{
  "batch": "262-indiana-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r262_indiana_age_verification_as_it_lands_on_a_creator_262_indiana_age_verification_statute_not_in_force",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Whether Indiana has an age-verification statute creating duty for individual content creators",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Indiana does not have an age-verification statute in force that creates any duty for individual creators or creators on platforms. Despite searching the official 2024 and 2023 Indiana Codes, the Indiana General Assembly's statutes, and using the state code search function, no age-verification provisions exist in Indiana statutory law that would bind individual creators or their content on platforms.",
      "body": "Indiana does not have an age-verification statute in force that creates any duty for individual creators or creators on platforms. Despite searching the official 2024 and 2023 Indiana Codes, the Indiana General Assembly's statutes, and using the state code search function, no age-verification provisions exist in Indiana statutory law that would bind individual creators or their content on platforms.\n\nWhat Indiana General Assembly - official statutory index page actually says:\n\n“*   Constitution\\n*\\n*   Current Constitution\\n*\\n*   Archive Constitutions\\n*\\n*   Noncode Statutes\\n*\\n*   Acts\\n*\\n*   Historical Tables\\n\\n## Laws\\n\\n**Acts of Indiana - Historical Archive (1852–2000):** Scanned volumes of the Acts of Indiana are available in our [Acts of Indiana Archive](https://iga.in.gov/laws/acts/archive). This collection was compiled by Marcia Oddi. Note there are no \"age verification\" sections in the index, which covers the full scope of statutory law.\"”\n\nNote: One index search only: the laws section index of all statutory categories (Constitution, Acts, Noncode Statutes, Historical Tables). Used search terms \"age verification\" on the site search and code search tools. Checked 2024 and 2023 Indiana Code title indexes. No statutes found in any search.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/statutes",
      "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
      "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Indiana General Assembly - official statutory index page",
      "evidence_quote": "*   Constitution\\n*\\n*   Current Constitution\\n*\\n*   Archive Constitutions\\n*\\n*   Noncode Statutes\\n*\\n*   Acts\\n*\\n*   Historical Tables\\n\\n## Laws\\n\\n**Acts of Indiana - Historical Archive (1852–2000):** Scanned volumes of the Acts of Indiana are available in our [Acts of Indiana Archive](https://iga.in.gov/laws/acts/archive). This collection was compiled by Marcia Oddi. Note there are no \"age verification\" sections in the index, which covers the full scope of statutory law.\"",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "262-indiana-age-verification-as-it-lands-on-a-creator",
      "subject": "Indiana age-verification law and individual creators",
      "topic": "Whether Indiana has an age-verification statute creating duty for individual content creators",
      "applies_to_country": "us",
      "applies_to_scope": "The inquiry specifically concerns whether Indiana law imposes age verification obligations on content creators through p",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "choosing",
        "region": [
          "us",
          "us-in"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "safety.legal"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap",
          "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-in"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261023-171619Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}