Free Fillable CFA-1 Form (Indiana)
Fill out your CFA-1 right here in your browser with our free generator and download a completed, filing-ready PDF — or grab the blank, fillable form below, along with every other Indiana CFA form. Free, no email required. Here's what the form is, who has to file it, and where it goes.
What is the CFA-1?
The CFA-1 — officially the Candidate's Statement of Organization — is the form a candidate files to formally organize a campaign committee. It's how the committee comes into existence on paper: you name the committee, declare whether it's a principal committee or an exploratory committee, and identify the people who run it — the chairperson and the treasurer.
Think of it as the committee's birth certificate. Every other Indiana campaign finance report — the CFA-4 you'll file each period — hangs off the committee you register here.
Who has to file it?
A candidate must organize a committee — and file the CFA-1 — once they cross the line into being a candidate under Indiana law: typically when they raise or spend money for the campaign, or otherwise take a formal step toward office. Setting up the committee is what lets you legally accept contributions and make expenditures.
The CFA-1 is also the form you use to amend an existing committee's information — a new treasurer, a new chairperson, a changed address, or a new committee name. When something on file changes, you file an amended CFA-1 rather than starting over.
When is it due?
The CFA-1 is generally due within a set number of days of becoming a candidate or of the committee being organized — file it promptly, before you start raising or spending money, so your committee is registered when the activity happens. Amendments are due soon after the information changes.
For the full 2026–2027 calendar of Indiana filing dates by committee type, see our Indiana campaign finance deadlines page.
Where do you file?
- Statewide and state legislative candidates (plus PACs and party committees supporting them) file with the Indiana Election Division. Statewide and state legislative candidate committees are required to file electronically through campaignfinance.in.gov.
- Local candidates — circuit, county, city, town, township, and school board offices (plus judicial and prosecuting attorney candidates, and PACs or party committees supporting local candidates) file with the county election board, generally located in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Reports may be e-mailed, faxed, hand-delivered, or mailed — but a postmark doesn't count. The filing has to be in the filing office's hands by the deadline.
Download every Indiana CFA form (free)
Blank Indiana campaign finance forms, with the revision code of each one shown so you can confirm you're filing the version the state currently accepts. No email gate, no signup — just the forms.
| Form | Name | Revision | Who it's for | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFA-1 | Candidate's Statement of Organization | State Form 4604R15 / 5-19 | Candidates opening (or amending) a principal or exploratory committee | PDF for CFA-1 |
| CFA-2 | PAC or Legislative Caucus Committee Statement of Organization | State Form 28251R12 / 6-25 | Political action committees and legislative caucus committees | Official PDF for CFA-2, opens the Indiana Election Division site in a new tab |
| CFA-3 | Regular Party Committee Statement of Organization | State Form 46413R6 / 10-17 | State, county, city, or town party central committees | PDF for CFA-3 |
| CFA-4 | Report of Receipts and Expenditures | State Form 4606R18 / 6-25 | Every open committee — candidates, PACs, caucus and party committees | PDF for CFA-4 |
| CFA-5 | Notice to Candidate's Committee | State Form 4761R6 / 11-01 | Organizations reporting contributions or expenditures made to a candidate's committee | PDF for CFA-5 |
| CFA-11 | Supplemental "Large Contribution" Report | State Form 48492R8 / 6-25 | Candidate committees receiving large contributions ($1,000 or more) in the final pre-election window | Official PDF for CFA-11, opens the Indiana Election Division site in a new tab |
Revision codes above are the versions these links return. Last verified against the Indiana Election Division's official forms index on August 24, 2026. CFA-2 and CFA-11 are distributed only from the state's own forms server, so those two links go straight to the Election Division.
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