§ 36-2-6-15 — Settlement made by county executive with county, township, or school officer; overpayment

Indiana § 36-2-6-15

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 2: GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 6: Fiscal Administration

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(a) A settlement made by the county executive
with a county, township, or school officer is binding on the state or
county only if the officer has accounted for all money the officer has
collected by virtue of the officer's office and has performed every duty
required of the officer by law. If the settlement is not binding, the
officer and the officer's sureties are liable as if no settlement had been
made.
(b) If the county executive finds that through mistake or any other
cause a county, township, or school officer has paid over to the county,
or reported, settled, or accounted to the county executive for more
money than the officer owed, the executive may:
(1) order that the officer be repaid out of the proper fund and be
given the proper credit by the county auditor; or
(2) if the money has not yet been paid by the officer, release so
much of the officer's debt as it finds to be mistaken.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation:
17-2-49-1.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.127-2017, SEC.34.