"Bias crime"

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Indiana Code › Title 10 › Article 13 › Chapter 3 › Section 10-13-3-1

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Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "bias crime" means an offense in which the person who commits the offense knowingly or intentionally:

(1) selected the person who was injured; or

(2) damaged or otherwise affected property;

by the offense because of the color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, or sexual orientation of the injured person or of the owner or occupant of the affected property or because the injured person or owner or occupant of the affected property was associated with any other recognizable group or affiliation.

[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 5-2-5-1(2).]

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4.

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