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Ind. Code § 36-8-11-2 (2026)

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Sec. 2. As used in this chapter:

"Board" refers to the board of fire trustees of a fire protection district.

"Fiscal officer" means a bonded employee of the fire protection district charged with the faithful receipt and disbursement of the funds of the district.

"Freeholder" means an individual who holds land in fee, for life, or for some indeterminate period of time, whether or not in joint title.

"Interested person" includes a freeholder or corporation owning lands within the proposed or established fire protection district, a person whose property may be condemned or injured by the district, the proper officer of a municipality, an affected state agency, and all local plan commissions.

"Joint title" means joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entireties.

"Primary county" refers to the county where the largest portion of a municipality is located if the municipality is located in two (2) counties.

"Secondary county" refers to the county where the smallest portion of a municipality is located if the municipality is located in two (2) counties.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-45-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.63. Amended by P.L.36-2000, SEC.2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2008–2015 · leading case: Anderson v. Gaudin, 42 N.E.3d 82 (Ind. 2015).

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Anderson v. Gaudin, 42 N.E.3d 82 (Ind. 2015). · cites it 2× “In 2007, the Brown County Board of Commissioners enacted an ordinance under the Fire District Act, Ind. Code § 36-8-11-2 et seq., establishing the District.”

Sanders v. Bd. of Comm'rs of Brown Cnty., 892 N.E.2d 1249 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “” Ind. Code § 36-8-11-2 (2006). 2 . The Association of Indiana Counties and the Indiana Township Association were granted leave to file amicus curiae briefs in this appeal.”

David Anderson, Comm., Joe Wray, Comm., & Bd. of Trs., Brown Co. Fire. Prot. Dist. v. Susanne Gaudin, Janet Kramer, & Ruth Reichmann (Ind. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “3 “Freeholder” is defined in Indiana Code section 36-8-11-2 as “an individual who holds land in fee, for life, or for some indeterminate period of time, whether or not in joint title.”

David Anderson, Joe Wray, John Kennard, Commissioners, & Bd. of Trs., Brown Cnty. Fire Prot. Dist. v. Susanne Gaudin, Janet Kramer, & Ruth Reichmann (Ind. 2015). · cites it 2× “In 2007, the Brown County Board of Commissioners enacted an ordinance under the Fire Dis- trict Act, Ind. Code § 36-8-11-2 et seq., establishing the District.”

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