Statutory References for Indiana Cities and Towns
The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Indiana cities and towns. They are current through all 2013 legislation.
General Provisions
Incorporation of towns
IC 36-5-1
Classification of municipalities
IC 36-4-1
Annexation, deannexation
IC 36-4-3
Merger of municipalities
IC 36-4-2
Dissolution or change of name of towns
IC 36-5-1-12 et seq.
General municipal powers
Extraterritorial powers
IC 36-8-2-13
Home rule
IC 36-1-3
City ordinances and resolutions
IC 36-4-6-11 et seq.
Town ordinances and resolutions
IC 36-5-2-9.2 et seq.
Codification of ordinances
IC 36-1-5
Enforcement of ordinances
IC 36-1-6
Punishment for ordinance violations
IC 36-1-3-8
Publication of notices
IC 5-3
Suffrage and elections
Indiana Const. Art. 2 and IC 3
Administration and Personnel
Division of city powers
IC 36-4-4
City executive
IC 36-4-5
City legislative body
IC 36-4-6
City departments, boards and appointed officers
IC 36-4-9
Officers’ bonds and oaths
IC 5-4
City clerk and fiscal officer
IC 36-4-10
City deputies and employees
IC 36-4-11
City manager for third class cities
IC 36-4-12
Town legislative body and executive
IC 36-5-2
Town manager
IC 36-5-5
Town clerk-treasurer
IC 36-5-6
Town marshal
IC 36-5-7
Interlocal cooperation
IC 36-1-7
Personnel system
IC 36-1-4-14
Regional planning commissions
IC 36-7-7
Local civil rights commissions
IC 22-9-1-12.1
Safety boards
IC 36-8-3
Police and fire merit systems
IC 36-8-3.5
City works boards
IC 36-9-6
Parks departments
IC 36-10-4
Elections
IC 3
Sanitation departments
IC 36-9-25
Revenue and Finance
Fiscal officer
IC 36-4-10
City fiscal procedures
IC 36-4-8
Town fiscal procedures
IC 36-5-4
Compromise of claims against cities and towns
IC 36-1-4-17
Purchasing
IC 5-22
Sale, transfer or lease of public property
IC 36-1-11
Funds
City budgets
IC 36-4-7
Town budgets
IC 36-5-3
Debt limitation
IC 36-1-15
Improvements financing
Financing public works projects
IC 36-9-41
Emergency telephone system fee
IC 36-8-16
Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations
License revocation, cities
IC 36-4-5-5
License revocation, towns
IC 36-5-4-11
Municipal powers
Exemption from vending and peddling license fees
IC 25-25-2-1
Charitable solicitations
IC 36-8-2-11
Public gatherings
IC 36-8-2-9
Alcoholic beverages
IC 7.1
Vehicles for hire
IC 36-9-2-4
Animals
Animal shelters
IC 36-8-2-6
Health and Safety
City health departments
IC 16-20
Municipal powers
IC 36-1-3, 36-1-4, 36-8-2-4, 36-8-2-5
Air and sound pollution
IC 36-8-2-8
Fireworks
IC 22-11-14
Fire prevention
IC 36-8-2-3
Sanitation departments
IC 36-9-25
Solid waste disposal
IC 36-9-30
Weeds
IC 36-7-10.1
Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
State criminal code
IC 35
General municipal powers
Discrimination
IC 22-9
Vehicles and Traffic
State traffic code
IC 9
Local traffic regulations
IC 9-21-1-2 et seq.
City department of traffic engineering
IC 36-9-7
Municipal parking facilities
IC 36-9-11
Parking meters
IC 36-9-12
Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
Improvements financing
Parks
IC 36-10-3
General powers re: public streets and ways
IC 36-9
Municipal street lights
IC 36-9-9
Thoroughfare projects
IC 36-9-6.1
City works board
IC 36-9-6
Public Services
Sanitation department
IC 36-9-25
Waterworks
IC 36-9-2-14
Municipal sewage works
IC 36-9-23
Sewer and watercourse improvements
IC 36-9-28
Solid waste disposal
IC 36-9-30
Municipal utilities
IC 8-1.5
Transportation systems authority
City works board
IC 36-9-6
Buildings and Construction
Building Code
IC 22-12 et seq.
Unsafe buildings
IC 36-7-9
Municipal powers in building and construction regulation
IC 36-7-2-3 et seq.
Historic preservation
IC 36-7-11
Subdivisions
Subdivision regulations
IC 36-7-4-700 et seq.
Zoning
Local planning and zoning
IC 36-7
General powers re: planning and development
IC 36-7-2
Flood control districts
IC 36-9-29
Environment
Economic development and pollution control
IC 36-7-12