§ 16-41-34-5 — Nuisance abatement; extermination and destruction of rats

(a) This section applies to a person who owns,
leases, occupies, possesses, or has charge of any:
(1) land;
(2) place;
(3) building;
(4) structure;
(5) stacks or quantities of:
(A) wood;
(B) hay;
(C) corn;
(D) wheat; or
(E) other grains or materials; or
(6) vessel or watercraft;
that is infested with rats.
(b) If a person fails, neglects, or refuses to proceed to exterminate
and destroy the rats, as required by this chapter, the state department
or the state department's inspectors, and the local health officer or local
board of health and the local board's inspectors shall at once cause the
nuisance to be abated by exterminating and destroying the rats.
(c) The expense is a charge against the county, town, or city that
has, by the county's, town's, or city's legislative body, ordered the
destruction or extermination of rats, and the legislative body shall pay
the expense.
(d) When the destruction of rats is ordered by the town or city
legislative body, the clerk of the town or city shall at once file with the
county auditor a certified statement of the expense of the extermination
and the county auditor shall charge the amount expended for destroying
rats against the property on which the nuisance was abated. The
amount shall be collected as other taxes are collected. When collected
the amount shall be paid to the county, town, or city to reimburse the
county, city, or town for the amount paid out for the destruction of rats.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-27-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.