§ Ind. Code § 3-8-2-4Time for filing and execution of declaration of candidacy; declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate

(a) A declaration of candidacy for a primary election must be filed not later than
noon eighty-eight (88) days and not earlier than one hundred eighteen (118) days before the
primary election. The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person
authorized to administer oaths.
(b) A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate must be filed:
(1) not earlier than the first date specified in IC 3-8-6-10(b) for the timely filing of a
petition of nomination; and
(2) not later than noon on the date specified by IC 3-13-1-15(c) for a major political
party to file a certificate of candidate selection.
The declaration must be subscribed and sworn to before a person authorized to administer
oaths.
(c) During a year in which a federal decennial census, federal special census, special
tabulation, or corrected population count becomes effective under IC 1-1-3.5, a declaration
of:
(1) candidacy may be filed for an office that will appear on the primary election ballot;
or
(2) intent to be a write-in candidate may be filed for an office that will appear on the
general, municipal, or school board election ballot;
that year as a result of the new tabulation of population or corrected population count.