IC 8-3-15-1 Railroad right retained
Sec. 1. The use by the public (of the) right of way or depot
grounds of any railroad in this state by riding, driving or walking
thereon, shall not ripen into a right to continue to do so even though
it has been so used for a period of twenty (20) years or more; nor
shall such use be evidence of a grant to do so except where such use
is made across such ground to connect a street or highway on each
side thereof, and except where a court of competent jurisdiction has
adjudged the existence of a street or highway. (Formerly: Acts 1899, c.209, s.1.)
IC 8-3-15-2
Repealed
(Repealed by Acts 1972, P.L.8, SEC.3.)
IC 8-3-15-3 Riding, driving, or walking on right-of-way or yard a
misdemeanor; definitions; exceptions
Sec. 3. (a) A person who rides, drives, or walks on or along the
right-of-way or yard of a railroad company at a place other than a
public crossing commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) "Right-of-way" means the track or roadbed owned or leased
by a railroad which is located on either side of its tracks and which
is readily recognizable to a reasonable person as being railroad
property or is reasonably identified as such by fencing or appropriate
signs.
(c) "Yard" means a system of parallel tracks, cross-overs, and
switches where cars are switched and made up into trains, and where
cars, locomotives, and other rolling stock are kept when not in use or
awaiting repairs.
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) passengers on trains or employees of a railroad company
while engaged in the performance of their duties;
(2) picketing by railroad employees in the vicinity of entrances
to railroad company property;
(3) an authorized representative of the railroad employees;
(4) a person going upon the right-of-way or into the yard to save
human life or to protect property;
(5) a person being on the station grounds or in the depot of the
railroad company as a passenger or for the purpose of
transacting business;
(6) a person, or the person's family or employees going upon the
right-of-way for the purpose of crossing from one (1) part to
another part of a farm the person owns or leases, where the farm
lies on both sides of the right-of-way;
(7) a person having written permission from the railroad
company to go upon the right-of-way;
(8) representatives of the Indiana department of transportation;
(9) representatives of the federal Surface Transportation Board;
or
(10) a registered land surveyor or a land surveyor's employees
who are on the right-of-way or in the yard for the purpose of
making land surveys. As added by Acts 1977, P.L.26, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1982,
P.L.62, SEC.4; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.41; P.L.18-1990, SEC.49;
P.L.259-1999, SEC.1.
IC 8-3-15-1 Railroad right retained
Sec. 1. The use by the public (of the) right of way or depot
grounds of any railroad in this state by riding, driving or walking
thereon, shall not ripen into a right to continue to do so even though
it has been so used for a period of twenty (20) years or more; nor
shall such use be evidence of a grant to do so except where such use
is made across such ground to connect a street or highway on each
side thereof, and except where a court of competent jurisdiction has
adjudged the existence of a street or highway. (Formerly: Acts 1899, c.209, s.1.)
IC 8-3-15-2
Repealed
(Repealed by Acts 1972, P.L.8, SEC.3.)
IC 8-3-15-3 Riding, driving, or walking on right-of-way or yard a
misdemeanor; definitions; exceptions
Sec. 3. (a) A person who rides, drives, or walks on or along the
right-of-way or yard of a railroad company at a place other than a
public crossing commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) "Right-of-way" means the track or roadbed owned or leased
by a railroad which is located on either side of its tracks and which
is readily recognizable to a reasonable person as being railroad
property or is reasonably identified as such by fencing or appropriate
signs.
(c) "Yard" means a system of parallel tracks, cross-overs, and
switches where cars are switched and made up into trains, and where
cars, locomotives, and other rolling stock are kept when not in use or
awaiting repairs.
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) passengers on trains or employees of a railroad company
while engaged in the performance of their duties;
(2) picketing by railroad employees in the vicinity of entrances
to railroad company property;
(3) an authorized representative of the railroad employees;
(4) a person going upon the right-of-way or into the yard to save
human life or to protect property;
(5) a person being on the station grounds or in the depot of the
railroad company as a passenger or for the purpose of
transacting business;
(6) a person, or the person's family or employees going upon the
right-of-way for the purpose of crossing from one (1) part to
another part of a farm the person owns or leases, where the farm
lies on both sides of the right-of-way;
(7) a person having written permission from the railroad
company to go upon the right-of-way;
(8) representatives of the Indiana department of transportation;
(9) representatives of the federal Surface Transportation Board;
or
(10) a registered land surveyor or a land surveyor's employees
who are on the right-of-way or in the yard for the purpose of
making land surveys. As added by Acts 1977, P.L.26, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1982,
P.L.62, SEC.4; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.41; P.L.18-1990, SEC.49;
P.L.259-1999, SEC.1.
IC 8-3-15-1 Railroad right retained
Sec. 1. The use by the public (of the) right of way or depot
grounds of any railroad in this state by riding, driving or walking
thereon, shall not ripen into a right to continue to do so even though
it has been so used for a period of twenty (20) years or more; nor
shall such use be evidence of a grant to do so except where such use
is made across such ground to connect a street or highway on each
side thereof, and except where a court of competent jurisdiction has
adjudged the existence of a street or highway. (Formerly: Acts 1899, c.209, s.1.)
IC 8-3-15-2
Repealed
(Repealed by Acts 1972, P.L.8, SEC.3.)
IC 8-3-15-3 Riding, driving, or walking on right-of-way or yard a
misdemeanor; definitions; exceptions
Sec. 3. (a) A person who rides, drives, or walks on or along the
right-of-way or yard of a railroad company at a place other than a
public crossing commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) "Right-of-way" means the track or roadbed owned or leased
by a railroad which is located on either side of its tracks and which
is readily recognizable to a reasonable person as being railroad
property or is reasonably identified as such by fencing or appropriate
signs.
(c) "Yard" means a system of parallel tracks, cross-overs, and
switches where cars are switched and made up into trains, and where
cars, locomotives, and other rolling stock are kept when not in use or
awaiting repairs.
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) passengers on trains or employees of a railroad company
while engaged in the performance of their duties;
(2) picketing by railroad employees in the vicinity of entrances
to railroad company property;
(3) an authorized representative of the railroad employees;
(4) a person going upon the right-of-way or into the yard to save
human life or to protect property;
(5) a person being on the station grounds or in the depot of the
railroad company as a passenger or for the purpose of
transacting business;
(6) a person, or the person's family or employees going upon the
right-of-way for the purpose of crossing from one (1) part to
another part of a farm the person owns or leases, where the farm
lies on both sides of the right-of-way;
(7) a person having written permission from the railroad
company to go upon the right-of-way;
(8) representatives of the Indiana department of transportation;
(9) representatives of the federal Surface Transportation Board;
or
(10) a registered land surveyor or a land surveyor's employees
who are on the right-of-way or in the yard for the purpose of
making land surveys. As added by Acts 1977, P.L.26, SEC.2. Amended by Acts 1982,
P.L.62, SEC.4; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.41; P.L.18-1990, SEC.49;
P.L.259-1999, SEC.1.
