Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 36-7-8-8 (2026)
Enforcement by city located within county
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 8. A county that has adopted an ordinance under section 4 of this chapter may contract with any city located in the county to have the city administer and enforce that ordinance. The contract must be for a stated and limited period, and may be renewed. All actions, notices, or other writings under such a contract must be performed as the county building commissioner would perform them, and may not be performed in the name of the city.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-2-72-9 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.27.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1995–2013 · leading case: Noble Cnty. v. Rogers, 745 N.E.2d 194 (Ind. 2001).
Noble Cnty. v. Rogers, 745 N.E.2d 194 (Ind. 2001). “The court first held that the pertinent Noble County ordinances amounted to a "building code" under Indiana Code § 36-7-8-8 and not a *196 "housing code" under Indiana Code §$ 86-7-8-4.”
Robinson v. Monroe Cnty., 658 N.E.2d 647 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995). “The Appellants present the following restated issue for review: Does Ind.Code 36-7-8-8(d), which provides that building codes do not apply to private homes that are built by individuals and used for their own occupancy, apply to an individual who hires independent building…”
Henry Wagler, Barb Wagler & Henry & Barb Wagler, LP v. Fort Wayne-Allen Cnty. Dep't of Health, 983 N.E.2d 190 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013). “On appeal, the health department argued that Indiana Code Section 36-7-8-8(d) was inapplicable “because the Whites did not build the mobile homes placed on the property.”
Ind. Code § 36-7-8-8(d): 2 cases
Robinson v. Monroe Cnty., 658 N.E.2d 647 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995). “The Appellants present the following restated issue for review: Does Ind.Code 36-7-8-8(d), which provides that building codes do not apply to private homes that are built by individuals and used for their own occupancy, apply to an individual who hires independent building…”
Henry Wagler, Barb Wagler & Henry & Barb Wagler, LP v. Fort Wayne-Allen Cnty. Dep't of Health, 983 N.E.2d 190 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013). “On appeal, the health department argued that Indiana Code Section 36-7-8-8(d) was inapplicable “because the Whites did not build the mobile homes placed on the property.”
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