Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Incorporation; Dissolution
36-5-1-19. Aggrieved Persons; Appeal; Procedure

Sec. 19. (a) A person aggrieved by a decision made by the town legislative body under section 15 of this chapter or by the result of an election under section 16 of this chapter may, within thirty (30) days, appeal that decision or result to the circuit court for the county in which the town is located. The appeal is instituted by giving written notice to the town legislative body and filing with the town clerk a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), with surety approved by the legislative body. The bond must provide that the appeal will be duly prosecuted and that the appellants will pay all costs if the appeal is decided against them.
(b) When an appeal is instituted, the town clerk shall file with the clerk of the circuit court a transcript of all proceedings in the case, together with all papers filed in the case. The town legislative body may not take further action in the case until the appeal is heard and determined.
(c) An appeal under this section shall be heard by the circuit court without a jury. Change of venue from the judge may be granted, but change of venue from the county may not be granted.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-1-26.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4.

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 Repealed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