Title SR: Statutory References for Indiana Cities and Towns

The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Indiana cities and towns. They are current through February 2026.

§ SR.010 General Provisions.

Subject	Reference
Annexation, deannexation	IC 36-4-3
City ordinances and resolutions	IC 36-4-6-11 et seq.
Classification of municipalities	IC 36-4-1
Codification of ordinances	IC 36-1-5
Dissolution or change of name of towns	IC 36-5-1-12 et seq.
Enforcement of ordinances	IC 36-1-6
Extraterritorial powers	IC 36-10-2-6
General municipal powers	IC 36-1-3, 36-1-4
Home rule	IC 36-1-3
Incorporation of towns	IC 36-5-1
Merger of municipalities	IC 36-4-2
Ordinance Violations Bureaus	IC 33-36-1 et seq.
Publication of notices	IC 5-3
Punishment for ordinance violations	IC 36-1-3-8
Suffrage and elections	Indiana Const. Art. 2 and IC 3
Town ordinances and resolutions	IC 36-5-2-9.2 et seq.

§ SR.020 Administration and Personnel.

Subject	Reference
City clerk and fiscal officer	IC 36-4-10
City departments, boards and appointed officers	IC 36-4-9
City deputies and employees	IC 36-4-11
City executive	IC 36-4-5
City legislative body	IC 36-4-6
City manager for third class cities	IC 36-4-12
City works boards	IC 36-9-6
Civil rights enforcement; local ordinances	IC 22-9-1 et seq., 22-9-1-12.1
Division of city powers	IC 36-4-4
Elections	IC Title 3
Interlocal cooperation	IC 36-1-7
Officers’ bonds and oaths	IC 5-4
Parks departments	IC 36-10-4
Personnel system	IC 36-1-4-14
Police and fire merit systems	IC 36-8-3.5
Regional planning commissions	IC 36-7-7
Safety boards	IC 36-8-3
Sanitation departments	IC 36-9-25
Town clerk-treasurer	IC 36-5-6
Town legislative body and executive	IC 36-5-2
Town manager	IC 36-5-5
Town marshal	IC 36-5-7

§ SR.030 Revenue and Finance.

Subject	Reference
City budgets	IC 36-4-7
City fiscal procedures	IC 36-4-8
Compromise of claims against cities and towns	IC 36-1-4-17
Debt limitation	IC 36-1-15
Emergency telephone system fee	IC 36-8-16.7
Financing public works projects	IC 36-9-41
Fiscal officer	IC 36-4-10
Funds	IC 36-9-16, 36-9-26
Improvements financing	IC 36-9-32, 36-9-36, 36-9-37
Purchasing	IC 5-22
Sale, transfer or lease of public property	IC 36-1-11
Town budgets	IC 36-5-3
Town fiscal procedures	IC 36-5-4

§ SR.040 Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations.

Subject	Reference
Alcohol and Tobacco	IC Title 7.1
Charitable solicitations	IC 36-8-2-11
City and Town Cemeteries	IC 23-14-65-1 et seq.
Exemption from vending and peddling license fees	IC 25-25-2-1
Home-based vendors (ordinance prohibition)	IC 16-42-5.3-12
License revocation, cities	IC 36-4-5-5
License revocation, towns	IC 36-5-4-11
Municipal powers	IC 36-1-3, 36-8-2-10
Public gatherings	IC 36-8-2-9
Vehicles for hire	IC 36-9-2-4

§ SR.050 Animals.

Subject	Reference
Animal control	IC 15-20-1-1 et seq.
Animal shelters	IC 36-8-2-6

§ SR.060 Health and Safety.

Subject	Reference
Air and sound pollution	IC 36-8-2-8
City health departments	IC 16-20
Fire prevention	IC 36-8-2-3
Fireworks	IC 22-11-14
Municipal powers	IC 36-1-3, 36-1-4, 36-8-2-1 et seq.
Sanitation departments	IC 36-9-25
Solid waste disposal	IC 36-9-30
Weeds	IC 36-7-10.1

§ SR.070 Public Peace, Morals and Welfare.

Subject	Reference
Discrimination	IC 22-9
General municipal powers	IC 36-1-3, 36-1-4
State criminal code	IC Title 35

§ SR.080 Vehicles and Traffic.

Subject	Reference
City department of traffic engineering	IC 36-9-7
Local regulation of tractor-mobile home rigs	IC 9-20-15-2
Local traffic regulations	IC 9-21-1-2 et seq.
Municipal parking facilities	IC 36-9-11
Parking meters	IC 36-9-12
State traffic code	IC Title 9

§ SR.090 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Property.

Subject	Reference
City works board	IC 36-9-6
General powers re: public streets and ways	IC 36-9
Improvements financing	IC 36-9-32, 36-9-36, 36-9-38
Municipal street lights	IC 36-9-9
Parks	IC 36-10-3
Thoroughfare projects	IC 36-9-6.1

§ SR.100 Public Services.

Subject	Reference
City works board	IC 36-9-6
Municipal sewage works	IC 36-9-23
Municipal utilities	IC 8-1.5
Sanitation department	IC 36-9-25
Sewer and watercourse improvements	IC 36-9-28
Solid waste disposal	IC 36-9-30
Transportation systems authority	IC 36-9-2-2 and 36-9-2-3
Waterworks	IC 36-9-2-14

§ SR.110 Buildings and Construction.

Subject	Reference
Building Code	IC 22-12 et seq.
Historic preservation	IC 36-7-11
Municipal powers in building and construction regulation	IC 36-7-2-3 et seq.
Unsafe buildings	IC 36-7-9

§ SR.120 Subdivisions.

Subject	Reference
Subdivision regulations	IC 36-7-4-700 et seq.

§ SR.130 Zoning.

Subject	Reference
Flood control districts	IC 36-9-29
General powers re: planning and development	IC 36-7-2
Local planning and zoning	IC 36-7

§ SR.140 Environment.

Subject	Reference
Economic development and pollution control	IC 36-7-12