Indiana § 36-5-1-20 Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of
ordinance or ordering dissolution

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-5-1-20 — Towns not functioning for ten years; hearing; findings; adoption of ordinance or ordering dissolution

Indiana § 36-5-1-20

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 5GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS

Ch. 1Incorporation; Dissolution

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Ind. Code § 36-5-1-20 (2026).

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(a)This section does not apply to a town described by IC 36-5-1-11.5.

(b)A town subject to this chapter may be dissolved if the county election board of the county in which the greatest percentage of population of the town is located conducts a public hearing and finds that the town has not elected town officers or had a functioning town government during the preceding ten (10) years.

(c)The county election board shall certify the board's findings to the county executive, who may adopt an ordinance or (in a county subject to IC 36-2-3.5) issue an order to dissolve the town.

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(a) This section does not apply to a town
described by IC 36-5-1-11.5.
(b) A town subject to this chapter may be dissolved if the county
election board of the county in which the greatest percentage of
population of the town is located conducts a public hearing and finds
that the town has not elected town officers or had a functioning town
government during the preceding ten (10) years.
(c) The county election board shall certify the board's findings to the
county executive, who may adopt an ordinance or (in a county subject
to IC 36-2-3.5) issue an order to dissolve the town.