Title 36, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies only to a county that meets the following: (1) The county sells a county hospital before January 1, 2017. (2) The county council and county executive of the county adopt ordinances under this section to establish a charitable nonprofit foundation …

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: Ind. Const. Art. 6, § 2.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "child death pathologist" means a physician described in IC 16-35-7-3(b). As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.10.

Sec. 1.8. As used in section 6 of this chapter, "vitreous" means the clear gelatinous substance that fills the eyeball between the retina and the lens. As added by P.L.193-2018, SEC.3.

Sec. 10. (a) After considering all the evidence relating to the death, the coroner shall determine the cause, manner, and mechanism of death and draw up and sign the coroner's verdict on the death under consideration. The coroner shall also make a written report giving an accurat…

Sec. 11. (a) This section applies to money or other personal property: (1) owned by a deceased person whose death is subject to a coroner's investigation; or (2) found: (A) on a body; or (B) at the scene of death. (b) If money or personal property is not claimed by a person entit…

Sec. 12.5. (a) A coroner shall make all reasonable attempts to promptly identify human remains, including taking the following steps: (1) Photograph the human remains before an autopsy is conducted. (2) X-ray the human remains. (3) Photograph items found with the human remains. (…

Sec. 13. A person who in good faith orders or performs a medical examination or autopsy under statutory authority is immune from civil liability for damages for ordering or performing the examination or autopsy. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-17-15.] As added…

Sec. 15. (a) When fixing the compensation of county officers under this title, the county fiscal body shall fix: (1) compensation for the coroner as if the coroner is licensed to practice as a physician in Indiana; and (2) compensation for the coroner as if the coroner is not lic…

Sec. 16. (a) This section applies to each county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000). (b) For purposes of this section, a body is unclaimed if: (1) a person cannot be located to take custody of the body; or (2) there is a person to take custody of the…

Sec. 17. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally fails to immediately notify the coroner or a law enforcement agency of the discovery of the body of a person who: (1) has died from violence; (2) has died in an apparently suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner; or (3) has di…

Sec. 18. (a) Notwithstanding IC 5-14-3-4(b)(1), when a coroner investigates a death, the office of the coroner is required to make available for public inspection and copying the following: (1) The name, age, address, sex, and race of the deceased. (2) The address where the dead …

Sec. 19. (a) As used in this section, "cornea" includes corneal tissue. (b) As used in this section, "decedent" means a person described in section 6(a)(1) through 6(a)(5) of this chapter. (c) As used in this section, "eye bank" means a nonprofit corporation: (1) organized under …

Sec. 2. (a) A county coroner must reside within the county as provided in Article 6, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. The coroner forfeits office if the coroner ceases to be a resident of the county. (b) The term of office of the county coroner under Article…

Sec. 20. (a) This section applies only to the autopsy of a person whose death is: (1) natural; (2) suspicious; (3) violent; (4) accidental; or (5) from an overdose. (b) As used in this section, "autopsy" means the external and surgical internal examination of all body systems of …

Sec. 21. (a) As used in this section, "health records" means written, electronic, or printed information possessed by a provider concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient. The term includes mental health records, alcohol and drug abuse records, and emergenc…

Sec. 22. A coroner shall exercise reasonable care in providing a climate controlled environment for the purpose of retarding decomposition of a human body in the coroner's custody. As added by P.L.58-2007, SEC.1.

Sec. 22.1. (a) As used in this section, "hospital" refers to a hospital that is licensed under IC 16-21-2. (b) Upon the request of a coroner who is conducting or will conduct a death investigation on an individual who is admitted or was admitted to a hospital, the hospital shall …

Sec. 22.3. (a) The coroners training board established by IC 4-23-6.5-3, in consultation with the Indiana law enforcement academy, shall create and offer a training course for coroners and deputy coroners. The training course must include, at a minimum, forty (40) hours of instru…

Sec. 22.4. A coroner shall follow the procedures set forth in IC 29-2-16.1 concerning organ and tissue procurement. As added by P.L.3-2008, SEC.259.

Sec. 22.6. (a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner. If the decedent's body or …

Sec. 23. (a) Each coroner shall successfully complete the training course offered under section 22.3(a) of this chapter within six (6) months after taking office. (b) Each deputy coroner shall successfully complete the training course offered under section 22.3(a) of this chapter…

Sec. 24. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a coroner does not release a written report required under section 10 of this chapter or a full copy of an autopsy report required under section 18 of this chapter as required by law, the county executive, or in the case of a …

Sec. 25. (a) If a coroner believes that a conflict of interest exists with respect to the exercise of the coroner's official duties in a particular case, the coroner shall: (1) recuse himself or herself from the case; and (2) obtain the services of the coroner of another county t…

Sec. 26. The Indiana department of health may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 in carrying out the department's duties under this chapter. As added by P.L.193-2018, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.332.

Sec. 3. The governor shall commission each county coroner. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-17-1 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. The coroner shall perform the duties of the county sheriff only in cases in which the sheriff: (1) is interested or incapacitated from serving; and (2) has no chief deputy who may perform the sheriff's duties. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-17-1 part…

Sec. 5. A warrant for the arrest of the county sheriff shall be served by the coroner or any other person to whom it may be legally directed. The coroner, who shall commit the sheriff to the county jail, has custody of the jail and its prisoners during the imprisonment of the she…

Sec. 5.3. (a) Notwithstanding IC 5-15-5.1, IC 5-15-6, or any rule, standard, or retention schedule adopted under IC 5-15-5.1 or IC 5-15-6, a coroner may do the following: (1) Determine the materials, processes, and standards used to: (A) correctly and accurately reproduce an orig…

Sec. 5.5. A child death pathologist shall: (1) consult with a coroner concerning a death described in section 6.3(b) of this chapter; (2) conduct an autopsy of a child as described in sections 6.3(c) and 6.7(b) of this chapter; and (3) perform duties described in section 6.7(f) o…

Sec. 6. (a) Whenever the coroner is notified that a person in the county: (1) has died from violence; (2) has died by casualty; (3) has died when apparently in good health; (4) has died in an apparently suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner; or (5) has been found dead; the cor…

Sec. 6.3. (a) A coroner shall immediately notify: (1) the local office of the department of child services by using the statewide hotline for the department; and (2) either: (A) the local child fatality review team; or (B) if the county does not have a local child fatality review…

Sec. 6.5. (a) As used in this section, "DNA analysis" means an identification process in which the unique genetic code of an individual that is carried by the individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is compared to genetic codes carried in DNA found in bodily substance samples ob…

Sec. 6.7. (a) This section applies to a child who: (1) died suddenly and unexpectedly; (2) was less than three (3) years of age at the time of death; and (3) was in apparent good health before dying. (b) A child death pathologist or a pathology resident acting under the direct su…

Sec. 7. If a physician is required to attend an investigation and make a post mortem examination, the coroner shall certify this service to the county executive, which shall order payment for the physician from the county treasury. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 1…

Sec. 0.5. (a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (b) "Mixed use development project" means a development project that will provide more than one (1) use or purpose within a shared building or development area. The terms "use" or "purpose" may include, …

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to all units except: (1) counties having a consolidated city, and units in those counties, except those units described in subsection (b); and (2) townships. (b) This chapter applies to an excluded city (as defined in IC 36-3-1-7) that adopts an o…

Sec. 1.3. (a) After June 30, 2005, a reference in any statute, rule, ordinance, resolution, contract, or other document or record to a blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating area established under this chapter shall be treated as a reference to an area needing redevelopment (as…

Sec. 1.5. Notwithstanding any other law, for: (1) areas needing redevelopment; (2) redevelopment project areas; (3) urban renewal project areas; or (4) economic development areas; established after January 1, 1992, this chapter does not apply to fire protection districts establis…

Sec. 1.7. Notwithstanding any other law, this chapter does not apply to the part of a participating unit's proceeds of property taxes imposed for an assessment date with respect to which the allocation and distribution is made that are attributable to property taxes imposed to me…

Sec. 10. (a) A redevelopment commissioner or a nonvoting adviser appointed under section 6.1 of this chapter may not have a pecuniary interest in any contract, employment, purchase, or sale made under this chapter. However, any property required for redevelopment purposes in whic…

Sec. 11. The redevelopment commission shall: (1) investigate, study, and survey areas needing redevelopment within the corporate boundaries of the unit; (2) investigate, study, determine, and, to the extent possible, combat the causes of areas needing redevelopment; (3) promote t…

Sec. 12.2. (a) The redevelopment commission may do the following: (1) Acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, grant, condemnation, or lease, or any combination of methods, any personal property or interest in real property needed for the redevelopment of areas needing redevelopment …

Sec. 12.4. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, after June 30, 2014: (1) a redevelopment commission; (2) a department of redevelopment; or (3) any other entity: (A) established by the commission or department; or (B) controlled by the commission or a member of the…

the plan; failure to submit a plan Sec. 12.7. (a) Not later than December 1 each year, the redevelopment commissioners shall file with the department of local government finance and with the unit's executive and fiscal body a report setting out a spending plan for the next calend…

Sec. 13. (a) Not later than April 15 of each year, the redevelopment commissioners or their designees shall file with the unit's executive and fiscal body a report setting out their activities during the preceding calendar year. The redevelopment commissioners or their designees …