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Article IV. Relevancy and Its Limits

Rule 408. Compromise Offers and Negotiations

Effective January 1, 2014

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(a) Prohibited Uses.

Evidence of the following is not admissible on behalf of any party either to prove or disprove the validity or amount of a disputed claim or to impeach by a prior inconsistent statement or a contradiction:

(1) furnishing, promising, or offering, or accepting, promising to accept, or offering to accept a valuable consideration in order to compromise the claim; and

(2) conduct or a statement made during compromise negotiations about the claim. Compromise negotiations include alternative dispute resolution.

(b) Exceptions.

The court may admit this evidence for another purpose, such as proving a witness's bias or prejudice, negating a contention of undue delay, or proving an effort to obstruct a criminal investigation or prosecution.

Opinions in this dataset that cite Rule 408

2 opinions in the dataset cite this rule, reversals first. Matched from each opinion’s coded issue, not from a reading of the opinion.

Reporter citations are as supplied and unverified; the official opinion link is the source of record.

Source: the Indiana Rules of Evidence, reproduced for browsing. Rule text as supplied, including the amendment to Rule 103(b) effective July 1, 2026 (Order, Cause No. 26S-MS-8); other rules carry their own effective dates. This is an unofficial copy; check the official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.