IC 36-7-10.1
    Chapter 10.1. Removal of Weeds and Rank Vegetation

IC 36-7-10.1-1
Application of chapter
    Sec. 1. This chapter applies to each municipality or county.
As added by P.L.89-1991, SEC.3.

IC 36-7-10.1-2
Exclusions from application
    Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to the following:
        (1) An ordinance adopted before May 15, 1991.
        (2) An action taken by a municipal corporation underIC 36-1-6-2.
As added by P.L.89-1991, SEC.3.

IC 36-7-10.1-3
Ordinance; notice requirement
    Sec. 3. (a) The legislative body of a municipality or county mayby ordinance require the owners of real property located within themunicipality or the unincorporated area of the county to cut andremove weeds and other rank vegetation growing on the property. Asused in this chapter, "weeds and other rank vegetation" does notinclude agricultural crops, such as hay and pasture.
    (b) An ordinance adopted under subsection (a) must specify thefollowing:
        (1) The department of the municipality or county responsiblefor the administration of the ordinance.
        (2) The definitions of weeds and rank vegetation.
        (3) The height at which weeds or rank vegetation becomes aviolation of the ordinance, specifying the appropriate heightsfor various types of weeds and rank vegetation.
        (4) The procedure for issuing notice to the owner of realproperty of a violation of the ordinance.
        (5) The procedure under which the municipality or county, orits contractors, may enter real property to abate a violation ofthe ordinance if the owner fails to abate the violation.
        (6) The procedure for issuing a bill to the owner of real propertyfor the costs incurred by the municipality or county in abatingthe violation, including administrative costs and removal costs.The cost of sending notice under subsection (c) is anadministrative cost that may be billed to the owner under thissubdivision.
        (7) The procedure for appealing a notice of violation or a billissued under the ordinance.
    (c) An ordinance adopted under subsection (a) must provide thata notice sent to the property owner must be sent by certified mail,return receipt requested, or an equivalent service permitted underIC 1-1-7-1 to:
        (1) the owner of record of real property with a single owner; or        (2) at least one (1) of the owners of real property with multipleowners;
at the last address of the owner for the property as indicated in therecords of the county auditor on the date of the notice.
As added by P.L.89-1991, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.113-2010,SEC.130.

IC 36-7-10.1-4
Failure of real property owner to pay bill; collection of bill asdelinquent taxes; disbursement of collections
    Sec. 4. If the owner of real property fails to pay a bill issued undersection 3 of this chapter within the time specified in the ordinance,the department specified in the ordinance shall certify to the countyauditor the amount of the bill, plus any additional administrativecosts incurred in the certification. The auditor shall place the totalamount certified on the tax duplicate for the property affected, andthe total amount, including any accrued interest, shall be collected asdelinquent taxes are collected and shall be disbursed to the generalfund of the municipality or county.
As added by P.L.89-1991, SEC.3.

IC 36-7-10.1-5
Disbursement of bill collections to general fund of departmentenforcing ordinance
    Sec. 5. Notwithstanding section 4 of this chapter, the municipalityor county may provide that the amounts collected shall be disbursedto the general fund of the department specified to enforce theordinance.
As added by P.L.89-1991, SEC.3.