Indiana Consumer Laws

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Consumer laws in Indiana set out to protect residents from scams, enforce their rights against big corporations, and generally lay out their rights as consumers in the marketplace. They are intended to safeguard citizens in commercial transactions, and protect them from financial harm. For instance there are lemon laws, which are on the books specifically to protect consumers from being scammed during a car purchase. The Hoosier State's identity theft laws are another example. State lawmakers passed statutes protecting residents from being defrauded. Click below to find links to Indiana laws on issues like consumer scams, identity theft, and more.

Learn About Indiana Consumer Laws

  • Indiana Homestead Laws

    The basics of Indiana homestead protection laws, which are used by property owners to protect a portion of equity and ultimately prevent having one's home taken away during bankruptcy.

  • Indiana Deceptive Trade Practice Laws

    An overview of Indiana's deceptive trade practices laws, which prohibit such practices as false advertising and tampering with automobile odometers, with information about how to protect yourself as a consumer.

  • Indiana Lemon Laws

    Overview of Indiana law protecting consumers from inoperable or particularly problematic new vehicles (or lemons), what constitutes a lemon, and the remedies available to consumers.

  • Indiana Antitrust Laws

    An overview of Indiana laws regulating trade and discouraging monopolies, also known as antitrust laws, with an explanation of the two main federal antitrust laws and links to related sources.

  • Indiana Identity Theft Laws

    A primer on Indiana laws prohibiting the practice of identity theft, which involves the theft of personally identifiable information (such as a Social Security number) to commit fraud.

  • Indiana Interest Rate Laws

    How the state of Indiana's interest rate limits intersect with contract law and the very limited effect they have on credit cards and other popular consumer loans.

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