Indiana Code
Title 14. Natural and Cultural Resources
Article 31. Nature Preserves

Chapter 1. Nature Preserves

14-31-1-1. Public Policy - Sec. 1. (a) As part of the continuing growth of...

14-31-1-2. "Area" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "area" means an...

14-31-1-3. "Articles of Dedication" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "articles of dedication"...

14-31-1-4. "Dedicate" and "Dedication" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "dedicate" and "dedication"...

14-31-1-5. "Nature Preserve" Defined - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "nature preserve" means...

14-31-1-6. "System" Defined - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "system" means the...

14-31-1-7. Purpose - Sec. 7. To secure for the people of Indiana of...

14-31-1-8. Registry of Natural Areas - Sec. 8. To give recognition to natural areas, the department...

14-31-1-9. Administration - Sec. 9. The division of nature preserves shall administer this...

14-31-1-10. Property Rights - Sec. 10. (a) The department may, on behalf of the...

14-31-1-11. Dedication of Property - Sec. 11. (a) An estate, an interest, or a right...

14-31-1-12. Articles of Dedication - Sec. 12. Articles of dedication may do the following: (1)...

14-31-1-13. Amendments of Articles of Dedication - Sec. 13. With the approval of the governor and upon...

14-31-1-14. Duties of Department - Sec. 14. To further the purposes of and to implement...

14-31-1-15. Treatment of Nature Preserves - Sec. 15. (a) The nature preserves within the system: (1)...

14-31-1-16. Notice of Proposed Action - Sec. 16. (a) Before the commission: (1) makes a finding...

14-31-1-17. Political Units, Departments, Agencies, and Instrumentalities Urged to Dedicate Suitable Areas - Sec. 17. All units, departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the...

14-31-1-18. Noninterference With Parks, Preserves, Refuges, or Other Areas - Sec. 18. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this...

Chapter 2. Indiana Natural Heritage Protection Campaign

14-31-2-1. Purposes - Sec. 1. The general purposes of this chapter are to...

14-31-2-2. "Appraised Value" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "appraised value" means...

14-31-2-3. "Campaign" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "campaign" refers to...

14-31-2-4. "Division" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "division" refers to...

14-31-2-5. "Fund" Defined - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to...

14-31-2-6. "Registry" Defined - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "registry" refers to...

14-31-2-7. "Trust I" Defined - Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "trust I" refers...

14-31-2-8. "Trust Ii" Defined - Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "trust II" refers...

14-31-2-9. Natural Heritage Protection Fund - Sec. 9. (a) The Indiana natural heritage protection fund is...

14-31-2-10. Contributions and Pledges - Sec. 10. (a) The department may accept contributions and pledges...

14-31-2-11. Transfer of Money to Stewardship Trusts - Sec. 11. (a) To ensure the proper management of natural...

14-31-2-12. Trustee of Stewardship Trusts - Sec. 12. The trustee of trust I and trust II...

14-31-2-13. Requisition of Natural Areas - Sec. 13. The department shall use the fund, in accordance...

14-31-2-14. Maximum Acreage - Sec. 14. The total acreage to be acquired in the...

14-31-2-15. Instructions for Trustee - Sec. 15. The division shall prepare, on a quarterly basis,...

14-31-2-16. Distribution of Principal - Sec. 16. The division may instruct the trustee of trust...

14-31-2-17. Rules - Sec. 17. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...

Chapter 3. Ginseng

14-31-3-1. "Buy" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "buy" includes the...

14-31-3-2. "Ginseng" - Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "ginseng" refers...

14-31-3-3. "Ginseng Dealer" - Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "ginseng dealer"...

14-31-3-4. "Harvest Season" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "harvest season" means...

14-31-3-5. "Sell" - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "sell" includes the...

14-31-3-6. "Wild Ginseng" - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "wild ginseng" means...

14-31-3-7. Dealer's License Required - Sec. 7. A person must have a license issued by...

14-31-3-8. License Requirements - Sec. 8. (a) To obtain a ginseng dealer's license, a...

14-31-3-9. Summary of Sales Transactions; "Selling Season" - Sec. 9. (a) As used in this section, "selling season"...

14-31-3-10. Harvest Season; Limitations - Sec. 10. (a) Wild ginseng may not be harvested except...

14-31-3-11. License Revocation - Sec. 11. (a) The department may, after notice and a...

14-31-3-12. Scientific Research - Sec. 12. The department may carry out scientific research on...

14-31-3-13. Harvesting Quotas - Sec. 13. The department may establish ginseng harvesting quotas based...

14-31-3-14. Rules - Sec. 14. (a) The department may adopt rules under IC...

14-31-3-15. Violations; Purchasing and Selling Without a License - Sec. 15. A ginseng dealer who: (1) purchases or sells...

14-31-3-16. Violations; Harvesting Out of Season - Sec. 16. A person who harvests ginseng out of a...

14-31-3-17. Violations; Processing Out of Season - Sec. 17. A person who possesses unprocessed ginseng out of...

14-31-3-18. Violations; Exceeding Quotas - Sec. 18. A person who harvests ginseng in an amount...

14-31-3-19. Violations; Dealing Out of Season - Sec. 19. A ginseng dealer who buys, sells, or possesses...

14-31-3-20. Violations; Exporting Out of Season - Sec. 20. A person who, without written authorization from the...

14-31-3-21. Violations; Ginseng Harvested Out of State - Sec. 21. A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) takes...