Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Incorporation; Dissolution
36-5-1-11.5. Localities Considered Towns for All Purposes

Sec. 11.5. A locality that:
(1) has elected town officers and has governed itself as a town for at least ten (10) years preceding September 1, 1988; or
(2) has been incorporated under this chapter after August 31, 1988;
is a town for all purposes unless the town has been dissolved under this chapter or IC 36-5-1.1.
As added by P.L.1-1989, SEC.69.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 36. Local Government

Article 5. Government of Towns

Chapter 1. Incorporation; Dissolution

36-5-1-1. Application of Chapter

36-5-1-2. Requirements of Petition to Incorporate Town

36-5-1-3. Items to Accompany Petition

36-5-1-4. Sufficiency of Petition; Plan Commission Recommendations

36-5-1-5. Public Hearing on Petition; Notice

36-5-1-6. Parties Entitled to Be Heard; Remonstrance; Dismissal of Petition

36-5-1-7. Petition to Incorporate Town Within Certain Distance of City Boundaries

36-5-1-7.1. Exemption From City Consent Requirements

36-5-1-8. County Executive Action on Petition; Public Question

36-5-1-9. Denied Petition; Resubmittal

36-5-1-10. Repealed

36-5-1-10.1. Adoption of Ordinance Incorporating Town; Required Provisions to Conduct Elections; Territory Not Included in Any District or in More Than One District; Effective Date of Ordinance

36-5-1-11. Liability for Existing Indebtedness or Other Obligations; Payment to Township

36-5-1-11.5. Localities Considered Towns for All Purposes

36-5-1-12. Proceedings to Dissolve or Change Name; Petition, Signatures, and Reasons

36-5-1-13. Bond for Costs and Expenses

36-5-1-14. Notice of Filing of Petition and Day of Hearing

36-5-1-15. Hearing; Withdrawal of Petitioner's Name; Decision

36-5-1-16. Dissolution or Change of Name; Date of Election; Notice

36-5-1-17. Election; Ballots; Clerk's Statement of Votes Cast

36-5-1-18. Number of Votes and Voters Required; Effective Dates of Change of Name and Dissolution; Disposition of Property; Validity of Contracts

36-5-1-19. Aggrieved Persons; Appeal; Procedure

36-5-1-20. Towns Not Functioning for Ten Years; Hearing; Findings; Adoption of Ordinance or Ordering Dissolution

36-5-1-21. Approvals of Proceedings to Incorporate Town Across County Boundaries Commenced Before July 1, 1999