# Ind. Code § 34-45-2-8: Unlawfully taking or damaging personal property

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-8

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 34-45-2-8
- **Heading:** Unlawfully taking or damaging personal property
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 34 / Article 45 / Chapter 2 / Section 34-45-2-8

## Text

Sec. 8. If the defendant in a case:

(1) is charged with unlawfully taking or detaining personal property or having done damage to personal property; and

(2) defends the charge in the defendant's pleading by asserting that the defendant is the executor, administrator, guardian, or heir, and, as such, has taken or detained the property or has done the acts charged;

a person is not competent to testify who would not be competent if the defendant were the complainant. However, when the person complaining cannot testify, the defendant shall also be excluded.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-14-8 part.]

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

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-0.1 Application of certain amendments to chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-0.1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-1 Competent witnesses generally](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-2 Insane persons considered incompetent witnesses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-3 Mentally incompetent persons and guardians](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-4 Executors or administrators; depositions; evidence given by decedent](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-5 Contract actions involving heirs or devisees; competent witnesses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-5.md)
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- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-7 Agent of decedent; contracts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-7.md)
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- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-11 Executors or administrators; contracts assigned](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-11.md)
- [Ind. Code § 34-45-2-12 Effect of lack of religious belief; moral character](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T34_A45_C2_S34-45-2-12.md)
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