Title 14, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 17. "Average normal water level", for purposes of IC 14-26-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-26-4-1. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-13-2 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 171. "Mussel", for purposes of IC 14-22, means a mollusk possessing a hard, pearly, hinged shell that: (1) is capable of closing and opening; and (2) completely encases and protects the living organism. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-2-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-199…

Sec. 172. "Natural gas", for purposes of IC 14-37, means hydrocarbons that when produced in a natural state from an underground reservoir maintain a gaseous state at atmospheric conditions. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-2-15.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 173. "Nature preserve", for purposes of IC 14-31-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-31-1-5. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-5-2(b).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 174. "Natural resources", for purposes of IC 14-26-2, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-26-2-2. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-11.1-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 175. "Natural river", for purposes of IC 14-29-6-8, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-29-6-8. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-26-3(c).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 176. "Natural scenic beauty", for purposes of IC 14-26-2-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-26-2-5. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-11.1-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 177. "Net revenues", for purposes of IC 14-33-20-15, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-33-20-15. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-4-7.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 178. "Net worth", for purposes of IC 14-34-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-34-7-2. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-6.3-6.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 179. "Nongame species", for purposes of IC 14-22-34, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-22-34-4. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-8.5-1(e).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 179.5. (a) "Nonresident", for the purposes of IC 14-19-3-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-19-3-5(b). (b) "Nonresident", for purposes of IC 14-33-24-9, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-33-24-9(a). As added by P.L.134-1997, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.148-2020, SEC.3.

Sec. 179.8. "Nonmotorized watercraft", for the purposes of IC 14-33-24-9, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-33-24-9(a). As added by P.L.148-2020, SEC.4.

Sec. 18. "Bag limit", for purposes of IC 14-22, means the quantity of individual wild animals that may be taken: (1) in one (1) day of the specified season for a specified wild animal; or (2) during the entire season; as stated in IC 14-22. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2…

Sec. 180. "Nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility", for purposes of IC 14-25-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-25-4-3. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-2.5-2(h).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 181. "Normal water level of a lake", for purposes of IC 14-26-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-26-5-2. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-15-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 181.5. "Notable user", for purposes of IC 14-25-17, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-25-17-4. As added by P.L.99-2025, SEC.3.

Sec. 182. "Nursery", for purposes of IC 14-24, means the premises where nursery stock is propagated, grown, or cultivated for distribution or sale as a business. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-1-12.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 183. "Nurseryman", for purposes of IC 14-24, means a person who owns, leases, manages, or controls a nursery. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-1-13.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 184. "Nursery stock" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-23-1 and IC 14-24, except as provided in subdivision (2), botanically classified hardy perennial or biennial trees, shrubs, vines, fruit pits, and other plants or plant parts capable of propagation. Th…

Sec. 185. (a) "Off-road vehicle", for purposes of IC 14-16-1 and IC 14-19-1-0.5, means a motor driven vehicle capable of cross-country travel: (1) without benefit of a road; and (2) on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain. (b) The…

Sec. 186. "Oil", for purposes of IC 14-37, means all liquid petroleum produced at a well. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-8-2-16.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 187. "Open burning", for purposes of IC 14-23-7-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-23-7-5. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-5-7-5(a).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 188. "Operate" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-15, the act of navigating, driving, steering, sailing, rowing, paddling, or otherwise moving or exercising physical control over the movement of a watercraft. However, the term does not include a watercraft …

Sec. 189. "Operation", for purposes of IC 14-36-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-36-1-8. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-6-2(i).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 19.5. "Base fluid", for purposes of IC 14-37-3-8, means a fluid into which additives are mixed to form the hydraulic fracturing fluid that transports proppants into a geologic formation. As added by P.L.16-2012, SEC.1.

Sec. 190. "Operator" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-16-1, the meaning set forth in IC 14-16-1-5. (2) For purposes of IC 14-34, except IC 14-34-4-8 and IC 14-34-8-4, a person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in coal mining who r…

Sec. 192. "Other state", for purposes of IC 14-28-1 and IC 14-28-3, means the following: (1) Any state other than Indiana. (2) The government of another state. (3) An agency, an officer, a board, a bureau, a commission, a department, a division, or an instrumentality of another s…

Sec. 192.2. "Out-of-state business", for purposes of IC 14-30.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-30.5-1-6. As added by P.L.251-2023, SEC.5.

Sec. 194. "Overburden", for purposes of IC 14-36-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-36-1-10. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-6-2(d).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 195. "Owner" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-11-4, the meaning set forth in IC 14-11-4-2. (2) For purposes of IC 14-15, a person who has the legal title to a watercraft. (3) For purposes of IC 14-16-1, the meaning set forth in IC 14-16-1-6. (4) For purpo…

Sec. 196.5. "Packer", for purposes of IC 14-39, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-39-0.6-18. As added by P.L.161-2026, SEC.21.

Sec. 198. "Participating county" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-30-6, the meaning set forth in IC 14-30-6-1. (2) For purposes of IC 14-30-7-1, the meaning set forth in IC 14-30-7-1. (3) For purposes of IC 14-30-7-2, the meaning set forth in IC 14-30-7-2. (4)…

Sec. 199. (a) "Permit", for purposes of IC 14-28-1-38, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-28-1-38(a). (b) "Permit", for purposes of IC 14-34, means a permit issued under IC 14-34 to conduct a surface coal mining and reclamation operation. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1…

Sec. 2. "Adjacent land", for purposes of IC 14-29-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-29-6-1. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-26-3(g).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 20. "Basin" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-13-9, the meaning set forth in IC 14-13-9-1. (2) For purposes of IC 14-25-1, the meaning set forth in section 1.2 of IC 14-25-15-1. (3) For purposes of IC 14-25-17, the meaning set forth in IC 14-25-17-3. [1995…

Sec. 200. "Permit area", for purposes of IC 14-34, means the area of land that is indicated on the approved map submitted by the operator with the operator's application. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4.1-1-3(7) part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 201. "Permittee", for purposes of IC 14-34, means a person or the person's agent holding a permit issued under IC 14-34 to conduct a surface coal mining operation. The term includes a person who engages in surface coal mining operations without a permit. [Pre-1995 Recodifica…

Sec. 202. (a) "Person" means, except as provided in subsections (b) through (i), an individual, a partnership, an association, a fiduciary, an executor or administrator, a limited liability company, or a corporation. (b) "Person", for purposes of IC 14-12-2, has the meaning set f…

Sec. 202.5. "Personal watercraft", for purposes of IC 14-15 and IC 14-33-24, means a watercraft: (1) whose primary source of motive power is an inboard motor powering a water jet pump; and (2) that is designed to be operated by a person who sits, stands, or kneels on the surface …

Sec. 203. "Pest or pathogen", for purposes of IC 14-24, means: (1) an arthropod; (2) a nematode; (3) a microorganism; (4) a fungus; (5) a parasitic plant; (6) a mollusk; (7) a plant disease; or (8) an exotic weed; that may be injurious to nursery stock, agricultural crops, other …

Sec. 204. "Petroleum", for purposes of IC 14-38-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-38-1-3. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-4-3-1(2).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 204.8. "Pier", for purposes of IC 14-15-14, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-15-14-1(1). As added by P.L.35-2024, SEC.1.

Sec. 205. "Pit", for purposes of IC 14-36-1-15, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-36-1-15. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-6-2(f).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 206. "Plan", for purposes of IC 14-21-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-21-1-8. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: subdivision (1) formerly 14-3-3.4-1 part; subdivision (2) formerly 36-7-6.1-4.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2001, SEC.4; P.L.123-2026,…

Sec. 207. "Plug" or "plugging", for purposes of IC 14-38-2, has the meaning set forth in IC 14-38-2-3. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-4-5-2(5).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

Sec. 208. "Political subdivision" has the following meaning: (1) For purposes of IC 14-12-1, the meaning set forth in IC 14-12-1-2. (2) For purposes of IC 14-13-2, the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13. (3) For purposes of IC 14-32-8, the meaning set forth in IC 14-32-8-2. [Pre-1…