Indiana Code Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources § 14-36-1-21

Sec. 21. Contemporaneously with and as a condition precedent to the issuance of a permit, each operator must file with the director a bond payable to the department, conditioned that the operator will faithfully perform all requirements of the commission in accordance with this chapter.  A bond must be signed by the operator as principal and by a corporate or individual surety approved by the director.