STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR INDIANA COUNTIES

The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Indiana counties. They are up to date through all 2013 legislation.

General Provisions

Home rule
  IC 36-1-3

Transfer of jurisdiction from General Assembly to local legislative bodies
  IC 36-1-3.5

Powers specifically prohibited
  IC 36-1-3-8

Territorial jurisdiction
  IC 36-1-3-9

General corporate powers
  IC 36-1-4

Publication of notices
  IC 5-3

Codification of ordinances
  IC 36-1-5

Suffrage and elections
  Indiana Const. Art. 2 and IC 3

Administration and Personnel

County executive
  IC 36-2-2

County fiscal body
  IC 36-2-3

Division of powers in county government
  IC 36-2-3.5

Legislative procedures
  IC 36-2-4

Mileage and fees of county officers
  IC 36-2-7

Officers' bonds and oaths
  IC 5-4

Salaries of officers and employees
  IC 36-2-8

County auditor
  IC 36-2-9

County treasurer
  IC 36-2-10

County recorder
  IC 36-2-11

County surveyor
  IC 36-2-12

County sheriff
  IC 36-2-13

County coroner
  IC 36-2-14

County assessor
  IC 36-2-15

Attorney
  IC 36-2-2-30

Deputies and employees
  IC 36-2-16

County records
  IC 36-2-17

Judicial appeal of executive decisions
  IC 36-2-2-27 et seq.

Courthouse, jail and other public offices
  IC 36-2-2-24

Plan commissions
  IC 36-7-4-200 et seq.

Building departments
  IC 36-7-8

Police
  IC 36-8-2-2

Firefighting
  IC 36-8-2-3

Sheriff's department
  IC 36-8-10

Personnel system
  IC 36-1-4-14

Police reserve officers
  IC 36-8-3-20

Emergency management
  IC 10-14

Revenue and Finance

Fiscal administration
  IC 36-2-2-16 et seq. and 36-2-6

Budgets
  IC 36-2-5

Debt limitation
  IC 36-1-15

Claims against counties
  IC 36-1-4-17 and 36-2-6-1 et seq.

Purchasing
  IC 5-22, 36-2-6-17, 36-2-20

Borrowing, bonds and warrants
  IC 36-2-6-18

Leasing and lease-purchasing
  IC 36-1-10

Purchase of land or structures
  IC 36-1-10.5

Sale, exchange, transfer or lease of property
  IC 36-1-11

Business Licenses and Regulations

Authority to regulate businesses
  IC 36-8-2-10

Limit on license fees
  IC 36-1-3-8

Exemption from vending and peddling license fees
  IC. 25-25-1

Alcoholic beverages
  IC 7.1

Animals

Animal shelters
  IC 36-8-2-6

Health and Safety

General public safety powers
  IC 36-8-2

Weeds and rank vegetation
  IC 36-7-10.1

Weed cutting on county roadsides
  IC 36-2-18

Economic development and pollution control
  IC 36-7-12

Air and sound pollution
  IC 36-8-2-8

Fire protection districts
  IC 36-8-11

Solid waste disposal
  IC 36-9-30

Fire safety laws: enforcement
  IC 22-14

Fireworks
  IC 22-11-14

Public Peace, Morals and Welfare

State criminal code
  IC 35

Limitation on power
  IC 36-1-3-8

Discrimination
  IC 22-9

Vehicles and Traffic

State traffic code
  IC 9

Local traffic regulations
  IC 9-21-1-2 et seq.

Abandoned vehicles
  IC 9-22

Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places

Transportation and public works
  IC 36-9

County drainage board
  IC 36-9-27

Park and recreation law
  IC 36-10-3

Miscellaneous county park provisions
  IC 36-10-6

Public Services

Public construction
  IC 36-1-12

Transportation and public works
  IC 36-9

Redevelopment of blighted areas
  IC 36-7-14

Buildings and Construction

County building standards
  IC 36-7-8

Unsafe buildings
  IC 36-7-9

Historic preservation
  IC 36-7-11

Fire safety, building and equipment laws
  IC 22-12 et seq.

Subdivisions

Subdivision regulations
  36-7-4-700 et seq.

Filing of surveys
  IC 36-2-19

Zoning

Local planning powers generally
  IC 36-7-2

Local planning and zoning
  IC 36-7-4-100 et seq.