Property Maintenance in Indiana (2026)

Tippecanoe County Code § 156.03 declares any unsafe building in the unincorporated county a public nuisance that must…

Fishers bans owning or maintaining an unsafe building, structure, or premises citywide and lets the Building…

Fort Wayne enforces Indiana's Unsafe Building Law against dangerous structures and blighted vacant property, ordering…

Hendricks County enforces its County Unsafe Building Law under I.C. 36-7-9, declaring any structure meeting the code's…

Under Code Sec. 537-6, any vacant Marion County structure that fails Chapter 537's minimum vacant-building standards is…

LaPorte County enforces Indiana's Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9-1 through 36-7-9-28, as its own Unsafe Building Code…

Porter County declares any building found unsafe after inspection to be a public nuisance that must be repaired…

St. Joseph County enforces Indiana's unsafe building law through its building commissioner, who can padlock and post an…

Vanderburgh County abates dangerous and neglected buildings in the unincorporated county under its Unsafe Building…

Allen County's Property Maintenance/Minimum Housing Code (Allen County Code Title 6, Article 8) makes it unlawful to…

Carmel's property maintenance code (Code Chapter 6, Article 5) requires building exteriors to be kept structurally…

Clark County adopts Indiana's unsafe building statute, I.C. 36-7-9, as its own dangerous-building ordinance for the…

Elkhart County enforces property standards in unincorporated areas through its Planning and Development Department…

Evansville requires every vacant structure and vacant lot to be kept clean, safe, secure, and sanitary so it does not…

Indiana's Unsafe Building Law (IC 36-7-9) lets Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Westfield and Hamilton County order the…

In unincorporated Lake County, the Zoning Code bars outdoor storage of junk, trash, debris, or inoperable and abandoned…

South Bend enforces building upkeep through Sec. 6-37, which adopts the 2000 International Property Maintenance Code…

Allen County Code 6-8-5-4 requires all vacant structures, premises, and vacant land to be kept safe, secure, and…

Carmel City Code § 6-222(a)(4) requires all vacant structures, premises and vacant land to be kept in a clean, safe…

Owners of vacant residential parcels in unincorporated Elkhart County must keep vegetation under eight inches and clear…

Evansville's weed and rank-vegetation ban applies to every lot in the city, improved or vacant: only cultivated…

Fort Wayne bans weeds, grass, or rank vegetation over nine inches tall on private property, including vacant lots…

A vacant lot or structure that becomes overgrown, a dumping site, or a hazard can be declared unsafe under IC 36-7-9…

Hendricks County's Weed Control Board, created under I.C. 15-16-7, can order any landowner, including owners of vacant…

Lake County has no standalone vacant-lot ordinance; unmaintained lots are handled through the Zoning Code…

Owners of vacant and open lots in unincorporated Vanderburgh County can't let trash, debris, garbage, junk, or rubbish…

Evansville requires property owners or occupants abutting a sidewalk to clear snow and ice, or sand/salt it if removal…

Fort Wayne requires owners and occupants to clear sidewalk snow and ice by 9:00 a.m. each day during winter and keep it…

Property owners and occupants must clear sidewalk snow and ice within set morning and evening deadlines or face a fine…

South Bend property owners and occupants must clear snow and ice from abutting public sidewalks within 24 hours of…

In unincorporated St. Joseph County, Code Section 54.03 gives the owner or occupant of every lot a 24-hour deadline to…

Vanderburgh County Code 12.04.070 requires whoever occupies the first floor of a building, or the owner if it's vacant…