Indiana Code Title 25. Professions and Occupations § 25-11-1-5

Sec. 5. (a) The secretary of state shall investigate the qualifications of the applicant and if the applicant meets the qualifications of this chapter the secretary of state shall approve the application.  If the application is approved the license shall be issued forthwith to the applicant.  A license expires on the thirty-first day of December of the year in which the license was issued.  If the application for a license is denied, the application fees shall be retained by the secretary of state.

(b) The secretary of state shall issue a license to any person who holds and presents with the application a valid and subsisting license to operate a collection agency issued by another state or state agency if:

(c) In the event of the death of an individual licensee, the dissolution of a licensee partnership by death or operation of law, or the termination of employment of the active manager if the licensee is a firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, upon a showing that the bonding requirements provided for in this chapter are complied with, the secretary of state shall issue, without a fee, a provisional license to the personal representative of the deceased, the personal representative's appointee, the surviving partner, the firm, the limited liability company, or the corporation, as the case may be, which shall be for the following purposes only and shall expire at the following times:

(d) A nonresident collection agency that has only incidental contact with a debtor is not required to be licensed under this chapter.  As used in this subsection, “incidental contact” means contact on behalf of nonresident creditors using interstate communications, including telephone, mail service, or facsimile transmissions.