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Indiana Code Title 36. Local Government § 36-5-1-2

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 2. (a) Proceedings to incorporate a town may be instituted by filing a written petition in quadruplicate with the executive of the county that contains all or a majority of the territory sought to be incorporated.  The petition must be signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the owners of land in the territory and must state the following:

(1) The territory is used or will, in the reasonably foreseeable future, be used generally for commercial, industrial, residential, or similar purposes.

(2) The territory is reasonably compact and contiguous.

(3) There is enough undeveloped land in the territory to permit reasonable growth of the town.

(4) Incorporation is in the best interests of the citizens of the territory.

(5) The name, telephone number, and electronic mail address (if available) of the contact person for the petitioners.

(6) If the petitioners want the incorporation to be approved by a public question at a special election, that the petitioners agree to pay the costs of the special election.

(b) The signatures of the petitioners must be verified, and the verification must include a statement that the petitioners are owners of land in the territory sought to be incorporated.

(c) In determining the number of petitioners, not more than one (1) person having an interest in a single parcel of land may be counted, and a person owning more than one (1) parcel of land in the area may be counted only once.

(d) The petition filed under subsection (a) must be accompanied by the ordinance of any city required to consent to the incorporation under section 7 of this chapter.

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