFINDING | ( ) GUILTY\n | ( ) NOT GUILTY\nTHE COURT THEREFORE, ENTERS\nTHE FOLLOWING ORDER\nFINE $ _________ | AMOUNT SUSP. $ ________\n |  | (STATE) $ _____________\nCOSTS |  |\n |  | (CITY) $ ______________\n___________ DAYS IN _____________ DAYS SUSP. _________\n( ) RECOMMENDED LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR _______\n( ) PROBATIONARY LICENSE AUTHORIZED FOR ONE YEAR PROBATION\n__________________________________________________\n__________________________________________________\n__________________________________________________\n__________________________________________________\nJUDGE: ______________________________________________\nDATE: ______________________________________________\nATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT _________________\nADDRESS________________________ TELEPHONE _________\nWITNESSES\n_________________________________________________\n_________________________________________________\nThe notice, the appearance, the plea of either guilty or not guilty, and the waiver shall be printed on the summons. The trimmed size of the paper and stock on which the form is printed shall be nominally four and one quarter (4 1/4) inches by eight and one quarter (8 1/4) inches.\n(c) In civil traffic cases, the complaint and summons shall be in substantially the following form:\nIn the ____________________ Court of _______________ County\nCause No. ______________ Docket No. ________________\nPage No.__________________________\nState of Indiana\n | SS: | No._____________\nCounty of ______________________________________\nCOMPLAINT AND SUMMONS\nThe undersigned having probable cause to believe and being duly sworn upon his oath says that:\nOn the ____________ Day of___________, 20 ____ at __ M\nName _________________________________________________\n | Last | First | Middle\nStreet _____________________________________\nCity ________________________ State _____ Zip Code ________\nRace ___ Sex ___ Age __ D.O.B. ________ HT ____ WT ___\nOper. Lic. # ____________ St. ______________ Did Unlawfully\nOperate Veh. Color _______ Veh. Yr. ___ Veh. Make _________\nVeh. Lic. Yr. ____ Veh. Lic. St. ____ Veh. Lic. # _________\nUpon, (Location) _________________________________________\n_______________________________________________________\nA PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY IN ______________________\nCOUNTY, INDIANA, AND COMMIT, THE OFFENSE OF:\n__________________________________________________\n__________________________________________________\n__________________________________________________\nCONTRARY TO THE FORM OF THE ( ) STATE STATUTE\n( ) LOCAL ORDINANCE IN SUCH CASE MADE AND PROVIDED.\nOFFICER'S SIGNATURE ___________________________\nI.D. No. _____________ Div. Dist. _______________________\nPOLICE AGENCY _________________________________\nSubscribed And Sworn to Before Me\n(Deputy Clerk) __________________________________________\nThis ____________ Day of ______________, 20___\nCOURT APPEARANCE\nI PROMISE TO APPEAR IN ________________________\nCOURTROOM ___________________________________\nADDRESS: ______________________________________\nON ____________ THE ________ DAY OF ____, 20 ___\nAT __ M. OR BE SUBJECT TO ARREST.\nSIGNATURE _____________________________________\n\"YOUR SIGNATURE IS NOT AN ADMISSION OF A VIOLATION\"\nThe complaint and summons shall consist of four (4) parts:\n(1) the original copy, printed on white paper, which shall be the abstract of court record for the Indiana bureau of motor vehicles;\n(2) the court copy, printed on white paper;\n(3) the police record, which shall be a copy of the complaint, printed on pink paper; and\n(4) the summons copy, printed on white stock.\nThe reverse sides of the complaint and abstract of court record shall be substantially as follows, with such additions or deletions as are necessary to adapt the form to the court involved:\nRECEIPT #_________\nDATE ________________\nCOURT ACTION AND OTHER ORDERS\nBAIL $ _______________\nREARREST BOND $ _________ DATE _______\n1. CONTINUANCE TO ______ | 4. CONTINUANCE TO ______\n2. CONTINUANCE TO ______ | 5. CONTINUANCE TO ______\n3. CONTINUANCE TO ______ | 6. CONTINUANCE TO ______\n | Motions | Date | Ruling | Date\n1. | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___\n2. | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___\n3. | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___\n4. | ___ | ___ | ___ | ___\nPLEA | ( ) ADMIT\n | ( ) DENY\n | ( ) NOLO CONTENDERE\nFINDING | ( ) JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF\n | ( ) JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT\nTHE COURT THEREFORE, ENTERS\nTHE FOLLOWING ORDER\nFINE $ ________ | AMOUNT SUSP. $ ________\n |  | (STATE) $ __________\nCOSTS |  |\n |  | (CITY) $ ___________\n( ) RECOMMENDED LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR ________\n( ) PROBATIONARY LICENSE AUTHORIZED FOR ONE YEAR PROBATION\n______________________________________________\n______________________________________________\n______________________________________________\n______________________________________________\n_______________________________________________\nJUDGE: _________________________________________\nDATE: __________________________________________\nATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT ____________________\nADDRESS ___________________ TELEPHONE __________\nWITNESSES\n_______________________________________________\n_______________________________________________\nThe notice, appearance, plea of either admission, denial, or nolo contendere shall be printed on the summons. The trimmed size of the paper and stock on which the form is printed shall be nominally four and one quarter (4 1/4) inches by eight and one quarter (8 1/4) inches.\n(d) The complaint form shall be used in traffic cases, whether the charge is made by a law enforcement officer or by any other person.\n(e) Each judicial officer or police authority issuing traffic complaints and summons:\n(1) is responsible for the disposition of all the traffic complaints and summons issued under the authority of the officer or authority; and\n(2) shall prepare and submit the records and reports relating to the traffic complaints in the manner and at the time prescribed by both the state examiner of the state board of accounts and the bureau.","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 30. GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS","Chapter 3. Court Procedures"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-30-3-6","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"6834a5ea91c5958dd57499beebaefd3354a1f2db0d2b7eff2983613d333815c1","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-30-3-5.7","next":"us-in/ic-9-30-3-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}