INDIANA SEX OFFENDERS

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The Registry was last updated on: April 27, 2001

In 1994, the Indiana General Assembly passed Zachary's Law named after ten-year-old Zachary Snider, who was molested and murdered by a neighbor.  The neighbor had a previous conviction for child molestation.  Zachary's Law requires offenders convicted of specified sex and violent crimes to register in the area where they reside or intend to reside for more than seven days.

IC 35-42-4
    Chapter 4. Sex Crimes

IC 35-42-4-1
    Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who knowingly or intentionally has sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex when:
        (1) the other person is compelled by force or imminent threat of force;
        (2) the other person is unaware that the sexual intercourse is occurring; or
        (3) the other person is so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to sexual intercourse cannot be given;  commits rape, a Class B felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury to a person other than a defendant; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.36; P.L.320-1983, SEC.23; P.L.16-1984, SEC.19; P.L.297-1989, SEC.1; P.L.31-1998, SEC.3.

IC 35-42-4-2
    Sec. 2. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally causes another person to perform or submit to deviate sexual conduct when:
        (1) the other person is compelled by force or imminent threat of force;
        (2) the other person is unaware that the conduct is occurring; or
        (3) the other person is so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the conduct cannot be given;
commits criminal deviate conduct, a Class B felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury to any person other than a defendant; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.37; P.L.320-1983, SEC.24; P.L.183-1984, SEC.3; P.L.31-1998, SEC.4.

IC 35-42-4-3
    Sec. 3. (a) A person who, with a child under fourteen (14) years of age, performs or submits to sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct commits child molesting, a Class B felony. However, the offense is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
        (2) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force or while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (b) A person who, with a child under fourteen (14) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits child molesting, a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
        (3) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was sixteen (16) years of age or older at the time of the conduct.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.38; Acts 1978, P.L.82, SEC.2; Acts 1981, P.L.301, SEC.1; P.L.79-1994, SEC.12; P.L.33-1996, SEC.8; P.L.216-1996, SEC.18; P.L.31-1998, SEC.5.

IC 35-42-4-4
    Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section:
    "Disseminate" means to transfer possession for free or for a consideration.
    "Matter" has the same meaning as in IC 35-49-1-3.
    "Performance" has the same meaning as in IC 35-49-1-7.
    "Sexual conduct" means sexual intercourse, deviate sexual conduct, exhibition of the uncovered genitals intended to satisfy or arouse the sexual desires of any person, sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct with an animal, or any fondling or touching of a child by another person or of another person by a child intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the other person.
    (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
        (1) manages, produces, sponsors, presents, exhibits, photographs, films, or videotapes any performance or incident that includes sexual conduct by a child under eighteen (18) years of age; or
        (2) disseminates, exhibits to another person, offers to disseminate or exhibit to another person, or sends or brings into Indiana for dissemination or exhibition matter that depicts or describes sexual conduct by a child under eighteen (18) years of age;  commits child exploitation, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C felony if it is committed by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a)).
    (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally possesses:
        (1) a picture;
        (2) a drawing;
        (3) a photograph;
        (4) a negative image;
        (5) undeveloped film;
        (6) a motion picture;
        (7) a videotape; or
        (8) any pictorial representation;
that depicts or describes sexual conduct by a child who is less than sixteen (16) years of age, or appears to be less than sixteen (16) years of age, and that lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value commits possession of child pornography, a Class A misdemeanor.
    (d) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to a bona fide school, museum, or public library that qualifies for certain property tax exemptions under IC 6-1.1-10, or to an employee of such a school, museum, or public library acting within the scope of the employee's employment when the possession of the listed materials are for legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.148, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.325-1983, SEC.1; P.L.206-1986, SEC.1; P.L.37-1990, SEC.25; P.L.59-1995, SEC.3; P.L.216-1996, SEC.19.

IC 35-42-4-5
    Sec. 5. (a) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally directs, aids, induces, or causes a child under the age of sixteen (16) to touch or fondle himself or another child under the age of sixteen (16) with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of a child or the older person commits vicarious sexual gratification, a Class D felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class C felony if a child involved in the offense is under the age of fourteen (14);
        (2) a Class B felony if:
            (A) the offense is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force or while armed with a deadly weapon; or
            (B) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge; and
        (3) a Class A felony if it results in serious bodily injury.

    (b) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally directs, aids, induces, or causes a child under the age of sixteen (16) to:
        (1) engage in sexual intercourse with another child under sixteen (16) years of age;
        (2) engage in sexual conduct with an animal other than a human being; or
        (3) engage in deviate sexual conduct with another person;
with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of a child or the older person commits vicarious sexual gratification, a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class B felony if any child involved in the offense is less than fourteen (14) years of age, and it is a Class A felony if the offense is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon, if it results in serious bodily injury, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by P.L.183-1984, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.79-1994, SEC.13; P.L.31-1998, SEC.6.

IC 35-42-4-6
    Sec. 6. A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally solicits a child under fourteen (14) years of age to engage in:
        (1) sexual intercourse;
        (2) deviate sexual conduct; or
        (3) any fondling or touching intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person;
commits child solicitation, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C felony if it is committed by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a)).
As added by P.L.183-1984, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.11-1994, SEC.16; P.L.79-1994, SEC.14; P.L.216-1996, SEC.20.

IC 35-42-4-7
    Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "adoptive parent" has the meaning set forth in IC 31-9-2-6.
    (b) As used in this section, "adoptive grandparent" means the parent of an adoptive parent.
    (c) As used in this section, "child care worker" means a person who provides care or supervision of a child within the scope of the person's employment in a public or private school or shelter care facility.
    (d) As used in this section, "custodian" means any person who resides with a child and is responsible for the child's welfare.
    (e) As used in this section, "stepparent" means an individual who is married to a child's custodial or noncustodial parent and is not the child's adoptive parent.
    (f) If a person who is:
        (1) at least eighteen (18) years of age; and

        (2) the:
            (A) guardian, adoptive parent, adoptive grandparent, custodian, or stepparent of; or
            (B) child care worker for;
        a child at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age;
engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct with the child, the person commits child seduction, a Class D felony.
As added by P.L.158-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.148; P.L.71-1998, SEC.5.

IC 35-42-4-8
    Sec. 8. (a) A person who, with intent to arouse or satisfy the person's own sexual desires or the sexual desires of another person, touches another person when that person is:
        (1) compelled to submit to the touching by force or the imminent threat of force; or
        (2) so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the touching cannot be given;
commits sexual battery, a Class D felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class C felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
        (3) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by P.L.322-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.31-1998, SEC.7.

IC 35-42-4-9
    Sec. 9. (a) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class C felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class B felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
        (2) a Class A felony if it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon, if it results in serious bodily injury, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (b) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class D felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class C felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
        (2) a Class B felony if it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, while armed with a deadly weapon, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was at least sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the conduct.
    (d) It is a defense that the child is or has ever been married.
As added by P.L.79-1994, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.33-1996, SEC.9; P.L.216-1996, SEC.21; P.L.31-1998, SEC.8.

IC 35-42-4
    Chapter 4. Sex Crimes

IC 35-42-4-1
    Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who knowingly or intentionally has sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex when:
        (1) the other person is compelled by force or imminent threat of force;
        (2) the other person is unaware that the sexual intercourse is occurring; or
        (3) the other person is so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to sexual intercourse cannot be given;
commits rape, a Class B felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury to a person other than a defendant; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.36; P.L.320-1983, SEC.23; P.L.16-1984, SEC.19; P.L.297-1989, SEC.1; P.L.31-1998, SEC.3.

IC 35-42-4-2
    Sec. 2. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally causes another person to perform or submit to deviate sexual conduct when:
        (1) the other person is compelled by force or imminent threat of force;
        (2) the other person is unaware that the conduct is occurring; or
        (3) the other person is so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the conduct cannot be given;
commits criminal deviate conduct, a Class B felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury to any person other than a defendant; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.37; P.L.320-1983, SEC.24; P.L.183-1984, SEC.3; P.L.31-1998, SEC.4.

IC 35-42-4-3
    Sec. 3. (a) A person who, with a child under fourteen (14) years of age, performs or submits to sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct commits child molesting, a Class B felony. However, the offense is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
        (2) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force or while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (b) A person who, with a child under fourteen (14) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits child molesting, a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
        (3) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was sixteen (16) years of age or older at the time of the conduct.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.38; Acts 1978, P.L.82, SEC.2; Acts 1981, P.L.301, SEC.1; P.L.79-1994, SEC.12; P.L.33-1996, SEC.8; P.L.216-1996, SEC.18; P.L.31-1998, SEC.5.

IC 35-42-4-4
    Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section:
    "Disseminate" means to transfer possession for free or for a consideration.
    "Matter" has the same meaning as in IC 35-49-1-3.
    "Performance" has the same meaning as in IC 35-49-1-7.
    "Sexual conduct" means sexual intercourse, deviate sexual conduct, exhibition of the uncovered genitals intended to satisfy or arouse the sexual desires of any person, sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct with an animal, or any fondling or touching of a child by another person or of another person by a child intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the other person.
    (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
        (1) manages, produces, sponsors, presents, exhibits, photographs, films, or videotapes any performance or incident that includes

sexual conduct by a child under eighteen (18) years of age; or
        (2) disseminates, exhibits to another person, offers to disseminate or exhibit to another person, or sends or brings into Indiana for dissemination or exhibition matter that depicts or describes sexual conduct by a child under eighteen (18) years of age;
commits child exploitation, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C felony if it is committed by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a)).
    (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally possesses:
        (1) a picture;
        (2) a drawing;
        (3) a photograph;
        (4) a negative image;
        (5) undeveloped film;
        (6) a motion picture;
        (7) a videotape; or
        (8) any pictorial representation;
that depicts or describes sexual conduct by a child who is less than sixteen (16) years of age, or appears to be less than sixteen (16) years of age, and that lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value commits possession of child pornography, a Class A misdemeanor.
    (d) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to a bona fide school, museum, or public library that qualifies for certain property tax exemptions under IC 6-1.1-10, or to an employee of such a school, museum, or public library acting within the scope of the employee's employment when the possession of the listed materials are for legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.148, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.325-1983, SEC.1; P.L.206-1986, SEC.1; P.L.37-1990, SEC.25; P.L.59-1995, SEC.3; P.L.216-1996, SEC.19.

IC 35-42-4-5
    Sec. 5. (a) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally directs, aids, induces, or causes a child under the age of sixteen (16) to touch or fondle himself or another child under the age of sixteen (16) with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of a child or the older person commits vicarious sexual gratification, a Class D felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class C felony if a child involved in the offense is under the age of fourteen (14);
        (2) a Class B felony if:
            (A) the offense is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force or while armed with a deadly weapon; or
            (B) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge; and
        (3) a Class A felony if it results in serious bodily injury.

    (b) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally directs, aids, induces, or causes a child under the age of sixteen (16) to:
        (1) engage in sexual intercourse with another child under sixteen (16) years of age;
        (2) engage in sexual conduct with an animal other than a human being; or
        (3) engage in deviate sexual conduct with another person;
with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of a child or the older person commits vicarious sexual gratification, a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class B felony if any child involved in the offense is less than fourteen (14) years of age, and it is a Class A felony if the offense is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon, if it results in serious bodily injury, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by P.L.183-1984, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.79-1994, SEC.13; P.L.31-1998, SEC.6.

IC 35-42-4-6
    Sec. 6. A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally solicits a child under fourteen (14) years of age to engage in:
        (1) sexual intercourse;
        (2) deviate sexual conduct; or
        (3) any fondling or touching intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person;
commits child solicitation, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C felony if it is committed by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a)).
As added by P.L.183-1984, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.11-1994, SEC.16; P.L.79-1994, SEC.14; P.L.216-1996, SEC.20.

IC 35-42-4-7
    Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "adoptive parent" has the meaning set forth in IC 31-9-2-6.
    (b) As used in this section, "adoptive grandparent" means the parent of an adoptive parent.
    (c) As used in this section, "child care worker" means a person who provides care or supervision of a child within the scope of the person's employment in a public or private school or shelter care facility.
    (d) As used in this section, "custodian" means any person who resides with a child and is responsible for the child's welfare.
    (e) As used in this section, "stepparent" means an individual who is married to a child's custodial or noncustodial parent and is not the child's adoptive parent.
    (f) If a person who is:
        (1) at least eighteen (18) years of age; and

        (2) the:
            (A) guardian, adoptive parent, adoptive grandparent, custodian, or stepparent of; or
            (B) child care worker for;
        a child at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age;
engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct with the child, the person commits child seduction, a Class D felony.
As added by P.L.158-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.148; P.L.71-1998, SEC.5.

IC 35-42-4-8
    Sec. 8. (a) A person who, with intent to arouse or satisfy the person's own sexual desires or the sexual desires of another person, touches another person when that person is:
        (1) compelled to submit to the touching by force or the imminent threat of force; or
        (2) so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the touching cannot be given;
commits sexual battery, a Class D felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class C felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
        (3) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by P.L.322-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.31-1998, SEC.7.

IC 35-42-4-9
    Sec. 9. (a) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class C felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class B felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
        (2) a Class A felony if it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon, if it results in serious bodily injury, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (b) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits sexual misconduct with

a minor, a Class D felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class C felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
        (2) a Class B felony if it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, while armed with a deadly weapon, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was at least sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the conduct.
    (d) It is a defense that the child is or has ever been married.
As added by P.L.79-1994, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.33-1996, SEC.9; P.L.216-1996, SEC.21; P.L.31-1998, SEC.8.

IC 35-42-4
    Chapter 4. Sex Crimes

IC 35-42-4-1
    Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who knowingly or intentionally has sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex when:
        (1) the other person is compelled by force or imminent threat of force;
        (2) the other person is unaware that the sexual intercourse is occurring; or
        (3) the other person is so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to sexual intercourse cannot be given;
commits rape, a Class B felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury to a person other than a defendant; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.36; P.L.320-1983, SEC.23; P.L.16-1984, SEC.19; P.L.297-1989, SEC.1; P.L.31-1998, SEC.3.

IC 35-42-4-2
    Sec. 2. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally causes another person to perform or submit to deviate sexual conduct when:
        (1) the other person is compelled by force or imminent threat of force;
        (2) the other person is unaware that the conduct is occurring; or
        (3) the other person is so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the conduct cannot be given;
commits criminal deviate conduct, a Class B felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury to any person other than a defendant; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.37; P.L.320-1983, SEC.24; P.L.183-1984, SEC.3; P.L.31-1998, SEC.4.

IC 35-42-4-3
    Sec. 3. (a) A person who, with a child under fourteen (14) years of age, performs or submits to sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct commits child molesting, a Class B felony. However, the offense is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
        (2) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force or while armed with a deadly weapon;
        (3) it results in serious bodily injury; or
        (4) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (b) A person who, with a child under fourteen (14) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits child molesting, a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class A felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
        (3) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was sixteen (16) years of age or older at the time of the conduct.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.38; Acts 1978, P.L.82, SEC.2; Acts 1981, P.L.301, SEC.1; P.L.79-1994, SEC.12; P.L.33-1996, SEC.8; P.L.216-1996, SEC.18; P.L.31-1998, SEC.5.

IC 35-42-4-4
    Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section:
    "Disseminate" means to transfer possession for free or for a consideration.
    "Matter" has the same meaning as in IC 35-49-1-3.
    "Performance" has the same meaning as in IC 35-49-1-7.
    "Sexual conduct" means sexual intercourse, deviate sexual conduct, exhibition of the uncovered genitals intended to satisfy or arouse the sexual desires of any person, sado-masochistic abuse, sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct with an animal, or any fondling or touching of a child by another person or of another person by a child intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the other person.
    (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
        (1) manages, produces, sponsors, presents, exhibits, photographs, films, or videotapes any performance or incident that includes

sexual conduct by a child under eighteen (18) years of age; or
        (2) disseminates, exhibits to another person, offers to disseminate or exhibit to another person, or sends or brings into Indiana for dissemination or exhibition matter that depicts or describes sexual conduct by a child under eighteen (18) years of age;
commits child exploitation, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C felony if it is committed by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a)).
    (c) A person who knowingly or intentionally possesses:
        (1) a picture;
        (2) a drawing;
        (3) a photograph;
        (4) a negative image;
        (5) undeveloped film;
        (6) a motion picture;
        (7) a videotape; or
        (8) any pictorial representation;
that depicts or describes sexual conduct by a child who is less than sixteen (16) years of age, or appears to be less than sixteen (16) years of age, and that lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value commits possession of child pornography, a Class A misdemeanor.
    (d) Subsections (b) and (c) do not apply to a bona fide school, museum, or public library that qualifies for certain property tax exemptions under IC 6-1.1-10, or to an employee of such a school, museum, or public library acting within the scope of the employee's employment when the possession of the listed materials are for legitimate scientific or educational purposes.
As added by Acts 1978, P.L.148, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.325-1983, SEC.1; P.L.206-1986, SEC.1; P.L.37-1990, SEC.25; P.L.59-1995, SEC.3; P.L.216-1996, SEC.19.

IC 35-42-4-5
    Sec. 5. (a) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally directs, aids, induces, or causes a child under the age of sixteen (16) to touch or fondle himself or another child under the age of sixteen (16) with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of a child or the older person commits vicarious sexual gratification, a Class D felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class C felony if a child involved in the offense is under the age of fourteen (14);
        (2) a Class B felony if:
            (A) the offense is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force or while armed with a deadly weapon; or
            (B) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge; and
        (3) a Class A felony if it results in serious bodily injury.

    (b) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally directs, aids, induces, or causes a child under the age of sixteen (16) to:
        (1) engage in sexual intercourse with another child under sixteen (16) years of age;
        (2) engage in sexual conduct with an animal other than a human being; or
        (3) engage in deviate sexual conduct with another person;
with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of a child or the older person commits vicarious sexual gratification, a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class B felony if any child involved in the offense is less than fourteen (14) years of age, and it is a Class A felony if the offense is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon, if it results in serious bodily injury, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by P.L.183-1984, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.79-1994, SEC.13; P.L.31-1998, SEC.6.

IC 35-42-4-6
    Sec. 6. A person eighteen (18) years of age or older who knowingly or intentionally solicits a child under fourteen (14) years of age to engage in:
        (1) sexual intercourse;
        (2) deviate sexual conduct; or
        (3) any fondling or touching intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person;
commits child solicitation, a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class C felony if it is committed by using a computer network (as defined in IC 35-43-2-3(a)).
As added by P.L.183-1984, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.11-1994, SEC.16; P.L.79-1994, SEC.14; P.L.216-1996, SEC.20.

IC 35-42-4-7
    Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "adoptive parent" has the meaning set forth in IC 31-9-2-6.
    (b) As used in this section, "adoptive grandparent" means the parent of an adoptive parent.
    (c) As used in this section, "child care worker" means a person who provides care or supervision of a child within the scope of the person's employment in a public or private school or shelter care facility.
    (d) As used in this section, "custodian" means any person who resides with a child and is responsible for the child's welfare.
    (e) As used in this section, "stepparent" means an individual who is married to a child's custodial or noncustodial parent and is not the child's adoptive parent.
    (f) If a person who is:
        (1) at least eighteen (18) years of age; and

        (2) the:
            (A) guardian, adoptive parent, adoptive grandparent, custodian, or stepparent of; or
            (B) child care worker for;
        a child at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age;
engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct with the child, the person commits child seduction, a Class D felony.
As added by P.L.158-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.148; P.L.71-1998, SEC.5.

IC 35-42-4-8
    Sec. 8. (a) A person who, with intent to arouse or satisfy the person's own sexual desires or the sexual desires of another person, touches another person when that person is:
        (1) compelled to submit to the touching by force or the imminent threat of force; or
        (2) so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the touching cannot be given;
commits sexual battery, a Class D felony.
    (b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Class C felony if:
        (1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;
        (2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or
        (3) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
As added by P.L.322-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.31-1998, SEC.7.

IC 35-42-4-9
    Sec. 9. (a) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to sexual intercourse or deviate sexual conduct commits sexual misconduct with a minor, a Class C felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class B felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
        (2) a Class A felony if it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon, if it results in serious bodily injury, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (b) A person at least eighteen (18) years of age who, with a child at least fourteen (14) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, performs or submits to any fondling or touching, of either the child or the older person, with intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the older person, commits sexual misconduct with

a minor, a Class D felony. However, the offense is:
        (1) a Class C felony if it is committed by a person at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
        (2) a Class B felony if it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force, while armed with a deadly weapon, or if the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.
    (c) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the child was at least sixteen (16) years of age at the time of the conduct.
    (d) It is a defense that the child is or has ever been married.
As added by P.L.79-1994, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.33-1996, SEC.9; P.L.216-1996, SEC.21; P.L.31-1998, SEC.8.
              
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