Indiana Code
Chapter 9. Unsafe Building Law
36-7-9-7.5. Noncompliance With Order to Repair or Rehabilitate Unsafe Building; Civil Penalties

Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies to an order issued under section 5(a)(5) of this chapter for which a hearing was not requested as provided in section 7 of this chapter.
(b) If the person to whom the order was issued fails or refuses to comply with the order within sixty (60) days or the time specified in the order, the enforcement authority may impose a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). The enforcement authority shall give notice of the civil penalty to all persons with a known or recorded substantial property interest in the unsafe premises.
(c) After a civil penalty is imposed under subsection (b), the enforcement authority may impose an additional civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) every ninety (90) days if the person to whom the order was issued continues to fail or refuse to comply with the order.
(d) If a civil penalty under this section is unpaid for more than fifteen (15) days after payment of the civil penalty is due, the civil penalty may be collected in the same manner as costs under section 13 or 13.5 of this chapter. The amount of the civil penalty that is collected shall be deposited in the unsafe building fund.
As added by P.L.247-2015, SEC.43.

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