Public Conduct in Indiana (2026)

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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)…

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…