reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
IN Code § 5-3-1-0.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-0.2. "Locality Newspaper"

Sec. 0.2. As used in this section, "locality newspaper" means a publication that meets all the following requirements:(1) Is regularly issued at least one (1) time per week.(2) Contains in each issue news of general or community interest, community notices, or editorial commentary by different authors.(3) Has, in more than one-half (1/2) of its issues published during the previous twelve (12) month period, not more than seventy-five percent (75%) advertising content.(4) Has been published continuously for at least three (3) years.(5) Has the capability to add subscribers to its distribution list and must add any person:(A) who requests to be added as a new subscriber; and(B) whose mailing address is within the political subdivision in which the locality newspaper generally circulates.(6) Is a publication of general circulation in the political subdivision that is responsible for the publication of notice.(7) Is circulated by United States mail, free of charge, to addresses that are located within the political subdivision responsible for the publication of notice.(8) Has its circulation verified by an annual independent audit of the publication.(9) Contains advertisements from numerous unrelated advertisers in each issue.(10) Is not owned by, or under the control of, the owners or lessees of a shopping center, a merchant's association, or a business that sells property or services (other than advertising) whose advertisements for their sales of property or services constitute the predominant advertising in the publication.(11) Has continuity as to title and general nature of content from issue to issue.(12) Does not constitute a book, either singly or when successive issues are combined.(13) Has a known office location in the county in which the locality newspaper is published.As added by P.L.147-2016, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-3-1-0.4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-0.4. "Newspaper"

Sec. 0.4. As used in this chapter, "newspaper" refers to a newspaper:(1) that:(A) is a daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly newspaper of general circulation;(B) has been published for at least three (3) consecutive years in the same city or town;(C) has been entered, authorized, and accepted by the United States Postal Service for at least three (3) consecutive years as mailable matter of the periodicals class;(D) has at least fifty percent (50%) of all copies circulated paid for by subscribers or other purchasers at a rate that is not nominal; and(E) has had an average circulation during the preceding year of at least two hundred (200), based on the average paid or requested circulation for the preceding twelve (12) months reported in the newspaper's United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership published by the newspaper in October of each year; or(2) that:(A) is a daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly newspaper of general circulation;(B) has been entered, authorized, and accepted by the United States Postal Service as mailable matter of the periodicals class;(C) has at least fifty percent (50%) of all copies circulated paid for by subscribers or other purchasers at a rate that is not nominal; and(D) meets the greater of the following conditions:(i) The newspaper's paid circulation during the preceding year is equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the paid circulation for the largest newspaper with a periodicals class permit located in the county in which the newspaper is published, based on the average paid or requested circulation for the preceding twelve (12) months reported in the newspaper's United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership published by the newspaper in October of each year or based on the newspaper's initial application for a permit from the United States Postal Service.(ii) The newspaper has an average daily paid circulation of one thousand five hundred (1,500) based on the average paid or requested circulation for the preceding twelve (12) months reported in the newspaper's United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership published by the newspaper in October of each year or based on the newspaper's initial application for a permit from the United States Postal Service.As added by P.L.64-1995, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.38-1997, SEC.1; P.L.169-2006, SEC.1; P.L.122-2015, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-3-1-0.6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-0.6. Place of Publication

Sec. 0.6. (a) For purposes of this chapter, a newspaper or qualified publication is published at the place where the newspaper or qualified publication has its original entry for mail privileges authorized by the United States Postal Service.(b) For purposes of this chapter, a newspaper or qualified publication is considered published at only one (1) place. The place of publication does not include places at which additional entry offices have been established with the authorization of the United States Postal Service.As added by P.L.64-1995, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.38-1997, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-3-1-0.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-0.7. "Qualified Publication"

Sec. 0.7. (a) As used in this chapter, "qualified publication" means a publication that:(1) is published daily, weekly, semiweekly, or triweekly;(2) is of general circulation to the public;(3) has been published for at least three (3) consecutive years in the same city or town;(4) has continuity as to title and general nature of content from issue to issue;(5) contains news of general or community interest, community notices, or editorial commentary;(6) contains advertisements from unrelated advertisers in each issue;(7) has, in more than one-half (1/2) of its issues published during the previous twelve (12) month period, not more than seventy-five percent (75%) advertising content;(8) has a known office location in the county in which it is published; and(9) has been entered, authorized, and accepted by the United States Postal Service as mailable matter of standard mail (A) class for the time published.(b) A publication is not a qualified publication if any of the following apply:(1) The publication is owned by, or under the control of, the owners or lessees of a shopping center or a merchant's association.(2) The publication is owned by, or under the control of, a business that sells property or services (other than advertising) and the predominant advertising in the publication is advertising for the business's sales of property or services.(3) The publication is a mail order catalog or other catalog, advertising flier, travel brochure, house organ, theater program, telephone directory, restaurant guide, shopping center advertising sheet, or other similar publication.(4) The publication is primarily devoted to matters of specialized interest such as a labor, fraternal, society, political, religious, sporting, or trade news publication or journal.(5) The publication is a magazine, racing form, or tip sheet.As added by P.L.64-1995, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.38-1997, SEC.3.
IN Code § 5-3-1-1.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-1.5. Posting Notice on Web Site

Sec. 1.5. (a) This section applies to a notice that must be published in accordance with this chapter.(b) If a newspaper or locality newspaper maintains an Internet web site, a notice that is published in the newspaper or locality newspaper must also be posted on the web site of the newspaper or locality newspaper. The notice must appear on the web site on the same day the notice appears in the newspaper or locality newspaper.(c) The state board of accounts shall develop a standard form for notices posted on a newspaper's or locality newspaper's Internet web site.(d) A newspaper or locality newspaper may not charge a fee for posting a notice on the newspaper's or locality newspaper's Internet web site under this section.As added by P.L.141-2009, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.147-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 5-3-1-2.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-2.3. Validity of Notice Containing Errors or Omissions

Sec. 2.3. (a) A notice published in accordance with this chapter or any other Indiana statute is valid even though the notice contains errors or omissions, as long as:(1) a reasonable person would not be misled by the error or omission; and(2) the notice is in substantial compliance with the time and publication requirements applicable under this chapter or any other Indiana statute under which the notice is published.(b) This subsection applies if:(1) a political subdivision publishes or submits to the department of local government finance's computer gateway a notice concerning a tax rate, tax levy, or budget;(2) the notice described in subdivision (1) contains an error or omission that causes the notice to inaccurately reflect the tax rate, tax levy, or budget actually proposed or fixed by the political subdivision; and(3) the difference between the amount of the published or submitted tax rate, tax levy, or budget of the political subdivision and the tax rate, tax levy, or budget actually proposed or fixed by the political subdivision is less than one-tenth of one percent (0.1%).Notwithstanding any other law, a notice described in this subsection is a valid notice and the department of local government finance shall correct the error or omission.As added by P.L.1-1990, SEC.50. Amended by P.L.169-2006, SEC.2; P.L.183-2014, SEC.2; P.L.149-2016, SEC.17; P.L.257-2019, SEC.3.
IN Code § 5-3-1-3.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-3.5. Publication of Annual Report of Certain Political Subdivisions

Sec. 3.5. (a) This section applies to each political subdivision that has:(1) an annual budget of at least three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000); and(2) the power to levy taxes.(b) This section does not apply to a political subdivision that is required to publish an annual report under any other statute.(c) As used in this section, "political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13.(d) Not later than sixty (60) days after the expiration of each calendar year, a political subdivision shall publish an annual report of the receipts and expenditures of the political subdivision during the preceding calendar year.(e) The annual reports required by this section shall be published only one (1) time per year.As added by P.L.141-2009, SEC.4.
IN Code § 5-3-1-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-6. Notices Published in Newspapers or by State; Electronic Access

Sec. 6. (a) In all cases where notices are required by law to be published in the public newspaper by or under the supervision of any state officer, board, commission, or institution of the state of Indiana, said notices are hereby required to be published in each of two (2) daily newspapers published in the city of Indianapolis and in such other cities as is required by law, said notices to be in all cases published in two (2) newspapers in each city where they are required to be published. In all cases where the officer, board, commission, or institution making said publication is located outside of the city of Indianapolis, said notices shall also be published in newspapers published within the county where said officer, board, commission, or institution maintains its office. The rate charged for all such notices and advertising shall be the same as is set out in section 1 of this chapter.(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a state officer, board, commission, or institution of the state of Indiana that is required by law to publish a notice of a public meeting shall also provide electronic access to the notice through the computer gateway administered by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.96, s.6. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.12; P.L.251-1999, SEC.3; P.L.177-2005, SEC.13.
IN Code § 5-3-1-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-8. Utility Regulatory Commission Hearings; Notice

Sec. 8. Whenever the utility regulatory commission shall order a hearing in any city, town, county, or township of the state, notice of such hearing shall be published in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in such city, town, county, or township, by one (1) publication in each of such newspapers, not less than ten (10) days prior to the day on which such hearing will be held.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.96, s.8. As amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.6.
IN Code § 5-3-1-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 1. Publication Procedures|5-3-1-9. Violations; Offense

Sec. 9. A person who fails to comply with this article commits a Class C infraction.Formerly: Acts 1927, c.96, s.9. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.504.
IN Code § 5-3-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 2. Newspapers Qualified to Publish Legal Notices|5-3-2-2. Circulation Requirements

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply in counties that have a population of more than forty thousand (40,000).(b) In addition to the requirement for all newspapers provided in IC 5-3-1-4, a newspaper in which notices, reports, and other information affecting county business are required by law to be published shall have a paid circulation of not less than two percent (2%) of the population of the county in which it is published.(c) In addition to the requirements for qualified publications provided in IC 5-3-1-4, in which notices, reports, and other information affecting county business may be published, qualified publications must be circulated to not less than ten percent (10%) of the population of the county in which the qualified publication is published.Formerly: Acts 1939, c.84, s.2. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.33, SEC.2; P.L.64-1995, SEC.7.
IN Code § 5-3-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 2. Newspapers Qualified to Publish Legal Notices|5-3-2-4. Supplemental Effect of Law

Sec. 4. This chapter shall not be deemed to alter, amend, or repeal any other statute of the state of Indiana, but shall be supplemental and in addition to any other law in force on June 14, 1939, requiring all legal notices to be published in a newspaper of general circulation.Formerly: Acts 1939, c.84, s.4. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.13.
IN Code § 5-3-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 3. Publication of Legal Notices in Trade Journals and Magazines|5-3-3-1. Circulation Requirements

Sec. 1. In all cases in which the law provides for the publication of a legal notice or notices pertaining to public works projects in any newspaper, it shall be legal for the governmental agency or official required by law to provide for and effect publication of such legal notice or notices required by law to be published, also to make publication of such notice or notices, not to exceed three (3) times within any continuous period of twenty-one (21) days, and to incur the cost thereof at charges regularly made for the publication of classified advertising, in any highway or construction trade journal or magazine published not less often than biweekly, and having general state-wide circulation within not less than three-fourths (3/4) of the counties of the state, whenever in the judgment of such agency or official state-wide publicity for the subject matter of such notice or notices is deemed to be to the possible advantage of the affected state or local governmental agency in the more economical or efficient procurement or performance of the property, supplies, work, service or other public project which is the subject matter of such notice or notices; provided, expressly, that such authority shall be discretionary and not required or mandatory upon any governmental agency or official.Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.32, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.27.
IN Code § 5-3-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 3. Publication of Legal Notices in Trade Journals and Magazines|5-3-3-2. Supplemental Effect of Law

Sec. 2. This chapter shall not be deemed to alter, amend or repeal any other law of the state of Indiana but shall be supplemental and in addition to any other law now in force providing for the publication of legal notices in a newspaper of general circulation.Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.32, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-3-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 4. Publication of Notices Containing Legal Descriptions|5-3-4-1. Application

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a notice published by a governmental body that contains or is required by law to contain the legal description of real property.As added by P.L.31-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-3-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 4. Publication of Notices Containing Legal Descriptions|5-3-4-2. "Governmental Body" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "governmental body" means any of the following:(1) A state agency (as defined in IC 4-13-1-1).(2) The legislative department of state government.(3) The judicial department of state government.(4) A political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13).(5) A state educational institution.(6) An instrumentality of the state that performs essential governmental functions.(7) The state lottery commission created by IC 4-30-3-1.As added by P.L.31-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.79.
IN Code § 5-3-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 4. Publication of Notices Containing Legal Descriptions|5-3-4-3. Street Address or Other Common Description Statement

Sec. 3. A notice must contain a statement, for informational purposes only, of the location of each property by:(1) street address if any; or(2) other common description of the real property other than the legal description.As added by P.L.31-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-3-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 4. Publication of Notices Containing Legal Descriptions|5-3-4-4. Order of Descriptions

Sec. 4. The statement required by section 3 of this chapter must precede the legal description in the notice.As added by P.L.31-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-3-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 4. Publication of Notices Containing Legal Descriptions|5-3-4-5. Misstatement in Common Description; Effect

Sec. 5. A misstatement in the statement required by section 3 of this chapter does not invalidate an otherwise valid notice.As added by P.L.31-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 5-3-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a political subdivision that:(1) has an official web site; and(2) is authorized under IC 5-3-1-2 or another statute to publish a notice on the political subdivision's Internet web site in accordance with this chapter.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-3-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-2. "Official Web Site"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "official web site" means the Internet location designated by a political subdivision as its primary source of information about the political subdivision on the Internet.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-3-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-3. "Political Subdivision"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has the meaning set forth in IC 3-5-2-38. The term includes any administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, officer, service, or other similar body of a political subdivision created or established under law.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-3-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-4. Publication of Notice on an Official Web Site

Sec. 4. (a) A political subdivision that is required by statute to publish notice in a newspaper two (2) or more times may make:(1) the first publication of a notice in a newspaper or newspapers as required under IC 5-3-1-4 or the applicable statute; and(2) if the political subdivision maintains an official web site, all subsequent publications of the notice only on the official web site of the political subdivision.(b) If a political subdivision is required to publish a notice two (2) or more times in at least two (2) newspapers more or less contemporaneously, the first publication of the notice includes the first publication of the notice in both newspapers.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-3-5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-5. Requirements for Notice Published on an Official Web Site

Sec. 5. The notice must:(1) be in a location on the official web site where the notice is easily accessible and identifiable; and(2) remain on the official web site not less than seven (7) days after the last posting date required by law has expired.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-3-5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-6. Printed Copies of Notice

Sec. 6. (a) The political subdivision or county, or a contractor that contracts with the political subdivision or county to administer the official web site, shall:(1) create a printed copy of any notice posted on the official web site in a format that includes the date of publication on the first day that the legal notice is published on the official web site; and(2) maintain a printed copy of any notice for archival and verification purposes.(b) A proof of publication that complies with section 7 of this chapter must be furnished upon request. The proof of publication must state that the notice was posted from the initial date through the last posting date required by law.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.
IN Code § 5-3-5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 5. State and Local Administration|Article 3. Publication of Notices|Chapter 5. Electronic Publication of Notices by Political Subdivisions|5-3-5-7. Proof of Publication

Sec. 7. Proof of publication of an electronically published notice for the purpose of complying with public notice requirements is satisfied and considered conclusive upon the provision of the proof of publication described in section 6 of this chapter:(1) executed by the official designated as responsible for the electronic publication under section 8 of this chapter; and(2) stating that the notice was posted from the initial date through the last posting date required by law.As added by P.L.152-2021, SEC.2.