Lafayette, IN

The City of Lafayette, Indiana requires every dwelling unit to have at least one working, properly located smoke detector meeting NFPA Standard No. 72. Rental units carry an added…

Lafayette bans open burning citywide unless the fire clears an exemption in Chapter 3.05 or gets written permission from the Lafayette Fire Department. Leaf burning is separately…

A backyard fire in Lafayette is only legal as an exemption to the citywide open-burning ban: it must burn in a vented, enclosed, noncombustible container, use only clean wood or paper…

Lafayette limits consumer fireworks to specific dates: June 29 through July 9 (5 p.m. to two hours after sunset, with July 4 running 10 a.m. to midnight) and New Year's Eve into New…

Indiana regulates propane through Chapter 61 of the 2014 Indiana Fire Code, adopted and amended statewide by the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission at 675 IAC 22-2.5-41…

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…

Lafayette, Indiana treats free-roaming cats as "community cats" under Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.09.010: a cat found at large is presumed a community cat unless its owner is…

Lafayette, Indiana does not require every pet to be sterilized, but Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.08.060(E) requires anyone adopting an unsterilized impounded dog or cat from the…

The City of Lafayette, Indiana bans keeping chickens and other livestock inside city limits. Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.02.010 makes it unlawful to own, keep, or breed a horse, pig…

The City of Lafayette, Indiana bans keeping wild animals as pets. Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.02.020 makes it unlawful to own a wild animal in the city, defined to include any Class…

Lafayette, Indiana bans letting any animal run at large. Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.03.045 requires owners to keep animals under restraint at all times, meaning a secure enclosure…

Lafayette, Indiana does not require pet owners to microchip animals generally, but Lafayette Municipal Code § 10.08.050(D) lets Animal Control withhold an impounded dog or cat until…

Tippecanoe County does not ban or restrict any dog breed by name. Chapter 90 instead defines a "hazardous animal" by conduct, biting or injuring without provocation, and the Animal…

Tippecanoe County's animal-control chapter does not cap the number of dogs or cats a household may keep. § 90.03(A)(8) instead bars keeping animals in a quantity the owner cannot…

In unincorporated Tippecanoe County, the Unified Zoning Ordinance treats a veterinary clinic as a use that cannot hide inside an ordinary home occupation. Section 5-5-4(g) lists a…

Tippecanoe County bans retail pet stores in the unincorporated county from selling dogs or cats outright, adopted as a puppy-mill ordinance in 2024. Stores may only host adoption…

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…

Short-term rental operators in Lafayette must pay a $100 transient rental registration permit fee. The fee is set by city ordinance and applies to the registration required for…

Anyone in Tippecanoe County's zoning jurisdiction who wants to rent a dwelling short-term as a transient guest room, transient guest rental, or transient guest house must first get a…

An accessory dwelling unit in unincorporated Tippecanoe County can never be rented as a transient guest house, and if the owner lives in the ADU as their primary residence, the main…

During a declared water conservation emergency, Lafayette can bar residents from sprinkling lawns and gardens, washing vehicles, and filling pools, and can ration residential use to 75…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, lawn grass, weeds or other unmanaged vegetation cannot exceed ten inches under Municipal Code Section 8.07.020. The City Engineer issues a seven-day…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, removing, cutting or planting a tree or shrub on public property, or in a public area of private property, requires a permit under Municipal Code…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, trees and shrubs along a street, alley or sidewalk must be trimmed to keep limbs at least 8 feet above a sidewalk, 15 feet above the roadway near the…

Lafayette exempts deliberately planted, maintained native and managed natural landscapes from the city's 10-inch weed height limit. Municipal Code Section 8.07.030 lets these plantings…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, rainwater collection and conveyance systems are allowed under the city's Property Maintenance Code but must be kept safe and sanitary. IPMC § 505.5…

Under Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.030(F), it's unlawful to harbor or keep any animal that causes frequent or long continued noise disturbing or annoying a reasonable nearby…

Lafayette, Indiana bans running radios, TVs, musical instruments, and amplifiers between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if the sound is plainly audible across property lines or through shared…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.030(C) bars operating construction, drilling or demolition tools and equipment between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise in a manner…

Lafayette's general nighttime quiet hours run from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Under Municipal Code § 11.02.030(A) it's unlawful to operate a radio, TV, musical instrument or similar…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.030(B) bars running a mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool, or lawnmower outdoors between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a…

Lafayette sets numeric noise limits in Municipal Code §§ 11.02.040 and 11.02.050: light motor vehicles cannot exceed 80 dBA in 35-mph-or-less zones, and stationary sources cannot…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.040(B) makes it unlawful to operate a light motor vehicle that causes excessive noise from a defective or modified exhaust system, or from rapid…

Tippecanoe County bars anyone from erecting a residential building or other noise-sensitive structure within 1,500 feet of either side of a runway's extended center line, for one…

Lafayette bans barbed wire on any fence shorter than eight feet. Taller fences can carry no more than three strands, confined to the top eighteen inches and angled inward at no more…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance caps fences and hedges at 42 inches with no setback restriction anywhere on the lot. Anything taller must sit behind the street-frontage…

Indiana Code 32-26-9 governs partition fences between adjoining rural property owners, requiring shared cost and maintenance. The law applies statewide to fences where at least one…

Lafayette requires every swimming pool on private property to be enclosed by a barrier fence at least six feet tall with no gaps over four inches. Every gate or door in that enclosure…

The City of Lafayette, Indiana does not let anyone build a residential swimming pool without an improvement location permit from the City Engineer, because pool construction is a…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a neighborhood squeezed by commuter or nonresident parking cannot get relief automatically; a neighborhood association must petition the Parking…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a commercial vehicle or truck with more than two axles cannot sit on a residential street or alley for more than four hours. Lafayette Municipal Code…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a curb loading zone is not just a sign, it is a painted curb. City code defines a "curb loading zone" as a curb painted yellow next to a posted…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, trucks and commercial vehicles may only load or unload from a marked zone, alley, or curb parallel to the street, never at an angle. Marked loading…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, when the Mayor declares a snow emergency, parking becomes illegal on signed emergency snow routes. Vehicles already parked there get 12 hours to move…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a commercial vehicle or truck with more than two axles cannot sit on any city street or alley for more than one hour between midnight and 6:00 a.m…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, drivers cannot stop or park on a sidewalk, within five feet of a driveway, in a crosswalk, or within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant. Lafayette…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a trailer, camper or boat trailer parked on a public street cannot exceed eight feet in width, ten feet in height or thirty-six feet in length, and…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a junked, wrecked, disassembled or unlicensed vehicle cannot sit on a street, alley or city lot for more than five days. Lafayette Municipal Code §…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a vehicle in a residential district can only sit on a driveway or another parking area authorized under the Unified Zoning Code, not on the lawn or…

Indiana regulates nonconsensual towing through IC 24-14, the towing services article, backed by the abandoned vehicle rules in IC 9-22-1. If you reach your car while it is being hooked…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, an accessory structure such as a shed or detached garage still needs an improvement location permit from the City Engineer under Section…

Tippecanoe County allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot, but only in unincorporated rural zones, and only up to half the principal home's ground-floor area, capped at 1,200 square…

Tippecanoe County allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot in rural zones of the unincorporated area, but caps who can live there: occupancy is limited to a single family, separate…

An accessory dwelling unit in unincorporated Tippecanoe County requires the property owner to actually live on site, in either the main house or the ADU, and to keep that address as…

Tippecanoe County allows home occupations by right in most zones under UZO § 5-5-2, but only if the operator lives on site, hires no outside employees, and keeps the use invisible from…

A home occupation or rural home occupation sign in unincorporated Tippecanoe County needs no sign permit in the county's residential zones, but the Unified Zoning Ordinance strips it…

In unincorporated Tippecanoe County, a household caring for 6 to 10 children is a licensed 'Child Care Home,' its own permitted primary use under the Unified Zoning Ordinance, not a…

Tippecanoe County caps in-home instruction and counseling businesses at small group sizes: 4 pupils per class or 5 clients per counseling session, and only one session a day, under UZO…

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…

Selling food or drinks from a mobile cart or stand on a Lafayette sidewalk skips the cafe registration process, but only with permission from the Lafayette Redevelopment Commission…

A mobile food service or mobile food market operating in unincorporated Tippecanoe County needs an annual Health Officer permit before selling any food, renewed by the anniversary…

Lafayette exempts outdoor grills, smokers, and traditional cooking fires from its open-burning ban, so long as they burn charcoal, clean untreated wood, or other customary cooking fuel…

Restaurants in Lafayette cannot serve food or drinks on a public sidewalk without registering the cafe area with the City Controller, meeting a minimum sidewalk width of nine feet…

Lafayette bans for-profit itinerant street fairs and carnivals outright on public or private grounds open to the public, whether it is a carnival, fair, or gathering of shows, games or…

Lafayette requires a written license from the City Engineer to install or operate a parklet or streatery in a parking space. The Parking Commission reviews each application, licenses…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, any parade or procession of seven or more vehicles, or seven or more vehicles and pedestrians combined, needs a permit from the Chief of Police…

Tippecanoe County requires prior written approval before anyone holds an event or operates a vehicle in a county park or the fairgrounds outside normal operating hours, under Code §…

A Lafayette merchant who wants to display goods on the public sidewalk in front of a store must get written approval from the Board of Public Works and Safety, keep displays within 24…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the owner or occupant of property abutting a sidewalk is responsible for its repair. Municipal Code Section 8.02.010 lets owners fix a damaged or…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, blocking a public street, alley or sidewalk with building materials, furniture, wood piles or other obstructions is unlawful under Municipal Code…

Anyone doing pawnbroker business in Lafayette, Indiana needs a $50-a-year City Controller license, must keep an ink ledger of every pledge, report deposits to the Chief of Police…

Lafayette requires anyone selling secondhand wearing apparel or household furniture to disinfect the goods first, and requires a City Controller permit before holding a rummage sale…

Tippecanoe County requires every tattoo, piercing, or body art shop in the unincorporated county to hold a Health Department permit before opening. Permits run one year and can be…

Tippecanoe County flatly prohibits vehicle repair as a home occupation. UZO § 5-5-4(b) names 'automobile, truck or motorcycle service, repair, salvage, customizing or restoration' as…

Tippecanoe County's zoning code lists 'massage establishments (parlors)' (SIC 7299) under its Adult Entertainment Business siting rules, so a massage parlor cannot open within 500 feet…

Tippecanoe County bars any adult entertainment business from locating within 500 feet of another adult entertainment business, a church, a public or parochial school, a library, a…

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 going door to door in the City of Lafayette to sell goods or take orders must first get an unrevoked peddler or solicitor license from the City. The license costs $200 and…

Licensed peddlers and solicitors in Lafayette may only knock on doors between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and they must skip any building posted with a "No solicitors or peddlers" sign. Both…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.060 tells residents exactly where their waste and recycling carts belong: at the curb or property line, three feet clear of…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the Sanitation Department collects garbage from every private dwelling unit at regular intervals it sets under Lafayette Municipal Code § 6.07.030…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.060 sets a strict window for putting waste out: no earlier than 2:00 pm the day before collection, no later than 6:00 am on…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.070 requires recyclables to be empty, clean and dry, and placed loosely and unbagged into the city's 96-gallon recycling…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.080 requires grass clippings, weeds, twigs and similar yard debris to go into two-ply biodegradable paper bags weighing under…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.07.090 lets residents set out 'excess waste,' defined in § 6.07.010 as a full pickup-truck load of material too large for the…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Municipal Code § 6.08.020 declares uncontrolled dumping or placing of refuse on the ground a public nuisance and prohibits it outright. Violators…

Lafayette bans parking a temporary dumpster or portable storage container in any public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way without an Engineering Department permit. Municipal Code…

At Tippecanoe County's public recycling drop-off sites, only material the receptacle's signage says is acceptable can go inside, and dumping items outside the bin is banned; fines rise…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.080 makes it unlawful to sound a horn, klaxon, siren or other vehicle warning signal, including a triggered car alarm, on any public place in the city…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.04.030 bars knowingly consuming an alcoholic beverage, or possessing an opened container with a broken seal or removed contents, while inside a motor…

Lafayette makes it unlawful to loiter in a way that creates reasonable alarm and then refuse a police officer's order to move on or explain your presence. The same section bans…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a pedestrian who crosses outside a crosswalk gives up the right-of-way. City code requires anyone crossing mid-block to yield to every vehicle on the…

Lafayette allows smoking outdoors but bans it within ten feet of any entrance to a non-exempt public place. Municipal Code Section 9.04.030(B) protects doorways, windows, and…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, new developments along an arterial, collector or local street must submit a tree planting plan under Municipal Code Section 8.06.230. Required street…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the City Forester may keep an inventory of outstanding trees under Municipal Code Section 8.06.510, honoring trees for age, species or beauty with…

Lafayette bars anyone under 18 from public streets, alleys or places during set overnight hours, with a stricter curfew for those under 16. Ordinance Violations Bureau fines start at…

Tippecanoe County parks and the county fairgrounds open a half hour before sunrise and close a half hour after sunset, with a full closure window from one hour after sunset to one hour…

The City of Lafayette, Indiana defines 'weeds' in Municipal Code Section 8.07.010 to include any vegetation identified as prohibited, noxious, or invasive under Indiana Code Section…

Lafayette's nine-member Historic Preservation Commission designates local historic districts to protect buildings, structures, sites and monuments, requiring a certificate of…

Lafayette requires an improvement location permit before erecting, altering or removing any building, sign or structure, issued by the City Engineer under § 13.01.060. Fees start at…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the City Engineer cannot issue a plumbing permit unless the person doing the work holds a valid state plumbing license, under Section 13.01.060(D)…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, wiring a building for electric current requires a permit from the City Engineer before work starts, under Section 13.02.040(A). The filing fee is…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, every door into a rented dwelling unit, rooming unit or housekeeping unit must carry a deadbolt lock under the city's Property Maintenance Code. The…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, every dwelling must have a working carbon monoxide alarm within or near each separate sleeping area and on every level, under IPMC § 705.1, adopted…

The City of Lafayette's City Engineer inspects every construction, alteration, and repair project for Building Code compliance under Section 13.01.090, entering sites during daylight…

Tippecanoe County's only childcare-specific building rule is a fire-safety adoption, not a licensing ordinance. County Code § 151.05(I) incorporates the Indiana Migrant Day Care…

Lafayette requires a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan for any project disturbing a half acre or more of land. Municipal Code Sections 8.08.400 and 8.08.410 mandate erosion and…

Lafayette's Stormwater Code bans discharging anything but stormwater or an exempted flow into the city's drainage system. Municipal Code Section 8.08.210 requires dischargers to use…

Lafayette's Stormwater Code layers floodplain-storage protection on top of the county's Unified Zoning Ordinance. Section 8.08.310 requires flood protection grade documentation on…

Lafayette requires new buildings near mapped floodplains to sit at least two feet above the 100-year flood elevation. Municipal Code Section 8.08.310(B) sets this freeboard for…

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…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, ride-share and taxicab drivers do not get a curb bubble; they follow the same stopping-and-standing rules as everyone else while picking up or…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a company cannot drop shared scooters on the street without a permit. City code requires a $1,000 enterprise permit plus a $1 per-scooter daily fee…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, no driver may steer a motor vehicle into a marked bicycle lane except to cross it at a driveway. Lafayette Municipal Code § 7.04.130 bars driving…

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…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the property owner or occupant next to a sidewalk, not the city, is on the hook for clearing it. City code gives just 12 daylight hours after snow…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, an unsafe or vacant and abandoned building is declared a public nuisance under Lafayette Municipal Code § 13.05.030 and must be abated by repair…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Property Maintenance Code Section 301.3 requires vacant land to be kept clean, safe, secure, and sanitary so it does not blight the neighborhood or…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted at Section 13.03.010, requires every rental dwelling unit to have its own bathtub or…

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 Code 36-1-20 restricts the scope of local rental inspection and registration programs. Cities may operate registration programs but cannot impose unreasonable fees or inspect…

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…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Property Maintenance Code Section 302.4 requires every structure and exterior property to stay free of rodent harborage, with prompt extermination…

Tippecanoe County does not require every food-service worker to hold a certification before starting work. Instead, § 110.085 lets the Health Officer order a food safety education…

Tippecanoe County caps campaign signs at polling sites to two per candidate or issue, limits size to 36 by 24 inches, and bars placement outside a 24-hour window before and after…

Tippecanoe County requires every garage sale sign, along with sale items and display surfaces, to come down within 3 hours of the closing time listed on the sale permit, under UZO §…

Billboards are generally allowed in Tippecanoe County's GB, I1, I2 and I3 zones, but Footnote 67 to the Unified Zoning Ordinance's Permitted Use Table cuts that out along the county's…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance treats a digital billboard as an "outdoor advertising sign" and limits how fast its message or lighting can flip: no more than once per…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance caps building height at 35 feet in its single-family zones, including R1 and R1B, while the R1U townhouse zone allows up to 45 feet and…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance limits how much of a lot buildings can cover, with caps set per residential zone: 30% in the R1 zone, 35% in R1B, 40% in R1C, and up to 80%…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by street type and zone. In the R1B Single-Family Residential zone, buildings must sit back…

Tippecanoe County's zoning code splits data centers by size: any facility over 10,000 square feet of gross floor area is a 'Large Data Center,' a use category added by Amendment 123…

Tippecanoe County added a "Large Data Center" zoning category through UZO Amendment 123, adopted November 3, 2025, but built in its own expiration date. Footnote 75 to the Permitted…

In unincorporated Tippecanoe County, a Large Data Center is a permitted use in the I1, I2 and I3 industrial zones only under special condition 4-10, which subjects the facility to the…

In Tippecanoe County's I1, I2 and I3 industrial zones, Unified Zoning Ordinance Section 4-10-4 caps light trespass at 0.5 footcandles measured at any residential or RE zone boundary…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance controls glare from auto parking lot lighting rather than imposing a blanket dark-sky code. Section 4-6-15(h) requires fixtures lighting…

Tippecanoe County charges a 5% Innkeeper's Tax on gross lodging income at hotels, motels, inns, tourist camps and similar short-term lodging, collected monthly by the County Treasurer…

A large-scale solar farm in Tippecanoe County, defined as a ground-mounted array of ten acres or more built to sell power wholesale or retail, needs a mandatory pre-submission meeting…

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…

Tippecanoe County caps garage sales at two per calendar year per premises, each running no more than 3 consecutive days and only during daylight hours, under UZO § 5-6-2.

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 allows counties to adopt agricultural zoning under IC 36-7-4 but limits restrictions on bona fide farming activities, especially in unincorporated areas.

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…