Sec. 11. (a) A corporation shall retain its business records under this section for the period required by this section.
(b) A corporation shall permanently retain:
(1) minute books of meetings of shareholders and directors;
(2) the capital stock ledger and capital stock certificate ledger or stubs;
(3) the general ledger;
(4) the daily statements of condition;
(5) the investment ledger;
(6) the copies of examination reports; and
(7) other records required by the department of financial institutions under this section.
(c) A corporation's board of directors shall develop a records retention policy. In developing the policy, the board of directors shall consider:
(1) legal actions and administrative proceedings in which the production of company records is necessary or desirable;
(2) state and federal statutes of limitation applicable to legal actions and administrative proceedings; and
(3) availability of information contained in the company records from other sources.
(d) Except for records under subsection (b) and for other records required to be permanently retained, a corporation may dispose of a record that has been retained for the period required and in the manner required by this section. A corporation is not under a duty to produce the record in an action or proceeding after the disposal of the record.
(e) This section applies to a corporation under IC 28 and to national banking associations to the extent that this section does not contravene federal law.
As added by P.L.11-1998, SEC.23.