Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 36-6-1-5 (2026)
Abolition of township or alteration of boundaries; petition; effective date of abolition or alteration
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 5. (a) Townships other than those described in section 3 of this chapter may be altered or abolished by the issuance of an order by the county executive on receipt of a petition signed by a majority of the freeholders of the affected township or townships. The alteration or abolition must conform to the terms of the petition.
(b) The alteration or abolition becomes effective when the county executive files a copy of the order with:
(1) the circuit court clerk; and
(2) the office of the secretary of state.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-21-1; 17-4-4-1 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.5-1989, SEC.118; P.L.3-1997, SEC.467; P.L.123-2000, SEC.14; P.L.104-2022, SEC.172.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Town of Zionsville, Indiana v. Town of Whitestown, Indiana & Angel Badillo, 33 N.E.3d 1144 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015).
Town of Zionsville, Indiana v. Town of Whitestown, Indiana & Angel Badillo, 33 N.E.3d 1144 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015). “Thus, a municipality that does not participate in a reorganization of a township remains in the township — the language of township abolition is not used, see I.C. § 36-6-1-5, nor does the statute contemplate the prospect of a portion of territory being entirely outside a…”
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