Title 14, NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "interested person" means: (1) the owner of real property; or (2) the owner of an easement for public park purposes in, over, or through any real property; bordering on Lake Michigan. (b) The term includes a unit (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23). …

Sec. 3. A person may not fill in real property or construct a dock or wharf beyond the dock or harbor line. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 4-20.5-8-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.11.

Sec. 4. An interested person may acquire title to submerged real property adjacent to and within the width of the land bordering on Lake Michigan and between the shore and the dock or harbor line by doing the following: (1) Applying to the department for both of the following: (A…

Sec. 5. (a) The interested person may fill and improve the real property if the director grants the permits required under this chapter. (b) The governor's approval is required before a permit issued under this chapter is effective. (c) Hazardous waste (as defined in IC 13-11-2-9…

Sec. 6. (a) The department shall issue a patent to an interested person after the interested person does the following: (1) Fills in and improves the real property. (2) Files with the commissioner of the department of environmental management evidence that the filling and improve…

Sec. 7. (a) A patent issued under this chapter or under IC 4-20.5-8 (before its repeal) vests in: (1) the interested person; or (2) the interested person's successor in title; fee simple title to the real property that has been filled in and improved. (b) A person holding an ease…

Sec. 8. A permit to fill in and reclaim real property bordering Lake Michigan issued after June 30, 1990, under: (1) this chapter; (2) IC 4-20.5-8 (before its repeal); or (3) IC 4-18-13 (before its repeal); expires five (5) years after the date the permit was issued. [Pre-1995 Re…

Sec. 1. The city of Indianapolis may do the following, subject to the same rules, regulations, ordinances, and laws as public parks owned by the city of Indianapolis: (1) Beautify, improve, maintain, and regulate the use of University Square in Indianapolis. (2) Erect in Universi…

Sec. 2. University Square must be open at all times for the use and enjoyment of the people of Indiana as a public park to the same extent as to residents of Indianapolis. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-30-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.121-2016,…

Sec. 3. The city of Indianapolis shall, at the city's own expense, do the following: (1) Maintain the walks and lawns in and adjacent to the grounds in good condition at all times. (2) Reforest the land with trees as needed, caring for, training, and preserving the trees as much …

Sec. 4. The general assembly or the governor may revoke the authority granted by this chapter. However, the city of Indianapolis may remove the monuments, fountains, or art treasures that the city erected or located in University Square if the authority is revoked. [Pre-1995 Reco…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "real property" means the following: All of the block No. 9 in the city of Madison, known as The Lanier Block, bounded on the north by First Street, on the east by Vine Street, on the south by Ohio Street, and on the west by Elm Street, situated i…

Sec. 2. The state pledges to maintain in perpetuity the real property as: (1) a public memorial to the distinguished public services of James F.D. Lanier; and (2) a permanent example of a notable Indiana home of the decade 1850 to 1860. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-15-…

Sec. 3. The real property shall be administered, maintained, managed, and controlled by the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1) and shall be known as The James F.D. Lanier Home. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-6-15-3.] As added by P.L.1-1995, S…

Sec. 1. A person may not take, chase, or possess a wild animal, except as provided by: (1) a statute; or (2) a rule adopted under IC 4-22-2 to implement this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-3-8(a).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 10. A person may not shoot into or across: (1) the waters of the state; or (2) the boundary waters of the state; except in the lawful pursuit of wild animals. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-5(2).] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 12. A person: (1) who possesses land; or (2) designated in writing by a person who possesses land; may take coyotes on the land at any time. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-8.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 13. If the director: (1) determines that a species of wild animal present within a state park or historic site poses an unusual hazard to the health or safety of one (1) or more individuals; (2) determines, based upon the opinion of a professional biologist, that it is likel…

Sec. 14. (a) The: (1) division of fish and wildlife of the department; and (2) division of soil conservation established within the Indiana state department of agriculture by IC 15-11-4-1, through the soil and water conservation districts established under IC 14-32; shall, in coo…

Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to the following: (1) The department or the department's designee. (2) Employees or agents of a governmental entity while performing official duties. (3) Employees or agents of an educational or research institution acting for bona fide ed…

Sec. 17. (a) A person shall obtain a license to take a bobcat under IC 14-22-12-1 to participate in the season to take a bobcat under subsection (b). (b) The director shall, not later than July 1, 2025, adopt rules to establish a season to take a bobcat. As added by P.L.32-2024, …

Sec. 2. A person may not: (1) take, possess, sell, offer for sale, purchase, or offer to purchase; (2) ship, transport, or carry; or (3) deliver or receive for shipment, transportation, or carriage in any manner outside Indiana; a migratory bird designated in this article or a pa…

Sec. 3. A person may not take or possess for any purpose, during the closed season, a migratory bird or the nest, eggs, or increase of a migratory bird without having a permit or license issued by the director under this article. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-1(2).] A…

Sec. 4. (a) For purposes of this section, a trap is designed to capture and kill a furbearing animal if the animal's death is the result of: (1) submerging the animal in water; or (2) crushing or asphyxiating the animal. (b) A person may not do the following: (1) Tend or visit a …

Sec. 5. A person may trap furbearing animals with an underwater box trap during trapping season. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-2-4-2.5.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

Sec. 6. (a) A person may not use a snare for the trapping of animals, except upon land owned by the user or with the written permission of the owner. (b) A snare that permits a circumference of more than fifteen (15) inches may not be used for the trapping of animals unless: (1) …

Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to an employee of the department, an employee of a federal wildlife management agency, or a person who: (1) is acting in the performance of the employee's or a person's duties or in accordance with the conditions of a license; and (2) has r…

Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "sell" includes serving as a part of a meal by a restaurant, a hotel, a boardinghouse, or an eating house keeper. (b) A person may not sell, offer to buy, trade, or offer to trade a wild bird or mammal, or meat from a wild bird or mammal, that…

Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to an employee of a federal wildlife management agency who is acting in performance of the employee's duties in accordance with the conditions of a permit and has received the express written consent of the director for the employee's actio…

Sec. 1. The department shall do the following: (1) Organize, establish, and maintain a program of education, training, and service throughout Indiana to combat forest, brush, or open fires occurring in Indiana. (2) Establish an organization of trained volunteer forest firefighter…

Sec. 2. The state forester shall do the following: (1) Direct the Indiana volunteer forest firefighters service. (2) Recommend to the commission rules for the service. (3) Provide education and training for the service. (4) Use the service in times of emergency due to fire. [Pre-…

Sec. 3. If a qualified member of the Indiana volunteer forest firefighters service is injured or made sick while engaged in fighting fire under the direction of the state forester or an authorized fire warden of the division of forestry, the member may be provided medical and hos…

Sec. 1. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public from dishonest and unethical practices concerning the sale of nursery stock that is unlikely to properly grow or survive in the climate of Indiana. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-12-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "hardiness zone" means a designated geographic area found on the Plant Hardiness Zone Map prepared and amended by the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-12-2.] As a…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "nursery stock" means botanically classified hardy perennial or biennial trees, shrubs, vines, and plants, evergreens, fruit pits, and other plants or plant parts capable of propagation. The term does not include corms, tubers, field vegetables, o…

Sec. 4. The state entomologist shall administer this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-12-4 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 5. The department: (1) shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to prescribe the label described under section 6 of this chapter; and (2) may adopt other rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-12-4 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC…

Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to nursery stock that is: (1) imported into Indiana by a nursery grower; and (2) transplanted, grown, and held by the grower for at least five (5) years after the date of import. (b) If a person imports nursery stock into Indiana from outsi…

Sec. 7. (a) A person may not remove a label described under section 6 of this chapter from nursery stock until the nursery stock has been sold for the ultimate use or purpose of the nursery stock in Indiana. (b) A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction. [Pr…

Sec. 1. The department may require the owner of a flowing water well to reduce the flow from the well as the department considers advisable to prevent the loss or waste of potable water that is not being put to a beneficial use. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-3-1.] As ad…

Sec. 2. Except as provided in sections 4 and 5 of this chapter, a permit must be obtained from the department to inject, pump, or otherwise introduce potable ground water into an underground formation that contains nonpotable water. An application for a permit must be made on for…

Sec. 3. The department may, after an investigation has been conducted and a hearing has been held, deny permission to an applicant to inject, pump, or otherwise introduce potable ground water into an underground formation that contains nonpotable water if: (1) the practice would:…

Sec. 4. A person may inject, pump, or otherwise introduce potable ground water into an underground formation that contains nonpotable water if: (1) the potable water is obtained from a prolific aquifer adjacent to a permanent flowing stream that is rapidly recharged; and (2) the …

Sec. 5. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a person, firm, or corporation operating a water flood project using potable ground water on March 14, 1957, may do the following: (1) Continue the flood. (2) Use the additional potable water that is necessary. (b) If an emergency arises aff…

Sec. 6. A person who violates section 1 or 2 of this chapter, including the violation of an order issued under section 1 of this chapter, commits a Class C infraction. Each day of violation constitutes a separate infraction. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-3-3.] As added …

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to lakes having an area greater than twenty (20) acres. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-16-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.19.