Courts and judges authorized to grant writ
Sec. 2. (a) Writs of habeas corpus may be granted by:
(1) the circuit or superior courts of the county in which the
person applying for the writ may be restrained of his or her
liberty, or by the judges of those courts; or
(2) if the judges described in subdivision (1) are:
(A) absent from their circuits; or
(B) by reason of sickness or other cause, unable or
incompetent to hear and determine the application for the
writ;
then by any judge of an adjoining circuit.
(b) Upon application, a writ granted under subsection (a) shall be
granted without delay.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.21.
Last modified: May 24, 2006