Indiana Code Title 15. Agriculture and Animals § 15-14-2-1

(1) A state horticultural society may incorporate by depositing a certified copy of the society's articles of association, with its name and a description and an impress of the seal adopted by the society, in the office of the secretary of state.

(2) A district or county horticultural association may incorporate by depositing, under the seal of the state horticultural association, a statement showing that the district or county association:

in the state horticultural association at its annual and official meetings, in the office of the recorder of the county where the district or county horticultural association is organized, along with the name by which the association will be known and a description of the seal adopted.  The recorder shall record the statement in the miscellaneous record.  A fee of fifty cents ($0.50) may be charged and collected to record the statement.

(1) is a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession;  and

(2) may:

(1) purchase;

(2) improve;  or

(3) sell, not exceeding, at any one (1) time, one hundred (100) acres of land;