Sec. 6. The state department, local board of health, or county health officer may declare a dwelling that is unfit for human habitation a public nuisance. The state department, local board of health, or county health officer may order to be removed, abated, suspended, altered, improved, or purified a dwelling, structure, excavation, business, pursuit, or thing in or about the dwelling or the dwelling's lot, or the plumbing, sewerage, drainage, light, or ventilation of the dwelling.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-25-8.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease
Chapter 20. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation
16-41-20-1. Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation
16-41-20-2. Powers of Local Inspectors of Buildings
16-41-20-3. Exercise of Powers by the State Health Department
16-41-20-4. Orders to Vacate Dwellings
16-41-20-5. Extension or Revocation of Orders to Vacate Dwellings
16-41-20-7. Orders for Cleaning, Repairing, or Improving
16-41-20-9. Judicial Review of Orders
16-41-20-11. Review Proceedings