Trash & Recycling in LaPorte County, IN (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated LaPorte County, Indiana.
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Illegal Dumping
LaPorte County backs the Ziegler Road Waste Dump Site's yard-waste-only rule with real money: a first violation costs $100 under § 50.36(A), paid straight to the county's Ordinance Violations Bureau. Anyone racking up three or more violations faces the escalated penalty in § 50.36(B): fines up to $2,500 per day, per violation, plus the county's costs and attorney fees if it has to sue to stop repeated dumping.
LaPorte County Illegal Dumping Penalties
Significant RestrictionsLaPorte County Code of Ordinances § 50.36
(A) Any person found in violation of this subchapter will be subjected to a fine of $100, per violation, to be paid to the Ordinance Violations Bureau. (B) Multiple violations of this subchapter (construed as three or more) by an individual may be subject to specific action regarding relief and fines and penalties not to exceed $2,500 per day, per violation, as well as the costs of this action ...
Yard Waste Collection
LaPorte County limits its Ziegler Road Waste Dump Site to residential yard and tree debris, defined in § 50.35 as grass clippings, leaves, branches, and trees. No business may dump there, and dumping garbage other than yard waste at the site is barred outright. Violators face a $100-per-violation fine payable to the county's Ordinance Violations Bureau under § 50.36.
LaPorte County Ziegler Road Yard Waste Rules
Some RestrictionsLaPorte County Code of Ordinances § 50.35
(A) Only the dumping of residential yard and tree debris (defined as grass clippings, leaves, branches and trees) may occur at the Ziegler Road Waste Dump Site. No business may dump any debris. (B) It is prohibited to dump garbage other than yard waste.
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