Indiana § 8-20-7-1 Authority to locate and establish highway over route of abandoned
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§ 8-20-7-1 — Authority to locate and establish highway over route of abandoned highway

Indiana § 8-20-7-1

Art. 20COUNTY ROADS─LOCATION AND EMINENT

Ch. 7Location of County Highways Over Routes of

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Ind. Code § 8-20-7-1 (2026).

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When a county highway has been taken over by
the Indiana department of transportation and incorporated in the state
highway system and is subsequently abandoned as a state highway, the
executive of the county where the highway is located may establish a
highway over the route of the abandoned highway. The right-of-way of
the highway has the same boundaries as the boundaries of the highway
when it was abandoned as a state highway. The executive may acquire
the land necessary for the right-of-way by donation, purchase, or
through the exercise of eminent domain. The executive may remove
any obstructions placed on the highway since its abandonment.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.238, s.1. As amended by Acts 1980,
P.L.74, SEC.307; P.L.86-1988, SEC.219; P.L.18-1990,
SEC.153.

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When a county highway has been taken over by
the Indiana department of transportation and incorporated in the state
highway system and is subsequently abandoned as a state highway, the
executive of the county where the highway is located may establish a
highway over the route of the abandoned highway. The right-of-way of
the highway has the same boundaries as the boundaries of the highway
when it was abandoned as a state highway. The executive may acquire
the land necessary for the right-of-way by donation, purchase, or
through the exercise of eminent domain. The executive may remove
any obstructions placed on the highway since its abandonment.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.238, s.1. As amended by Acts 1980,
P.L.74, SEC.307; P.L.86-1988, SEC.219; P.L.18-1990,
SEC.153.