§ 36-7-9-7.5 — Noncompliance with order to repair or rehabilitate unsafe building; civil penalties

Indiana § 36-7-9-7.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 9: Unsafe Building Law

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5. (a) This section applies to an order issued
under section 5(a)(5) of this chapter for which a hearing was not
requested as provided in section 7 of this chapter.
(b) If the person to whom the order was issued fails or refuses to
comply with the order within sixty (60) days or the time specified in the
order, the enforcement authority may impose a civil penalty not to
exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). The enforcement
authority shall give notice of the civil penalty to all persons with a
known or recorded substantial property interest in the unsafe premises.
(c) After a civil penalty is imposed under subsection (b), the
enforcement authority may impose an additional civil penalty in an
amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) every ninety (90)
days if the person to whom the order was issued continues to fail or
refuse to comply with the order.
(d) If a civil penalty under this section is unpaid for more than
fifteen (15) days after payment of the civil penalty is due, the civil
penalty may be collected in the same manner as costs under section 13
or 13.5 of this chapter. The amount of the civil penalty that is collected
shall be deposited in the unsafe building fund.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.247-2015, SEC.43.