Evansville, IN

Evansville requires an improvement location permit from the Area Plan Commission before erecting a fence, with the fence's location, type, and height shown on the site plan submitted…

Evansville limits retaining-wall fences around junk or coal yards to 6 feet, or 9 feet with neighbor consent, under strict structural design standards for posts, timber, and masonry.

Evansville bans barbed wire and razor wire on street-facing and shared boundary fences, allowing them only on tall fences angled inward over the owner's own property at set heights.

Evansville assigns boundary-fence responsibility by house number: the post-side owner must maintain the front half of their own fence and the rear half of the fence across the way.

Evansville caps fence height by yard type: 3 feet on a corner lot's front yards, 4 feet on other front yards, 6 feet on residential side/rear lines, and 8 feet on nonresidential…

Evansville exempts temporary construction and demolition noise from its citywide noise ordinance, but only to the extent the work is properly permitted by the applicable local and…

Evansville requires motorcycle mufflers to meet federal noise standards and bars vehicle stereos from being plainly audible beyond 25 feet at night or 50 feet during the day.

Evansville zoning maps four noise-sensitive contours (DNL 60/65/70/75 dBA) around Evansville Regional Airport and bars or restricts residential, institutional, and other uses inside…

Evansville regulates industrial districts as a noise-source category under its citywide sound chapter, applying district-based limits rather than a parcel-by-parcel test, but…

Evansville limits vehicle music amplification to a 25-foot audible distance from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. and a 50-foot distance from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., measured in any direction from the…

Evansville exempts ordinary sound from dogs and cats from its noise ordinance, except for repeated and prolonged barking or other animal noise between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., which…

Keeping a cow, horse, swine, or other large animal within Evansville requires a large animal permit under EMC 6.05.030(B)(10), and the permit is granted only for property zoned…

Evansville prohibits keeping 'controlled animals', primates, big cats, large constrictor snakes, crocodilians and more, under EMC 6.05.050 unless the Animal Control and Education…

Every dog, cat, and ferret kept in Evansville must be implanted with a microchip under EMC 6.05.030(A)(2), unless a veterinarian certifies the procedure is medically unsafe; unchipped…

Evansville bars hunting, harming, trapping, or possessing the eggs, nest, or young of any bird or wildlife within city park property, enforced by park and city police under the parks…

Evansville runs a trap-neuter-return community cat program: free-roaming cats can be trapped, sterilized, ear-tipped and vaccinated, then returned, and caretakers who feed them take on…

Evansville's housing standard requires a minimum of 40 square feet of enclosure per animal up to 10 pounds, plus 10 more square feet per additional 10 pounds, and caps enclosures at…

Veterinary clinics are permitted outright in Evansville's agricultural, conservancy and airport zones, but need Special Use No. 25 approval from the Area Plan Commission to locate in…

Evansville does not mandate spay/neuter for all pets, but requires it once an animal has been impounded stray or at large and reclaimed a second time, at the owner's expense.

Evansville's Animal Control chapter defines a dangerous animal by documented aggressive behavior, not by breed. EMC 6.05.020 expressly excludes a dog's breed from that determination…

Evansville requires any animal to be leashed whenever it is off the owner's property, and separately bans dogs running at large, with escalating fines up to $500.

Indiana does not require statewide apiary registration, but IC 14-24-8-4 bars bringing bees or beekeeping equipment in from another state or country without a permit from the Division…

Evansville bans rank vegetation and overgrown weeds on any lot in the city, with cultivated farmland, established forest buffers, and wetlands carved out as excluded property.

Evansville, Indiana doesn't ban backyard composting, but any compost pile on residential or commercial property must be screened from public street view under the city's refuse…

Trimming a street, park, or public tree in Evansville needs Tree Advisory Board sign-off for anything beyond routine care; topping a tree or cutting limbs back to stubs over three…

Public tree removal permits in Evansville come only from the Tree Advisory Board or its agent, must spell out the work, and expire after 60 days unless the Board extends them.

Evansville lets property owners plant managed natural landscapes of Indiana native plants instead of turf grass, as long as the area is edged and kept weed-free.

Evansville limits consumer fireworks to set windows around July 4th and New Year's, bans them outright on public streets and parks, and forbids letting them land on someone else's…

Evansville bans burning any material outdoors except in specific approved categories, and the City's Climate Collaborative Director or Fire Department can declare a citywide burn ban…

Evansville adopts the Fire Code's liquefied-petroleum-gas chapter and lets the Board of Public Safety draw the citywide 'fire limits' inside which bulk LP-gas storage is restricted.

Patio fire pits and chimineas stay legal in Evansville even when the City declares an open burning ban, but any recreational fire, pit or not, is capped at three feet across and must…

Every dwelling unit in Evansville must have at least one working smoke detector per story, installed within 15 feet of sleeping areas, under the city's Property Maintenance Code.

Indiana bans nearly all open burning statewide; IC 13-17-9 carves out narrow exemptions for agricultural and land-clearing vegetation, and every legal fire must be attended…

When Evansville's Mayor or Board of Public Works declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on signed snow routes citywide; any vehicle left on one may be towed at the owner's…

Evansville requires trailers, RVs, watercraft and other registrable vehicles kept on residential property to display current registration, or else be stored inside a fully enclosed…

Evansville limits standing in a passenger curb loading zone to five minutes and a freight curb loading zone to 30 minutes, extendable to one hour by the Board of Public Safety.

Evansville zoning requires every required front yard to be kept in grass or comparable natural ground cover, with paving or parking allowed only inside a permitted driveway, not on the…

Evansville bars parking in front of any driveway, within four feet of a driveway edge, or facing the wrong way: vehicles must sit parallel, within 12 inches of the curb, headed with…

Evansville lets any development count an EV-charging parking space as two spaces when calculating required off-street parking.

Evansville bars parking any vehicle over 21 feet long, eight feet wide, nine feet high, or 11,000 pounds GVW on a street for more than 60 minutes without a Board of Public Safety…

Evansville uses yellow curb paint, not signs alone, to mark 24-hour no-parking zones; either a posted sign or a yellow curb is required to make a restriction enforceable.

Evansville can tag, tow, and dispose of vehicles left on public property over 24 hours or on private property without consent for more than 48 hours.

Evansville lets a block become a preferential resident parking area if 51% of property owners petition and it falls within a defined near-downtown zone, limiting on-street parking to…

When the Evansville Police Department orders a tow, the designated towing service must add a $100.00 City administrative fee and a $25.00 towing administrative fee to the bill…

Evansville charges a Building Commissioner pool permit based on the pool's diameter, $30.00 under 24 feet, $50.00 at 24 feet or larger, and $150.00 for a commercial pool.

Evansville's property maintenance code requires every swimming pool to be kept clean, sanitary, and in good repair: a citywide standard enforced alongside the zoning fence and permit…

Running a home preschool or adult day care in Evansville for up to 12 people requires special use approval from the Board of Zoning Appeals: it is not a permitted use by right in any…

Evansville, Indiana caps home businesses to a closed list of office and service professions across its A, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 districts, run from inside the dwelling with no…

Evansville, Indiana caps home-occupation signage at two square feet, flush-mounted to the residence and limited to the resident's name and title - no freestanding or larger signs are…

Indiana's cottage food scheme is Ind. Code § 16-42-5.3, the home based vendor chapter added by P.L.49-2022. Section 16-42-5.3-3 exempts a home based vendor's production and sale of…

Indiana never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, so there is no license to apply for and no inspection to schedule before cooking for sale at home. The state went the other…

Evansville requires the owner of a lot with an accessory dwelling unit to live in either the principal home or the ADU, backed by a recorded deed restriction.

Evansville requires detached sheds and other residential accessory structures to sit at least two feet from any side or rear lot line and stay smaller than the main house.

Evansville allows one accessory dwelling unit per single-family or duplex lot, sized between 400 and 800 square feet, only on lots of at least 5,000 square feet.

Vanderburgh County lets a lot with one accessory dwelling unit, but the property owner must live in either the principal home or the ADU as a primary residence, sign a compliance…

Indiana Code 36-1-24 prohibits local units from banning short-term rentals statewide. Cities and counties may impose reasonable regulations on permits, occupancy, noise, and safety…

Indiana imposes 7% state sales tax plus county innkeeper's tax on rentals under 30 days. Marketplace facilitators like Airbnb and Vrbo must collect and remit these taxes statewide…

Evansville registers rental dwellings cited as 'substandard' under the Property Maintenance Code, and every registered rental is subject to inspection by the Code Official under…

Every residential rental building in Evansville must register annually with the Building Commission each spring, paying a per-parcel fee, or face daily civil penalties for…

For nonpayment of rent, IC 32-31-1-6 lets a landlord terminate the lease with 'not less than ten (10) days notice,' and no eviction follows if the tenant pays in full before the period…

Indiana follows state landlord-tenant law under IC 32-31, which permits eviction on lease expiration or breach without requiring just cause. The state framework preempts attempts by…

Under IC 32-31-5-6, an Indiana landlord must give the tenant 'reasonable written or oral notice' before entering and may enter only at reasonable times, and may not abuse entry to…

Indiana's landlord-tenant statutes contain no late-fee cap, no required grace period, and no dedicated late-fee provision for residential rent. A late fee is enforceable only if the…

For a month-to-month or other tenancy at will, IC 32-31-1-1 requires a 'one (1) month notice in writing, delivered to the tenant' to terminate. A year-to-year tenancy needs at least…

Indiana prohibits local rent control. Indiana Code 32-31-1-20 bars any unit of local government from regulating rental rates for privately owned real property unless authorized by an…

Indiana sets no statutory limit on the security deposit amount. Under Indiana Code 32-31-3, a landlord must return the deposit, minus itemized lawful deductions, within 45 days after…

Indiana requires 10 years of possession to claim title by adverse possession (IC 34-11-2-11), and IC 32-21-7-1 adds that the possessor must have paid 'all taxes and special…

Evansville's Property Maintenance Code requires structures be kept free of insect and rodent infestation, with owners responsible for extermination before any unit is rented or leased.

Tattoo parlors and body piercing facilities in Vanderburgh County must store used needles in leak-resistant, puncture-resistant, biohazard-labeled containers and dispose of them under…

Evansville prohibits obstructing or partially obstructing any street, sidewalk, or public way without a Board of Public Works permit, covering everything from construction materials to…

Evansville requires Board of Public Works approval and a Department of Buildings permit before any cellar door, window, or areaway can encroach into a public street, alley, or sidewalk.

Evansville splits sidewalk replacement costs 50/50 with abutting property owners under a 10-year repayment plan, but requires owners to pay entirely for new sidewalks where none exist.

Evansville sets minimum front, rear, and side yard setbacks by zoning district, plus fixed citywide rules: a 20-foot front yard on cul-de-sac lots and a 10-foot buffer where a…

Total lot coverage from every structure on a property, including the house and all accessory buildings, cannot exceed the maximum percentage Zoning Table A sets for that district under…

Table A of the Vanderburgh County Zoning Code sets no maximum building height in the A, R-1, R-2, or R-3 districts, but caps principal structures at 80 feet in R-4 and 150 feet in R-5…

Evansville's weed and rank-vegetation ban applies to every lot in the city, improved or vacant: only cultivated farmland, forest buffers, wetlands, and stormwater-plan land are…

Evansville requires every vacant structure and vacant lot to be kept clean, safe, secure, and sanitary so it does not become a blighting problem, enforced under the city's Property…

Evansville requires property owners or occupants abutting a sidewalk to clear snow and ice, or sand/salt it if removal is impracticable, and clean it as soon as weather permits…

All electric wiring, equipment, and devices installed in Evansville must strictly conform to the state-adopted Indiana Electrical Code, with permits and inspection fees set by the…

Evansville's Property Maintenance Code requires peeling or chipping lead-based paint on homes, fences, and outbuildings above set lead thresholds to be repaired, removed, or covered.

Evansville's Property Maintenance Code requires dwellings and licensed child and day care facilities to keep lead-painted surfaces free of peeling or chipping, or safely covered, above…

Evansville's wrecking-and-repair chapter requires that chutes, scaffolds, derricks, and hoists used on a demolition site be strong, substantial, and safe, and bars wrecking methods…

Evansville bars any new or modified plumbing installation unless done by a properly licensed contractor working under a permit, with plumbing standards set by the state's own code.

Evansville requires a building permit before any structure, alteration, repair, or sewer connection begins, issued by the Building Commissioner only after Area Plan Commission and…

Evansville's Building Inspection Division must inspect permitted work within eight working hours of a contractor's request, before it can be covered, under the city's building code…

Vanderburgh County adopts the Indiana Elevator Code by reference to govern elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator work under County Code Section 15.12.010(A)(10). Anyone who constructs…

Evansville tattoo and body-piercing businesses need an annual Vanderburgh County Health Department permit; operators need a separate permit too.

Evansville requires pawnbrokers to hold a City license backed by a $1,000 bond and to log and report every pawn transaction to police within 24 hours.

Adult arcades, bookstores, cabarets and theaters are confined to Evansville's C-4, M-1, M-2 and M-3 zones and must sit at least 1,000 feet from residential property and 500 feet from…

Evansville, Indiana's closed list of permitted home occupations covers only named office and service professions - auto and vehicle repair is not among them, so running a repair shop…

Evansville requires a Safety Board-issued massage therapy license before anyone may perform massage for a fee; state-licensed massage therapists are exempt from this local license.

Evansville secondhand merchants must be licensed, report every purchase to police by noon the next day, and hold items 10 business days before resale.

A towing service that removes a vehicle under Vanderburgh County's abandoned vehicle chapter must staff a 24-hour callback line, accept cash, cards, or certified checks, and release…

Indiana requires retailers to hold an Electronic Cigarette Retailer Certificate to sell vapor products, complying with age verification, packaging, and Tobacco 21 sales rules.

Anyone over 16 soliciting future-delivery orders door-to-door in Evansville, Indiana, must register with police and carry stamped, nontransferable credentials.

Evansville's Preservation Commission must approve a certificate of appropriateness before demolition, moving, or exterior alteration of buildings within a designated historic district.

A not-for-profit organization must obtain a City festival license before letting vendors sell goods or run rides or games at a street fair in Evansville, Indiana.

Evansville requires a $5.00 permit from the Board of Public Safety to hold or join a parade, with applications due at least 24 hours before the event and the permit valid only for the…

Evansville requires a City Controller-issued license before any business may run a sidewalk cafe in the public right-of-way, capped at eight feet wide next to the storefront.

Evansville fines property owners $200-$500 per cleanup for trash, debris, or junk dumped or left on their land, with courts able to add penalties up to $5,000.

In weeks with a Federal holiday or major weather event, Evansville, Indiana gives residents an extra 24 hours to set out and remove trash and recycling carts.

Every Evansville dwelling with City refuse service must have a City-supplied 96- or 48-gallon recycling cart, set out only between 5 a.m. the day before and 5 p.m. the day after…

Evansville limits when trash and recycling carts can sit curbside and requires refuse to be screened from street view between pickups, backed by escalating civil fines.

Evansville doesn't run a separate yard-waste cart; trash and yard waste share one City-supplied cart, with extra seasonal fall leaf and spring pick-up service for bulkier loads.

For the city's special spring cleanup, heavy/bulky waste, and fall leaf collection events, Evansville, Indiana bars residents from setting bags, bundles or bulky items at the curb…

Evansville, Indiana provides curbside refuse collection to every structure of five residential units or fewer and bills each unit a monthly fee that reaches $15.30 as of February 2026.

Evansville, Indiana requires every eligible residence to keep City-supplied 96- or 48-gallon carts on the property, one for trash and yard waste and a separate one for recycling.

County Code § 8.08.030 lets an owner or tenant place standard containers, dumpsters, or weather-resistant bags for temporary solid waste storage on their own property, but the…

Evansville's noise chapter names commercial districts, including bars and restaurants, as both regulated sound sources and protected receiving property, banning unreasonable sound that…

Evansville's noise code names air conditioners and HVAC units as example sources on multi-use properties and sets the exterior wall of the receiving unit as the measurement line…

Evansville's noise chapter expressly exempts burglar alarms on motor vehicles from its unreasonable-noise rules, so a triggered car alarm cannot be cited under this ordinance.

Evansville exempts emergency electricity generators from its noise ordinance while they run during an actual electrical grid outage, letting residents and businesses run backup power…

Evansville's noise code defines plainly audible bass as enough on its own to prove a violation, and sets vehicular music amplification distance limits of 25 feet at night and 50 feet…

Evansville's Code Enforcement department logs every nuisance complaint, assigns a case number, inspects the property, and gives the owner 10 calendar days to clear the violation before…

Evansville bans smoking in every enclosed public place and workplace, and also within 25 feet of their doors, windows, and vents, though patio seating tied to a restaurant or bar is…

Evansville bans skateboards, roller skates, and in-line skates on nine named public premises, including the Civic Center, Ford Center, and Dress Plaza, and on any private property…

Evansville bars pedestrians from crossing outside a crosswalk between signaled intersections, anywhere in a business district, on designated through streets, or on blocks with a K-12…

Evansville bans consuming alcohol at Dress Plaza, its Ohio River public wharf -- a site-specific rule; the code has no broader city-wide open-container or public-drinking ordinance.

Evansville folds state- and federal-listed invasive and noxious plants into its 'rank vegetation' ban, prohibiting their growth on any real property citywide.

Evansville limits garage and yard sales to two per calendar year per residential or office-zoned property, with no single sale running more than three consecutive days.

Evansville defines political and cause signs as 'First Amendment signs' and lets them go in the street right-of-way strip outside the sidewalk, with the frontage owner's consent and no…

Off-premises electronic message signs in Evansville must sit 300 feet from any dwelling and hold each image at least eight seconds.

Evansville allows window signs without a permit as long as they never cover more than 25% of a business's window area.

Evansville allows a roughly six-square-foot temporary yard-sale sign in the yard or the sidewalk-to-curb strip, installed the day before the sale and removed once it ends; off-premises…

Evansville requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, fill, grading, or land-disturbing activity in areas of special flood hazard, enforced by the Floodplain…

Before disturbing under an acre of land in Evansville, property owners must install erosion and sediment control practices, with city inspections and escalating fines for sites that…

Evansville requires a Notice of Intent letter and a city-approved construction plan before any project disturbing one acre or more of land can begin grading, under the City's…

Evansville sets its flood protection grade at base flood elevation plus two feet of freeboard, and requires new or substantially improved structures in Zone A and AE to build to or…

A dock for noncommercial watercraft is allowed countywide as a zoning accessory use, but Section 17.12.070(C) caps how far it can extend: no more than ten feet beyond the waterway…

Building a permanent structure in, or removing water or material from, Lake Michigan or any Indiana navigable waterway requires a permit from the Department of Natural Resources under…

Evansville's Code Official can inspect a registered rental dwelling on his own initiative, based on visual observation or personal knowledge of noncompliance, without waiting for a…

A written complaint from a tenant, the tenant's legal representative, the owner, an owner's agent, or any City resident can trigger a rental-dwelling inspection under Evansville's…

Evansville bars e-scooters from interstates, highways, expressways, sidewalks, alleys, greenways, and special-event zones, restricting them to public roadways citywide under a licensed…

Evansville bars parking or blocking a designated bikeway, defines Class I, II, and III bikeways, and generally limits Class II bike lanes to bicycle travel except for property access.

Indiana bans golf carts from public roads by default and hands the switch to local government. Ind. Code § 9-21-8-57 says a golf cart may not be operated on a highway except in…

Evansville lets homeowners install on-site solar panels without an improvement location permit, as long as the system stays under 10 acres and meets the code's setback, height and…

Vanderburgh County lets a homeowner install a rooftop, building, or ground-mounted solar array under 10 acres, used at least partly on-site, without obtaining an Improvement Location…

Indiana does not void covenants that ban rooftop solar. Instead IC 32-25.5-3.5 hands the homeowner a workaround the board cannot veto: gather signatures equal to either the number…

Evansville limits permitted street vending carts to a designated parking area, bars operation before 7 a.m. or after 2 a.m., and sets minimum distances from intersections and competing…

Vanderburgh County requires every mobile food unit to hold a Retail Food Establishment permit from the County Health Department before operating. The annual permit runs $100 through…

Evansville, Indiana zones farmland through its Agricultural (A) District, permitting a fixed list of uses and holding heavier Use Group 18-19 operations at least 500 feet from any…

Evansville bars minors from public places during set night hours: tighter limits for kids under 15, later limits for 15-17 year olds, with exceptions for work, school and religious…

Vanderburgh County parks close between midnight and 7 a.m. Section 12.24.010(O) bars anyone from being or remaining on County Park property during those hours unless leasing a Burdette…

Planting a tree along an Evansville street, park, or other public right-of-way needs Tree Advisory Board permit review; the Board can attach conditions or deny the request outright.

Within Evansville's Airport Overlay Zone, new site lighting must use full-cutoff fixtures aimed downward, no upward or horizontal glare, and no spinning, oscillating, or blinking…

Evansville requires all sign lighting to be shielded so it never spills glare onto neighboring property or the roadway.

Vanderburgh County requires every illuminated sign, including off-premises billboards, to be shielded so its light stays off neighboring properties and roadways. Section 17.26.220(E)…

Vanderburgh County levies an 8% innkeeper's tax on gross lodging income under Code Sec. 3.12.020, on top of the state gross retail tax. Hotels and motels must report and pay the tax…

Indiana prohibits marijuana dispensaries entirely under IC 35-48-4. Because no licensed retail framework exists, cities cannot zone for or permit dispensaries. The statewide…

Indiana prohibits all marijuana cultivation, possession, and use under IC 35-48-4. No medical or recreational program exists, and home cultivation is a felony statewide. Local…

Indiana law preempts cities and counties from setting a local minimum wage above the state and federal floor of $7.25, with limited exceptions for public contracts.

Indiana has no statewide paid sick leave law for private employers, and no Indiana city has enacted a local paid sick leave ordinance. State law does not require private employers to…

Indiana law preempts local firearm regulation, barring cities and counties from passing or enforcing ordinances on firearms, ammunition, or accessories beyond state law.

Indiana permits open carry of handguns by lawful adults without a permit, subject to location-based restrictions and the state's preemption of local firearm regulation.

Indiana allows lawful adults at least 18 to carry a handgun in a vehicle without a permit, consistent with the state's permitless carry framework and firearms preemption.

Indiana's state design criteria table gives every county a wind speed of 115 mph, a weathering classification of Severe and required ice shield underlayment, while seismic design…

Indiana sets footing depth county by county in a single state table: 24 inches across much of the south, 30 inches through the middle of the state, and 36 inches along the northern…

Indiana accepts four ways to protect a foundation from frost, so digging below the county frost depth is only one option: a shallow foundation built to Section R403.3 or ASCE 32 is…

Indiana assigns each of its 92 counties a ground snow load of either 20 or 30 pounds per square foot, with the higher figure reserved for the northern counties along Lake Michigan and…

Indiana law names the only places a casino may ever operate: eleven owner's licenses total, allocated by statute to Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, one Lake Michigan-county city, five…

Indiana requires any charity, civic, fraternal, or veterans group to hold a license from the Indiana Gaming Commission before running bingo, raffles, pull tabs, punchboards, tip…

Indiana's gambling statute makes no exception for private social games. IC 35-45-5-2 criminalizes anyone who 'knowingly or intentionally engages in gambling,' a Class B misdemeanor…

Indiana Gaming Commission certificates of authority under IC 4-38 have let licensed casino owners, racino operating agents, and satellite off-track betting permit holders run sports…

Unpaid assessments become a homeowners association lien under Ind. Code § 32-28-14 once a notice of lien is recorded with the county recorder. The association may foreclose by court…

Indiana's HOA Act mandates transparency. Under Ind. Code § 32-25.5-3-3, the annual budget must be approved by a majority of members at a meeting, members may attend board meetings, and…

Covenant and architectural enforcement in Indiana flows from the recorded declaration, not the HOA Act. The Act (Ind. Code § 32-25.5) does not script architectural review, violation…

Indiana has no statute giving a homeowner the right to install an electric vehicle charging station in a deeded, assigned or exclusive use parking space, and nothing in the Indiana…

Since P.L.26-2026 added IC 32-21-13.5, an Indiana property owners association may not adopt or enforce any governing document provision that prohibits or restricts, or has the effect…

Indiana has no statute granting HOAs fining power or capping fine amounts. Authority to fine must come from the recorded declaration, bylaws, or rules; if the governing documents do…

Indiana runs two different association liens. A condominium association's unpaid assessments become a lien on the unit at the time of assessment under Ind. Code § 32-25-6-3(a), with…

Indiana lets an association ban or cap leasing, and the statutes contain no rental cap percentage, no minimum lease term and no grandfathering for owners already renting. The limits…

Indiana runs sobriety checkpoints but has never passed a law authorizing them. The word "checkpoint" appears in exactly one section of the Indiana Code, Ind. Code § 9-19-10-3.1, and…

No Indiana statute prohibits photographing or filming police, and Indiana's wiretap law is a one party consent law, so recording your own encounter with an officer is not an unlawful…

Indiana has no general stop and identify statute. The one provision that compels you to give your name, Ind. Code § 34-28-5-3.5, applies only after an officer has stopped you for an…

Indiana has no cannabis legalisation statute and therefore none of the "lawful possession is not grounds for a search" language that California, New York and Michigan drivers rely on…

Indiana Code 36-1-3-8.6 (2016) preempts local governments from banning, taxing, or regulating auxiliary containers, including plastic and paper bags. City or county single-use bag bans…

Indiana sets the minimum legal age at 21 for purchasing tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products, with penalties for both retailers and underage buyers.

Indiana does not impose a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vape products, leaving sales of menthol and flavored e-liquid permitted under federal labeling and Indiana licensing laws.

Indiana licenses extra lamps by name and by count. Ind. Code §§ 9-19-6-13 through 9-19-6-16 allow a motor vehicle not more than two spot lamps, not more than two fog lamps mounted 12…

Indiana has no statute that names a dash camera, so a camera is governed by the general windshield rule and by an old television provision. Ind. Code § 9-19-19-3(b) prohibits driving…

Indiana has never written a lane splitting rule. The phrases lane splitting, lane filtering and between lanes return zero hits anywhere in the Indiana Code. What Indiana does say, at…

Indiana never uses the phrase license plate cover in its code, but Ind. Code § 9-18.1-4-4(b) reaches covers anyway. A plate must be maintained free from foreign materials and in a…

Indiana has never enacted a radar detector prohibition. A full text search of the 2026 Indiana Code, all 36 title files published by the General Assembly, returns the word radar nine…

Indiana lets any vehicle run metal tire studs from October 1 to the following May 1 and bans them for the rest of the year. Ind. Code § 9-19-18-3(d) caps the projection at three…

Indiana applies a single figure to the whole car. Ind. Code § 9-19-19-4(c) makes it an infraction to drive a vehicle whose windshield, side wing, front-door side window or rear back…