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Indiana Code › Title 34 › Article 45 › Chapter 2 › Section 34-45-2-2

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Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided by statute, persons who are insane at the time they are offered as witnesses are not competent witnesses, whether or not they have been adjudged insane.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-5 part.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.41.

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