Indiana § 36-5-1-6 Parties entitled to be heard; remonstrance; dismissal of petition

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-5-1-6 — Parties entitled to be heard; remonstrance; dismissal of petition

Indiana § 36-5-1-6

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 5GOVERNMENT OF TOWNS

Ch. 1Incorporation; Dissolution

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The recipients of the notice required by section 5 of this chapter are parties to and are entitled to be heard at the public hearing. The petition for incorporation shall be dismissed if at any time during the incorporation proceedings, including an appeal, the county executive or a court hearing an appeal is presented with a verified remonstrance against incorporation, signed by at least:

(1)fifty-one percent (51%) of the owners of a fee simple interest in real property in the affected territory; or

(2)the owners of seventy-five percent (75%), in assessed valuation, of the real property in the affected territory. The executive or court may determine the validity of the remonstrance by submitting it to the county auditor for verification. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18

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The recipients of the notice required by section
5 of this chapter are parties to and are entitled to be heard at the public
hearing. The petition for incorporation shall be dismissed if at any time
during the incorporation proceedings, including an appeal, the county
executive or a court hearing an appeal is presented with a verified
remonstrance against incorporation, signed by at least:
(1) fifty-one percent (51%) of the owners of a fee simple interest
in real property in the affected territory; or
(2) the owners of seventy-five percent (75%), in assessed
valuation, of the real property in the affected territory.
The executive or court may determine the validity of the remonstrance
by submitting it to the county auditor for verification.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-1-8
part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.4.