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Indiana Code Title 8. Utilities and Transportation § 8-6-12-1

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

Sec. 1. (a) Each railroad company whose road or tracks lie in any public street, road, or alley in any city, town, or county shall properly grade, plank, gravel, or asphalt the road and tracks in accordance with the grade and surfacing material of the public street, road, or alley in such a manner as to afford security for life and property of persons and vehicles using the public streets, roads, or alleys.

(b) If a railroad company fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the city, town, or county in which the public street, road, or alley is located may, after thirty (30) days written notice to the superintendent or regional engineer of railroad company, do the work and either:

(1) recover the amount of the cost thereof from the railroad company by suit filed in any court of competent jurisdiction, in which case the city, town or county may collect reasonable attorney fees;  or

(2) certify the amount owed to the county auditor who shall prepare a special tax duplicate to be collected and settled for by the county treasurer in the same manner and at the same time as property taxes are collected;

provided, that before the municipal corporation, city, town, or county shall undertake to do the work themselves they shall notify an agent of the railroad as to the time and place.

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