Civil Cases, Including Adoption, Paternity, and Juvenile Proceedings. All models, diagrams, documents, or material admitted in evidence (including but not limited to drugs, guns, knives, weapons, other physical items) or pertaining to the case placed in the custody of the court reporter as exhibits shall be taken away by the parties offering them in evidence, except as otherwise ordered by the court, four (4) months after the case is decided unless an appeal is taken. However, if the exhibit entered into evidence was the product of a seizure by law enforcement as a result of an arrest or search, the exhibit shall be returned to the law enforcement agency who seized the item for disposition according to I.C. § 35-33-5-5. If an appeal is taken, all such exhibits shall be retained by the court reporter for two (2) years from termination of the appeal, retrial, or subsequent appeal and termination, whichever is later.

The Court reporter shall retain the mechanical or electronic records or tapes, shorthand or stenographic notes as provided in Administrative Rule 7.

Misdemeanor, Miscellaneous Criminal, Level 6, Level 5, Class D, and Class C Felonies. All models, diagrams, documents, or material admitted in evidence (including but not limited to drugs, guns, knives, weapons, other physical items) or pertaining to the case placed in the custody of the court reporter as exhibits shall be taken away by the parties offering them in evidence except as otherwise ordered by the court, three (3) years after the case is dismissed, the defendant found not guilty, or the defendant is sentenced, unless an appeal is taken. However, if the exhibit entered into evidence was the product of a seizure by law enforcement as a result of an arrest or search, the exhibit shall be returned to the prosecuting attorney for disposition according to I.C. § 35-33-5-5. If an appeal is taken, all such exhibits shall be retained by the court reporter for three (3) years from termination of the appeal, retrial, or subsequent appeal and termination, whichever is later, unless an action challenging the conviction or sentence, or post-conviction action, is pending.

The Court reporter shall retain the mechanical or electronic records or tapes, shorthand or stenographic notes as provided in Administrative Rule 7.

Level 4 Felonies. All models, diagrams, documents, or material admitted in evidence (including but not limited to drugs, guns, knives, weapons, other physical items) or pertaining to the case placed in the custody of the court reporter as exhibits shall be taken away by the parties offering them in evidence, except as otherwise ordered by the court, six (6) years after the case is dismissed, the defendant found not guilty, or the defendant is sentenced, unless an appeal is taken. However, if the exhibit entered into evidence was the product of a seizure by law enforcement as a result of an arrest or search, the exhibit shall be returned to the prosecuting attorney for disposition according to I.C. § 35-33-5-5. If an appeal is