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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 31. (a) A person in Indiana shall conduct himself or herself and keep and manage his or her affairs and property in ways that will reasonably assist and will not unreasonably detract from the ability of the state and the public to successfully meet disaster emergencies. This obligation includes appropriate personal service and use or restriction on the use of property in time of disaster emergency. Compensation for services or for the taking or use of property may be made only to the extent:
(1) that obligations recognized in this chapter are exceeded in a particular case; and
(2) that the claimant has not volunteered the claimant's services or property without compensation.
(b) Personal services may not be compensated by the state or any subdivision or agency of the state except under statute, local law, or ordinance.
(c) Compensation for property may be paid only if the property was commandeered or otherwise used in coping with a disaster emergency and its use or destruction was ordered by the governor or a member of the disaster emergency forces of Indiana.
(d) Any person claiming compensation for the use, damage, loss, or destruction of property under this chapter must make a claim for it. The claim must be filed and shall be adjudicated as provided in IC 32-24.
(e) This section does not apply to or authorize compensation for the destruction or damaging of standing timber or other property in order to provide a fire break or to the release of waters or the breach of impoundments in order to reduce pressure or other danger from actual or threatened flood.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 10. Public Safety § 10-14-3-31 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-10-public-safety/in-code-sect-10-14-3-31/
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