Indiana Code Title 8. Utilities and Transportation § 8-6-12-2

Sec. 2. The board of public works or board of public works and safety of a city or town legislative body may issue a written improvement order requiring that any railroad, interurban, or interurban street railroad undertake to repair or improve that portion of the street occupied by its track, including the space between the rails, the space between the tracks if there is more than one (1) track, and the space to the end of its ties in width on the outside of said rails.  The written improvement order shall be given by the board or body to the railroad, interurban, or interurban street railroad company and must allow the railroad company thirty (30) days in which to commence the repairs or improvement.  If the railroad company fails to commence the work within the thirty (30) day period, then the board or body may have the repairs or improvements made and shall assess the cost against the railroad company, to be collected in the same manner as assessments for other public improvements are collected.  The board or body may certify the amount owed to the clerk of the circuit court, where the amount certified shall be entered by the clerk upon the judgment docket in the clerk's office, whereupon it has the same force as a judgment pronounced in the circuit court of the county and is subject to execution in the same manner as any other judgment for money.