Vanderburgh County Courts, Indiana Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Confidential information excluded from public access may be accessed only with prior written authorization from the supervising Judge, and some access requires authorization from all Vanderburgh County Judges.

Access to information which is excluded from public access and is confidential may not be accessed without the prior written authorization of the Judge supervising that office or department which created or archived that information. In some instances, access will require authorization from all Judges of Vanderburgh County.

CRITICAL

Unless the court orders otherwise, defense attorneys must keep victims’ and witnesses’ confidential identifying information from anyone other than their associates or employees, and must redact it before showing the case file to anyone else.

Except by order of court, a defense attorney receiving such a case file shall not reveal any victim’s or witnesses’ confidential identifying information, including Social Security number, driver’s license number and date of birth to anyone other than an associate or employee of the attorney. In the event the defense attorney wishes to show the case file to any other person, including the defendant, the attorney shall first redact such information from the file.

WARNING

On the personal representative’s application, the Court may order an inventory or its supplement or amendment sealed; a sealed inventory may not be opened without a Court order after notice and an opportunity for hearing.

Upon application by the personal representative, the Court may, in its sole discretion, order an inventory, or any supplement or amendment to it, to be sealed. If so ordered, it may not be opened without an order of the Court, after notice to the personal representative and an opportunity for hearing.