Indiana legal term
Minor in Indiana Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Indiana legislative session
In Indiana criminal law, “Minor” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Indiana criminal code.
What does “Minor” mean in Indiana criminal law?
"Minor" means any individual under the age of eighteen (18) years. (Ind. Code § 35-49-1-4)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Sexual misconduct with a minor
- Vicarious sexual gratification; sexual conduct in presence of a minor
- Sale to minors prohibited; furnishing property for the purpose of enabling minors to consume alcohol prohibited
- "Machine gun"; prohibited sales or transfers of ownership
- Abandonment or neglect of vertebrate animals; defense
- Identity deception
- Minors in taverns prohibited
- Torture or mutilation of a vertebrate animal; killing a domestic animal
- Aiding unlawful possession
- Dissemination of matter or conducting performance harmful to minors
- Employment of minors prohibited
- False statements of age
Related terms in the same statutes
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