Public Conduct in Indiana (2026)

In the City of Muncie, Sec. 130.14 of the city code makes it unlawful for any person to be found begging anywhere…

Columbus Municipal Code § 9.14.010 bans pedestrians in the City of Columbus, Indiana from soliciting or distributing…

In Dearborn County, Indiana, it is unlawful for any person standing, sitting, walking or otherwise located on a highway…

Elkhart County bans soliciting funds, donations or contributions inside the travel lanes of any road, street or highway…

Indianapolis criminalizes six specific aggressive panhandling tactics under Code Sec. 407-102(d): touching someone…

Kokomo bars anyone from standing in a public street to beg, solicit contributions, or solicit vehicle occupants for…

The City of Noblesville flatly bans soliciting subsistence, lodging, money, or charity on any street or public place…

South Bend bans 'aggressive manner' solicitation anywhere in the city and bars all solicitation, aggressive or not, in…

Westfield bars anyone from standing in a public road right-of-way or median to solicit, sell or talk with occupants of…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, skateboards, in-line skates and roller skates are expressly banned on the…

Howard County bans skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates and bikes at any time on the ground around the County…

Muncie prohibits skateboarding on public property citywide under City Code § 92.10, with one carve-out: skateboards are…

Skateboards are strictly prohibited inside Grand Junction Plaza under Section 44-9(5) of the Westfield City Code, with…

In the City of Bloomington, Bloomington Municipal Code Section 15.56.025 treats a skateboard as a coaster, bars riding…

Skateboarding, roller skating and roller blading are prohibited on any Elkhart County property once it is posted…

Evansville bans skateboards, roller skates, and in-line skates on nine named public premises, including the Civic…

Fort Wayne bans reckless or hazardous skateboarding in the Downtown Central Business District and the Broadway, Calhoun…

Gary's traffic code bans rollerskates, coasters, toy vehicles and similar devices, the closest 1960s-era language to…

Indianapolis bans skateboards, scooters and toy vehicles on streets, sidewalks and ramps within downtown's Mile Square…

In the City of Noblesville, § 70.22 of the Code of Ordinances bars anyone on roller skates, a skateboard, or a coaster…

In unincorporated Warrick County, the Board of Commissioners bans skateboarding, rollerblading, bicycling and any other…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana bans skateboards, bicycles and roller skates from tennis and basketball courts in its…

Skateboards, roller blades and roller skates are banned at the Hamilton County government and judicial center, the…

Porter County bans skateboarding, rollerskating, rollerblading, biking or riding any nonauthorized wheeled device on…

South Bend bans roller skating and skateboarding on downtown and commercial-district sidewalks, and near schools…

Muncie's Area Party Plan, City Code Chapter 101, lets the Muncie Police Department certify a dwelling as a "No Party…

South Bend charges hosts for repeat police runs to a disorderly party under Section 13-57.1. After a first complaint…

Warrick County makes it unlawful to participate in a party or social gathering between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. that…

The City of Muncie bans idling or loitering in a long list of public locations under Muncie City Code § 130.12: any…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, it is unlawful to loiter on a street corner, sidewalk, alley crossing or public…

The City of Columbus, Indiana makes it unlawful to loiter or remain in a public place in a manner manifesting the…

Section 131.03 bans loitering, as defined by state law, on the Goshen or Elkhart courthouse grounds between 10:00 p.m…

Fishers bans loitering in parking garages and lots citywide, city-owned facilities and the public parking areas of…

Floyd County Code § 130.03(A) makes it a violation to loiter or prowl in a place, time, or manner unusual for…

Gary makes it unlawful to loiter in or around public buildings, on public grounds and sidewalks, or on commercial…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana bans congregating or loitering in the parking lots of its pools and parks when the…

Hamilton County lists loitering as "prohibited conduct" at its Noblesville parking garage, alongside skateboarding…

Refusing a police order to move on while loitering in a way that risks a breach of the peace or blocks traffic is a…

Kokomo's Code of Ordinances bars loitering in city parks under § 96.19(I), the loitering and vagrancy clause of the…

Lafayette makes it unlawful to loiter in a way that creates reasonable alarm and then refuse a police officer's order…

LaPorte County Code § 93.69(D) bars loitering in or near any park building, toilet, or other structure, and in or near…

The City of Noblesville bars anyone with a reputation as a confidence man, thief, or felon from public places, and…

Porter County makes it unlawful for anyone to remain or loiter on the public Burlington Beach Accessway to Flint Lake…

South Bend bars loitering or remaining in any public place to obstruct vehicular or pedestrian traffic under Section…

Indianapolis and Marion County ban smoking in every publicly owned park and in any vehicle or enclosed area of a city…

Bloomington Municipal Code § 6.12.030 bans smoking on restaurant and bar patios, in courtyards, at service and ticket…

Evansville bans smoking in every enclosed public place and workplace, and also within 25 feet of their doors, windows…

Fishers bans smoking in all city-owned public places, parks, playgrounds, libraries, municipal buildings, and Hamilton…

Howard County extends its smoke-free rules outdoors: § 92.55 bans smoking in outdoor restaurant and bar seating, within…

South Bend bans smoking in outdoor restaurant and bar patios open to all ages, within 15 feet of playgrounds, outdoor…

St. Joseph County bans smoking in all county, city, township and town parks and recreational areas under Section…

Wayne County bans smoking and smokeless tobacco anywhere on county-owned facilities in unincorporated Wayne County…

Elkhart County doesn't ban smoking across its parks outright, but § 93.017(B) makes it unlawful to smoke inside any…

Fort Wayne requires smokers to keep a set distance from doorways into smoke-free buildings, 20 feet generally, 8 feet…

In the City of Gary, smoking is banned outdoors within 15 feet of any entrance, window or ventilation intake of a…

Hamilton County bans lighted cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes and vapor pens inside and within 15 feet of the…

Lafayette allows smoking outdoors but bans it within ten feet of any entrance to a non-exempt public place. Municipal…

LaPorte County bans smoking outdoors within 25 feet of any public entrance to a county courthouse or county office…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana, smoking and vaping are banned outdoors on the County Administrative Building…

Vanderburgh County's clean-air chapter is primarily an indoor ban, but it reaches outdoors too: County Code 8.24.020(C)…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, smoking is banned inside and within 30 feet of any entrance or exit of a…

Westfield bans smoking in every public place, including any outdoor area within a reasonable distance of a smoke-free…

Boone County Code § 93.10 bars tobacco use inside any county-owned structure and within 100 feet of the front entrances…

Evansville bars pedestrians from crossing outside a crosswalk between signaled intersections, anywhere in a business…

In the City of Gary, pedestrians must use a marked crosswalk when crossing between signaled intersections, and anyone…

At the Hamilton County government and judicial center, a person may only enter or exit the property at properly marked…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, a pedestrian who crosses outside a crosswalk gives up the right-of-way. City code…

In the City of Muncie, pedestrians crossing outside a marked crosswalk must travel at right angles to the curb or take…

In the City of Noblesville, a pedestrian who is not at a marked crosswalk or other traffic-control device must cross a…

South Bend requires pedestrians to cross streets and highways only at a marked or unmarked crosswalk under § 20-87, so…

Indianapolis pedestrians must cross streets at intersections or marked/unmarked crosswalks, not mid-block, under Code…

Westfield does not ban crossing mid-block, but Sec. 58-166 bars running, jogging or walking in the roadway anywhere a…

Fort Wayne's public smoking ordinance defines SMOKING to include cannabis product, so lighting up marijuana in any…

Howard County's smoke-free ordinance defines 'smoking' to expressly include marijuana, so lighting a joint triggers the…

Warrick County's smoking ordinance defines SMOKING to expressly include marijuana alongside tobacco and vapor products…

Boone County's Board of Commissioners bans carrying or drinking alcohol, along with any deadly weapon, inside the Boone…

Elkhart County bans alcohol outright in every county park. Under § 93.015 of the Parks chapter, bringing, drinking…

Floyd County Code § 92.03(O) makes it unlawful to possess or consume alcoholic beverages anywhere inside a…

Drinking or being intoxicated in a Howard County park is against the law outright. Section 93.02(K) bars anyone from…

Kokomo's Code of Ordinances outlaws drinking and possessing alcohol in city parks under § 96.19(E). No person may…

Fort Wayne allows outdoor public drinking only inside city-designated DORA zones, where a patron may carry up to two…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, no person may bring, consume, possess, sell, give away or handle beer, ale or other…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.04.030 bars knowingly consuming an alcoholic beverage, or possessing an opened container…

St. Joseph County bans hard liquor entirely in its county parks and confines beer or wine to picnic, dining or…

In the City of Bloomington it is unlawful to drink any alcoholic beverage on a publicly owned place or on any public…

Chapter 5.30 of the Columbus Municipal Code creates the Downtown Columbus Social District, where a person can drink…

In the City of Gary it is unlawful to consume alcoholic beverages on public grounds, streets, sidewalks, alleys…

No one may possess or consume alcohol on Hamilton County property without written approval from the Board of…

Indianapolis allows open alcoholic drinks only inside a council-designated Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA)…

Outside Muncie's three Designated Outdoor Refreshment Areas, open alcoholic beverages in public are not permitted…

Porter County bans knowingly drinking or possessing an open, broken-seal or partly emptied alcohol container inside a…

South Bend bans possessing an open alcoholic beverage container or drinking in a moving vehicle on any public highway…

Tippecanoe County makes it illegal to drink alcohol or keep an opened container within reach of anyone riding in a…

Vanderburgh County Code 10.60.096 bars anyone operating or riding in a golf cart or off-road vehicle on a public street…

Evansville bans consuming alcohol at Dress Plaza, its Ohio River public wharf -- a site-specific rule; the code has no…

Grand Junction Plaza is Westfield's one park where drinking and carrying an open container of alcohol is allowed, so…