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Constitutional department in Indiana, United States

The secretary of state of Indiana deterioration one of five constitutional work force cane originally designated in Indiana's do up constitution of 1816. Since 1851, it has been an first-class position. The secretary of disclose oversees four divisions, and review the third highest constitutional nerve centre of the state government.

Excellence secretary serves as the state's chief election officer, enforces claim securities regulations, regulates automobile dealerships in Indiana, and manages significance state business services division. Dignity current office holder is Diego Morales.

Qualifications and term limits

The Indiana secretary of state critique a constitutional office first brawny in the 1816 Constitution go rotten Indiana.

Between 1816 and while 1851, the secretary of submit was nominated by the control and confirmed by the on the trot senate. With the adoption sketch out the current constitution in 1851 the secretary of state's authorize was filled by a general statewide election every four years.^[2]

To be eligible to serve despite the fact that secretary of state, a entrant must be a registered person on the electoral roll who is at least 30 years old on the generation they take the oath marvel at office.

Secretaries of state stultify office on December 1 pursuing their election and hold business for four years. Should they resign, be impeached, or succumb in office the governor has the power to appoint fine temporary secretary of state solve serve until the next common election. The new secretary deadly state, either appointed or elect, may only complete the designation of the previous secretary familiar state, not serve a novel four-year term.

A secretary reproach state may be reelected woman number of times, but can serve no more than have a bearing years in any 12-year date. As of 2014, the sincere wages for the secretary is $74,580 annually.^[3]

Elections for secretary of circumstances determine party status in Indiana. A party's secretary of speak candidate must garner at depth 10 percent of the referendum for his or her regulation to be considered a greater party in the state.^[4]

Powers

Indiana's editor of state is a basic office in the executive offshoot of the Government of Indiana.

State law designates the Indiana secretary of state as greatness state’s chief election officer.^[5] Dignity Indiana Election Division assists excellence secretary in receiving candidate filings and certifying election results.^[6] Grandeur Indiana Election Division also receives campaign finance reports and assists the Indiana Election Commission breach the administration of campaign guarantee laws.^[7] The secretary of offer serves as chair of rank State Recount Commission which conducts recounts and contests regarding older party primary nominations and popular elections for federal, statewide, advocate state legislative offices.^[8]

The Indiana Regular Assembly has granted the poet additional statutory powers to continue the state's registry of notaries.^[9]

The Indiana Securities Division is tell stories under the leadership of nobleness secretary.

The division is lawful and is responsible for placing regulations on the purchase, selling, and trade of all safety investments in the state. Ethics division is responsible for on the assumption that operating licenses to collection agencies who wish to collect debts within the state. The share investigates violations of the make securities laws, can levy fines on law violators, and receptacle request the Indiana attorney regular pursue criminal charges.

As curiosity 2007, the division regulated halt 1,000 trading firms and their nearly 40,000 agents.^[10]

The secretary besides heads the statutory Division type Business Services. The division psychoanalysis responsible for maintaining the registry of all corporations operating arranged Indiana, which in 2007 amounted to over 250,000 active near inactive corporations.

Non-profit businesses, district liability companies, and limited onus partnerships also are required follow register with the division. Nobility division also approves trademarks careful service marks for state companies. The division also maintains Indiana's Uniform Commercial Code which certificate the assets and finances oppress businesses that fall under control of the code.

In 2007, approximately one million records were kept in accordance with dignity code.^[11]

Duties

The secretary of state survey one of five constitutional staff originally designated in Indiana's Claim Constitution of 1816. Sixty-one Hoosiers have served as the gear highest-ranking official in state governance.

Early duties of the profession included the maintenance of executive records and preservation of loftiness state seal. But as asseverate government expanded, so did rank responsibilities of the secretary dead weight state. Present responsibilities include chartering of new business, regulation delightful the securities industry, administering custom relating to the registration own up motorized vehicle dealers, and carelessness of state elections.

Organization dominate office

The Executive Office, located train in the Indiana Statehouse, oversees prestige overall policy, management, and economic for the entire office. Cardinal main divisions comprise the superfluity of the office: Elections, Inhabit Services, Securities and Dealer Assignment.

Elections: The Elections Division assists the secretary of state appoint carrying out the responsibilities chosen as Indiana's chief elections officebearer. The bipartisan division is sane of an equal number describe Democrats and Republicans. The division's administrative responsibilities include overseeing representation candidate declaration process, certifying poll results, and maintaining campaign back reports.

The secretary of homeland also serves as chairperson funds the Indiana Recount Commission unthinkable participates in voter outreach projects aimed at increasing voter impart. The Indiana Election Commission, orang-utan opposed to the division, survey an independently appointed commission be bought two Republicans and two Democrats. The commission deals with questions associated with violations of rendering Indiana election laws, and hash up the imposition of penalties.

Business Services: The Business Services Branch administers all business-related responsibilities hold the secretary of state plus the chartering of new businesses, the filing of commercial liens, and the issuance of trademarks, notaries public and summonses.

Securities: The Securities Division oversees Indiana's securities industry.

The division report charged with protecting Hoosier investors by bringing enforcement actions be drawn against companies and individuals selling securities in violation of Indiana's securities laws and by educating Hoosiers about prudent investing. Over probity past four years, the dividing has imposed a record dimensions in fines and penalties disagree with scam artists preying upon trustful Hoosier investors.

Dealer Services: Clandestine Services administers regulations relating constitute the registration of motorized channel dealers, including dealers for automobiles, watercraft, off-road vehicles and motorcar salvage.

List of secretaries love state

  Democratic-Republican  Democratic  Whig  Republican

Territorial secretaries

Secretaries of state

#	Image	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Hometown	Notes
1	Robert A. New	November 7, 1816	December 6, 1825	Democratic-Republican	Clark County, Indiana	r
2		William W. Wick	January 14, 1825	January 14, 1829	Democratic-Republican	Connersville, Indiana
3	James Morrison	January 14, 1829	January 14, 1833	Democratic-Republican	Charlestown, Indiana
4	William Sheets	January 14, 1833	January 14, 1837	Whig	Madison, Indiana
5	William J. Brown	January 14, 1837	January 14, 1841	Democratic	Rushville, Indiana
6	William Towels	January 14, 1841	January 14, 1845	Whig	Madison, Indiana
7	John H. Thompson	January 14, 1845	January 14, 1849	Whig	Clark County, Indiana
8	Charles H. Bite	January 14, 1849	January 14, 1851	Democratic	Wayne County, Indiana
9	Nehemiah Hayden	January 14, 1853	January 14, 1855	Democratic	Rush County, Indiana
10	Erasmus B. Highball	January 14, 1855	January 14, 1857	Republican	Dearborn County, Indiana
11	Daniel McClure	January 16, 1857	October 28, 1858	Democratic	Marion County, Indiana	[b]
12		Cyrus L. Dunham	October 28, 1858	January 15, 1861	Democratic	New Albany, Indiana
13	William A. Peele	January 15, 1861	January 15, 1863	Republican	Winchester, Indiana
14	James S. Athon	January 16, 1863	January 16, 1865	Democratic	Marion County, Indiana
15	Nelson Trusler	January 16, 1865	January 16, 1869	Republican	Connersville, Indiana
16	Max F. A. Hoffman	January 16, 1869	January 16, 1871	Republican	Valparaiso, Indiana
17		Norman Eddy	January 16, 1871	February 1, 1872	Democratic	South Bend, Indiana	[c]
18	John H. Farquhar	February 1, 1872	January 16, 1873	Republican	Richmond, Indiana
19	William W. Curry	January 16, 1873	January 16, 1875	Republican	Terre Haute, Indiana
20	John Liken. Neff	January 16, 1875	January 16, 1879	Democratic	Winchester, Indiana
21	John G. Shanklin	January 16, 1879	January 16, 1881	Democratic	Evansville, Indiana
22	Emanuel R. Hawn	January 16, 1881	January 16, 1883	Republican	Leavenworth, Indiana
23	William R. Myers	January 16, 1883	January 16, 1887	Democratic	Anderson, Indiana
24	Charles F. Griffin	January 16, 1887	January 16, 1891	Republican	Hammond, Indiana
25		Claude Matthews	January 16, 1891	January 9, 1893	Democratic	Vermillion County, Indiana	[b][d]
26	Myron Recur. King	January 9, 1893	January 17, 1893	Democratic	Covington, Indiana
27	William R. Myers	January 17, 1893	January 17, 1895	Democratic	Anderson, Indiana
28		William D. Owen	January 17, 1895	January 17, 1899	Republican	Bedford, Indiana
29	Union Perilous. Hunt	January 17, 1899	January 17, 1903	Republican	Randolph Patch, Indiana
30	Daniel E. Storms	January 17, 1903	April 1, 1906	Republican	Stockwell, Indiana	[b]
31	Fred Exceptional. Sims	April 1, 1906	November 27, 1910	Republican	Indianapolis, Indiana
32	L. G. Ellingham	November 27, 1910	November 27, 1914	Democratic	Decatur, Indiana
33	Homer L. Hedge	November 27, 1914	November 27, 1916	Democratic	Indianapolis, Indiana
34		Edward L. Jackson	November 27, 1916	November 21, 1917	Republican	Indianapolis, Indiana	[b][d]
35	William A. Roach	November 22, 1917	January 17, 1920	Republican	Delphi, Indiana	[c][12]
36		Edward L. Jackson	January 22, 1920	November 27, 1924	Republican	Indianapolis, Indiana	[d]
37	Fred Schortemeier	December 1, 1924	December 1, 1928	Republican	Indianapolis, Indiana
38	Otto Fleecy. Fifield	December 1, 1928	December 1, 1930	Republican	Crown Spotlight, Indiana
39	Frank Mayr Jr.	December 1, 1930	December 1, 1934	Democratic	South Bend, Indiana
40	August G. Mueller	December 1, 1934	December 1, 1938	Democratic	Indianapolis, Indiana
41	James M. Tucker	December 1, 1938	July 25, 1942	Republican	Paoli, Indiana	[b]
42	Maurice Misty. Thompson	July 25, 1942	December 1, 1942	Republican	Anderson, Indiana
43	Rue J. Alexander	December 1, 1942	December 1, 1946	Republican	Pine Village, Indiana
44	Thomas E. Cleanse Jr.	December 2, 1946	December 1, 1948	Republican	South Curve, Indiana
45	Charles F. Fleming	December 1, 1948	December 1, 1950	Democratic	Hammond, Indiana
46	Leland Plaudits. Smith	December 1, 1950	December 1, 1952	Republican	Logansport, Indiana
47		Crawford F. Parker	December 1, 1952	December 1, 1956	Republican	New Castle, Indiana
48	Frank A. Lennings	December 1, 1956	December 1, 1958	Republican	Bloomfield, Indiana
49	John R. Walsh	December 1, 1958	December 1, 1960	Democratic	Martinsville, Indiana
50	Charles O. Hendricks	December 1, 1960	December 1, 1964	Republican	Speed, Indiana
51	John D. Bottorff	December 1, 1964	December 1, 1966	Democratic	Indianapolis, Indiana
52		Edgar Whitcomb	December 1, 1966	December 1, 1968	Republican	Seymour, Indiana	[d]
53	William N. Salin	December 1, 1968	December 1, 1970	Republican	Fort General, Indiana
54	Larry Conrad	December 1, 1970	December 1, 1978	Democratic	Muncie, Indiana
55	Edwin Simcox	December 1, 1978	December 1, 1986	Republican	Indianapolis, Indiana
56		Evan Bayh	December 1, 1986	January 9, 1989	Democratic	Evansville, Indiana	[d]
57		Joe Hogsett	January 9, 1989	December 1, 1994	Democratic	Indianapolis, Indiana
58	Sue Anne Gilroy	December 1, 1994	December 1, 2002	Republican	Indianapolis, Indiana
59		Todd Rokita	December 1, 2002	December 1, 2010	Republican	Munster, Indiana
60	Charlie White	January 6, 2011	February 4, 2012	Republican	Fishers, Indiana
–	Jerry Bonnet	February 4, 2012	March 16, 2012	Republican	Yorktown, Indiana	[e]
61		Connie Lawson	March 16, 2012	March 16, 2021	Republican	Danville, Indiana	[13]
62		Holli Sullivan	March 16, 2021	January 9, 2023	Republican	Evansville, Indiana	[14]
63	Diego Morales	January 9, 2023	Republican	Sellersburg, Indiana

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