Morgan County, IN Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Morgan County Code § 150.16 states the Board of Commissioners' intent, through this subchapter, to protect the health, welfare and safety of county residents by setting minimal health and sanitary standards for rental residences and dwellings, and applies the rules to every rental dwelling and rental dwelling unit in the county, plus those in incorporated cities or towns that have not adopted their own sanitary rental ordinance. Section 150.17(A) requires operational heating equipment capable of heating all habitable rooms and bathrooms to at least 68°F.

Section 150.17(C) requires a working kitchen sink connected to water and sewer with heated water capped at 120°F, a stove or microwave and a refrigerator holding food below 45°F (unless a lease shifts that duty to the tenant), a flush toilet in good working condition, a lavatory sink near the toilet, and a bathtub or shower, each properly connected to a water supply. Seasonal housing is exempt from the equipment rules under § 150.17(D) unless it actually has that equipment installed, though it must still have Health Department-approved sewage disposal. The Health Department enforces the subchapter and may promulgate implementing rules with Board of Health approval.