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IN Code § 32-26-1-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-13. Money Drawn by Treasurer

Sec. 13. The treasurer may not draw money, except upon the order of the president and secretary.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-13.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-14. Treasurer; Presenting Vouchers and Settling With Board

Sec. 14. Each year, before the expiration of the treasurer's term, and more often if the board of directors requires, the treasurer shall present the treasurer's vouchers and settle with the board.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-14.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-15. Supplemental Assessments

Sec. 15. (a) If the board of directors finds that any lands that will be affected by the proposed work have been omitted from the assessment or that any mistake has occurred in the assessment, the board may order a supplemental assessment for the correction of mistakes.(b) The owners of all lands directly affected by the supplemental assessment shall have notice of the time and place of making the supplemental assessment and of a time when and place where the owners may be heard regarding the supplemental assessment in the same manner as in respect to the original assessment.(c) The supplemental assessment, when completed, shall be filed for record in the same manner as the original assessment.(d) The supplemental assessment shall, from that date, be a lien on the lands described in the supplemental assessment in like manner as the original assessment.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-15.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-16. Assessments; Installment Payments

Sec. 16. The board of directors may, without reference to the completion of the proposed work, order:(1) the payment of the assessment in installments as it considers proper; or(2) the payment in full at a stated time.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-16.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-17. Assessments; Enforcing Payment

Sec. 17. Payment of the assessments may be enforced by suit in any court with jurisdiction as for ordinary debts or by the foreclosure of the lien in any court with jurisdiction in the same manner as is provided by law for the foreclosure of mortgages and the sale of mortgaged premises for the collection of debts.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-17.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-18. Proposed Work; Contracts; Advertisements

Sec. 18. (a) The proposed work shall be awarded by the board of directors by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, after suitable advertisements, as a whole or in sections or subdivisions as the board considers most advantageous.(b) The board of directors may purchase any fence built along the line of the proposed fence and use the fence instead of building new fencing.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-18.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-19. Appropriation of Land; Assessment of Damages

Sec. 19. If the association wishes to appropriate any land for the construction or maintenance of any work, the association must proceed in the manner required by law for the assessment of like damages in case of the construction of railroads or other similar works.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-19.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-20. Incorrect or Imperfect Description of Proposed Work

Sec. 20. Every association organized under this chapter with the concurrence of three-fourths (3/4) of its members, expressed by resolution at any regular meeting of the association, may:(1) correct or perfect any incorrect or imperfect description of the proposed work; or(2) provide for the extension of the proposed work beyond the limits prescribed in the original articles of the association.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-20.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-21. Limitation of Actions to Enforce Assessment

Sec. 21. An association may not commence an action to enforce any lien upon land for assessments made five (5) years after the date of recording the schedule of the assessment constituting a lien, as contemplated by this chapter. Any assessment made under any former law of Indiana upon the same subject, when action is not pending for the enforcement of the assessment, is prima facie satisfied upon the record five (5) years after the recording of the schedule of the assessment.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-21.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-22. Rules or Regulations; Powers of Fencing Association

Sec. 22. The association may pass any rules and impose reasonable fines and penalties to insure the success of the object of the association's incorporation. The association may:(1) employ individuals to keep the fence in repair;(2) employ gatekeepers to attend to the gates on all public highways;(3) employ keepers of pounds to impound and care for all stock found running at large in the area enclosed by the fence;(4) make bylaws regulating:(A) when stock may run at large in the enclosed area; and(B) the number of cattle, horses, and swine each landowner or occupant of lands in the enclosed area may be allowed to permit to run at large.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-22.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-23. Throwing Down Common Fence

Sec. 23. A person may not throw down the common fence. A person who throws down a common fence shall pay to the association at least five dollars ($5) but not more than twenty dollars ($20), recoverable before any court with jurisdiction. A person who throws down a common fence is liable for all damages that accrue because of the person's actions. Damages are recoverable under this subsection in the same manner as a forfeiture.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-23.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-24. Permitting Animals to Run at Large Within Enclosed Area

Sec. 24. It is a Class C infraction for a person to allow the person's stock to run at large in the enclosed area unless expressly permitted to do so by the board of directors of the association. A person who violates this section is liable to all persons whose lands are trespassed upon for consequential damages.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-24.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-1-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 1. Fencing Associations|32-26-1-25. Stock Roving Within Enclosed Area

Sec. 25. (a) Any stock found roving about in the enclosed area contrary to the laws or regulations of the association shall be taken up and impounded at the expense of the owner. The poundkeeper shall:(1) if the owner is known, notify the owner, in writing, of the impounding of the stock; or(2) if the owner is unknown, post for ten (10) days a written or printed description of the stock at the public gates of the association and three (3) other public places in the township where the fence is located.(b) If, after the expiration of ten (10) days, the owner fails to reclaim and pay the expenses of keeping and posting the stock and the damages caused by the stock to any owner or occupant of land in the area, the stock shall, upon ten (10) days further notice, be sold to pay the expenses and damages.(c) If, after payment for the stock, there is a remaining balance, the balance shall be deposited in the treasury of the association for the benefit of the owner. If no claim is made for the remaining balance for six (6) months, it shall vest in the association.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-1-25.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-1. Lawful Fences

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "lawful fence" means any structure typically used by husbandmen for the enclosure of property.(b) The term includes:(1) a cattle guard;(2) a hedge;(3) a ditch; and(4) any other structure that witnesses knowledgeable about fences testify is sufficient to enclose property.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-1.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-2. Domestic Animal Breaking Into Enclosure

Sec. 2. (a) This subsection applies in a township for which the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance that allows domestic animals to run at large in unenclosed public areas. If a domestic animal breaks into an enclosure or enters upon the property of another person that is enclosed by a lawful fence, the person injured by the actions of the domestic animal may recover the amount of damage done.(b) This subsection applies in a township for which the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance that allows domestic animals to run at large in unenclosed public areas. If a domestic animal breaks into an enclosure or enters upon the property of another person, it is not necessary for the person injured by the actions of the domestic animal to allege or prove the existence of a lawful fence to recover for the damage done.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-2.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-3. Tender of Costs and Damages; Confession of Judgment

Sec. 3. (a) The owner of a domestic animal described in section 2 of this chapter may:(1) tender to the person injured by the domestic animal:(A) any costs that have accrued; and(B) an amount, in lieu of damage, which equals or exceeds the amount of damages awarded by the court or by a jury in an action filed to recover damages caused by the actions of the domestic animal; or(2) offer in writing to confess judgment for the amounts set forth in subdivision (1);before an action filed to recover damages caused by a domestic animal described in section 2 of this chapter proceeds to trial.(b) If the person injured by the domestic animal described in section 2 of this chapter rejects the tender or offer under subsection (a) and causes a trial for damages to proceed, the person injured:(1) shall pay the costs of the trial; and(2) may recover only the damages awarded.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-3.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-4. Strays; Confining Domestic Animal

Sec. 4. Except as provided in this chapter, if a domestic animal breaks into the enclosure of a person who is not the owner of the domestic animal, the person, without regard to the season of the year:(1) may confine the animal in the same manner as a stray animal may be confined; and(2) shall proceed under IC 32-34-8 for stray animals.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-4.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-5. Notice to Owner; Confining Domestic Animal

Sec. 5. A person described in section 4 of this chapter shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after confining a stray animal, give notice to the owner of the animal, if the owner is known and can be immediately found.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-5.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-6. Examination and Assessment of Damages

Sec. 6. Before posting or advertising a stray animal, a person described in section 4 of this chapter shall procure from two (2) disinterested property owners an examination and assessment of the damages caused by the stray animal with a certificate of the damages. Damages under this section may include reasonable pay for the persons making the assessment.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-6.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-7. Notice or Advertisement of Confined Domestic Animal

Sec. 7. A notice or advertisement described in section 6 of this chapter must specify the following:(1) The fact of trespass in the enclosure of the person confining the stray animal.(2) The damages assessed, including pay for the person making the assessment.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-7.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-8. Owner Demanding Trespassing Stray From Confiner

Sec. 8. The owner of a stray animal confined under section 4 of this chapter may demand the stray animal from the person who confined the stray animal only if the following conditions are met:(1) The owner proceeds under IC 32-34-8-18 to prove that the stray animal is the owner's property.(2) The owner pays the costs allowed in the case of stray animals.(3) The owner pays the damages and the costs of assessment.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-8.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-9. Trial; Owner Controverting Damages or Denying Trespass

Sec. 9. (a) Within five (5) days after the owner of a stray animal confined under section 4 of this chapter receives a notice under section 7 of this chapter, the owner may file a civil action to:(1) controvert the amount of damages assessed; or(2) deny the trespass.(b) If the owner of a stray animal confined under section 4 of this chapter files an action under subsection (a), the cause shall be docketed for trial.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-9.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-10. Jury Trial

Sec. 10. Either party in an action filed under section 9 of this chapter may demand a jury.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-10.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-11. Damages and Costs; Payment Before Recovering Property

Sec. 11. If damages are assessed against the owner of a stray animal in a trial under this chapter, the owner must pay the damages and all costs assessed against the owner before the owner may recover the owner's property.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-11.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-12. Judgment; Trespass Not Committed by Animal Confined

Sec. 12. If the verdict or finding in a trial under this chapter is that the stray animal confined under section 4 of this chapter did not commit the trespass, a judgment shall be entered against the person who confined the stray animal for all costs and damages that are assessed.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-12.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-13. Sale of Trespassing Strays; Retention of Damages and Costs

Sec. 13. If a stray animal confined under section 4 of this chapter is sold under IC 32-34-8, the person who confined the stray animal may retain out of the sale price of the stray animal the damages sustained by the person and the costs of assessing the damages in addition to the costs and allowances recoverable under IC 32-34-8.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-13.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-14. Release of Trespassing Animal; Fence Not Lawful

Sec. 14. In an action filed under this chapter, if the court or jury finds the fence through which a stray animal breaks is not a lawful fence, the animal shall be released to the animal's owner and the occupant of the enclosure shall pay costs and damages to the animal's owner.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-14.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-15. Existing Fence Becoming Partition Fence; Compensation

Sec. 15. When a fence that is already erected becomes a partition fence because previously unenclosed property is enclosed, the person who encloses the previously unenclosed property shall pay to the owner of the existing fence fifty percent (50%) of the value of the existing fence, as estimated by the owner of the existing fence.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-15.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-16. Existing Fence Becoming Partition Fence; Action for Payment

Sec. 16. (a) If a person who encloses previously unenclosed property refuses to pay the owner of an existing fence under section 15 of this chapter, the owner may file a civil action for recovery of the amount due under section 15 of this chapter.(b) This subsection applies if, before a trial under subsection (a):(1) the person who encloses the previously unenclosed property offers to the owner of an existing fence; and(2) the owner of the existing fence refuses to accept;an amount equal to or larger than the damages awarded at the trial and the costs accrued up to the date of the offer. The owner of the existing fence shall pay the costs of the action and receive only the damages assessed.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-16.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-17. Joining Fence to Fence of Another

Sec. 17. A person who encloses property that has previously been unenclosed may not join the new fence to another person's existing fence without the consent of the owner of the existing fence. If consent to join the new fence with the existing fence is not given, each property owner shall give property that is equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the width of a lane, or a reasonable distance, for the erection of the second fence.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-17.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-18. Notice; Intention to Remove Partition Fence

Sec. 18. This section applies to a person who ceases to use the person's property or opens the person's enclosures. A person to whom this section applies may not remove any part of the person's fence that forms a partition fence between the person's property and the enclosure of any other person until the person to whom this section applies has first given six (6) months notice of the person's intention to remove the fence to any person who may be interested in the removal of the fence.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-18.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-19. Removal of Fence Erected on Land of Another; Damages

Sec. 19. (a) This section applies to a person who, by mistake, erects a fence on the property of another person.(b) Within six (6) months after the determination of the legal property line, a person to whom this section applies may enter upon the other person's property and remove the fence that the person to whom this section applies erected. Before entering upon the other person's property, the person to whom this section applies must pay or offer to pay to the other person reasonable damages for injury caused in passing over the property to remove the fence.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-19.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-2-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 2. Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences|32-26-2-20. Removal of Fence Erected on Land of Another; Safeguarding Crops

Sec. 20. If the fence to be removed under section 19 of this chapter forms any part of a fence enclosing a field of another party on which there is a crop, the person to whom section 19 of this chapter applies may not remove the fence in a manner that exposes the field until the crop:(1) has been gathered and removed, or secured from injury; or(2) might, with reasonable diligence, have been gathered and secured. After the conditions set forth in this section have been met, the person to whom section 19 of this chapter applies may immediately remove the fence and materials, whether or not more than six (6) months have elapsed since the legal property line was determined.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-2-20.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 3. Recording Agreements to Erect and Repair Fences|32-26-3-1. Fencing Agreements Not Provided by Law

Sec. 1. Adjoining property owners who elect to erect, repair, maintain, or pay for fences separating their lands in a manner other than that set forth under this article shall do so by written agreement. When the agreement is signed by the adjoining property owners, the agreement must be recorded in the office of the recorder in the county or counties in which the adjoining properties are situated.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-3-1.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IN Code § 32-26-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 32. Property|Article 26. Fences|Chapter 3. Recording Agreements to Erect and Repair Fences|32-26-3-2. Existing Rights Safeguarded

Sec. 2. This chapter may not be held or construed as annulling or abrogating any subsisting legal right created under or any cause of action that arose and was fully accrued under any law or agreement if the legal right became effective before January 1, 1950.[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-3-2.]As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.