Property Maintenance in Indiana (2026)

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

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, the Health Officer can condemn and placard any dwelling that is damaged, decayed…

In the City of Bloomington, a structure found unsafe under state law can be sealed, repaired or ordered vacated through…

Boone County adopts Indiana's Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9-1 through 9-28, to police unsafe buildings and premises…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, Chapter 15.20 (the Unsafe Building Ordinance) adopts Indiana Code 36-7-9 and defines…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, a building that is structurally impaired, a fire hazard, a health hazard, a…

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

Floyd County Code § 151.01 adopts Indiana's Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9, across unincorporated Floyd County and…

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

The City of Greenwood, Indiana's Property Maintenance Code exists in part to eliminate blight, requiring vacant…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, the Health Officer, Fire Inspector, Building Commissioner or Code Enforcement…

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

Unincorporated Howard County enforces Indiana's Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9-1 et seq., adopted in full by §…

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

Kokomo declares any building the enforcement authority finds unsafe under § 150.47 of the Kokomo Code of Ordinances a…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, an unsafe or vacant and abandoned building is declared a public nuisance under…

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…

The City of Muncie Board of Health can declare a dwelling, structure, or excavation a public nuisance and unfit for…

The City of Noblesville abates dangerous buildings under its Unsafe Structures law, § 93.35 of the Noblesville Code of…

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…

The City of Westfield, Indiana declares any building the building commissioner inspects and finds unsafe to be a public…

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…

Gary adopts Indiana's unsafe building law, IC 36-7-9, by reference as its own unsafe building code, administered by the…

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…

Warrick County adopts Indiana's Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9, in total to abate dangerous and substandard buildings…

Wayne County adopts Indiana's County Unsafe Building Law, I.C. 36-7-9-1 through -28, to declare unsafe buildings public…

Unincorporated Boone County requires anyone who owns, leases or occupies a house, building or premises, including a…

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

Unincorporated Bartholomew County landowners must cut and remove weeds or rank vegetation whenever it exceeds the…

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

The City of Columbus, Indiana has no separate vacant-lot ordinance. Chapter 8.32 applies to all real property in the…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, a tract with no building or structure is unsafe premises under § 154.06(C)…

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…

In the City of Gary it is unlawful to throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private lot, whether the person…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, every vacant structure and vacant parcel must be kept clean, safe, secure, healthful…

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

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, vegetation over 6 inches tall on any vacant, unimproved lot is a declared nuisance…

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

In the City of Kokomo, Code § 99.02 bans owners from letting a nuisance sit on any real or personal property, and §…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, Property Maintenance Code Section 301.3 requires vacant land to be kept clean, safe…

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

In the City of Muncie, a "vacant lot" is any parcel with no permanent structure, or with one that sits vacant or…

City of Noblesville Code § 93.05 applies its weed-and-debris duty to 'any real estate' in the city, including vacant…

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

Warrick County declares garbage and junk accumulating on any residential or commercial parcel a public nuisance under §…

Every owner of property abutting a sidewalk in the City of Bloomington must clear snow and ice within 24 hours after it…

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…

Gary requires whoever owns, leases or occupies a building or lot to clear ice and snow from the abutting sidewalk, with…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, the occupant, or the owner if there is no occupant, of property next to a public…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, whoever occupies (or, if vacant, whoever owns) a building or lot fronting an improved…

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

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the property owner or occupant next to a sidewalk, not the city, is on the hook for…

Muncie property owners and occupants must clear sidewalk snow and ice by 10:00 a.m. each winter morning under City Code…

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…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, landowners must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk abutting their property…