Property Maintenance in Wayne County, IN (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Wayne County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Property Blight
Wayne County adopts Indiana's County Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9-1 through -28, to declare unsafe buildings public nuisances in unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana. The Building Commissioner inspects and orders repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal, and violating an abatement order is a separate Class C infraction for every day it continues.
Unsafe Building Abatement Law, Wayne Co. IN
Some RestrictionsWayne County Code §§ 150.31, 150.32, 150.39
§ 150.31 ADOPTION OF LAW BY REFERENCE. I.C. ... 36-7-9-1 through 36-7-9-28 is hereby adopted by reference as the County Unsafe Building Law. ... § 150.32 INSPECTION DETERMINATION. All buildings or portions thereof within the county which are determined, after inspection by the Building Commissioner, to be unsafe as defined in this subchapter are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall ...
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