Indiana Code
Chapter 3. Platting and Vacation of Real Property
36-7-3-14. Vacation of Platted Land; Descriptions of Lots and Parcels in Plat Preserved; Exceptions

Sec. 14. (a) If any platted land is vacated, the descriptions of the lots and parcels of that land shall be preserved as set forth in the plat, with the proportionate parts of vacated streets and alleys added as provided by law, unless all the owners of land in the vacated area consent in writing to the description of the area by:
(1) the method used before the plat was made;
(2) metes and bounds; or
(3) other appropriate description.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a vacated tract of five (5) acres or more that is owned by one (1) person, or jointly by two (2) or more persons, need not be described by lot number and may be described by metes and bounds or some other method.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-10-46.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.22.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 36. Local Government

Article 7. Planning and Development

Chapter 3. Platting and Vacation of Real Property

36-7-3-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

36-7-3-1. Application of Chapter

36-7-3-2. Subdivision of Lots or Lands Outside Boundaries of Municipality; Requisites, Approval, and Recording of Plat

36-7-3-3. Laying Out of Town, Addition to Municipality, or Subdivision of Lots or Lands Within Boundaries of Municipality; Requisites, Approval, and Recording of Plat; Donations or Grants to Public

36-7-3-4. Survey and Plat; Order; Adoption; Resolutions; Requisites

36-7-3-5. Surveying, Platting, and Numbering of Tracts of Land in Municipality; Requisites, Approval, and Recording of Plat; Public Ways

36-7-3-6. Resolution Declaring Necessity of Survey or Plat Requisites; Adoption Procedures Direction to Professional Surveyor

36-7-3-7. Professional Surveyor; Completion of Survey and Plat; Requirements; Boundary Line Dispute Procedures; Subdivision of Tracts; Report; Statement of Costs and Expenses; Filing

36-7-3-8. Report of Survey and Plat; Approval Procedures; Recording; Legal Effect of Plat

36-7-3-9. Expenses of Survey and Plat; Apportionment and Assessment Against Property Platted; Lien; Collection and Disbursement

36-7-3-10. Vacation of Plat by Owners; Written Instrument; Filing and Approval; Recording; Land Outside Municipal Boundaries Excepted From Approval; Effect; Public Ways

36-7-3-11. Repealed

36-7-3-12. Vacation of Public Way or Place; Petition; Notice; Hearing; Adoption of Ordinance; Appeals

36-7-3-13. Vacation of Proceedings; Filing of Remonstrances and Objections; Grounds; Denial of Petition

36-7-3-14. Vacation of Platted Land; Descriptions of Lots and Parcels in Plat Preserved; Exceptions

36-7-3-15. Termination of Vacation Proceeding; Limitation

36-7-3-16. Vacation of Platted Easements; Public Utility's Use of Public Way or Place Notwithstanding Vacation Proceedings; Waiver