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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies whenever:
(1) a person is found guilty of usurping, intruding into, or unlawfully exercising:
(A) an office or a franchise within Indiana; or
(B) an office in a corporation created by the authority of this state;
(2) a public officer thus charged is found guilty of having done or suffered an act which, by law, works a forfeiture of the office; or
(3) an association or number of persons is found guilty of having acted as a corporation, without having been legally incorporated.
(b) The court shall give judgment of ouster against the defendant and:
(1) exclude the defendant from the office, franchise, or corporate rights;
(2) in cases of corporations, dissolve the corporation; and
(3) adjudge costs in favor of the plaintiff.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure § 34-17-3-5 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-34-civil-law-and-procedure/in-code-sect-34-17-3-5/
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