Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 36-9-27-1 (2026)
Application of chapter
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to all counties. However, sections 6, 7, 9, 10, 30, 31, and 32 of this chapter do not apply to a county having a consolidated city.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-1-3 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1991–2012 · leading case: Thomas R. Crowel v. Marshall Cnty. Drainage Bd., 971 N.E.2d 638 (Ind. 2012).
Thomas R. Crowel v. Marshall Cnty. Drainage Bd., 971 N.E.2d 638 (Ind. 2012). “Background The Indiana Drainage Law, Ind.Code §§ 36-9-27-1 to -114 (2007), establishes an extensive and detailed regulatory *640 scheme for addressing drainage issues.”
Nat. Resources Comm'n of the Indiana Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Porter Cnty. Drainage Bd., 576 N.E.2d 587 (Ind. 1991). “Requiring the drainage board to obtain a permit from DNR hardly precludes the board from carrying out its duties under Indiana Code § 36-9-27-1 et seq. and Indiana Code § 13-2-22-2(b).”
Panhandle E. Pipe Line Co. v. Madison Cnty. Drainage Bd., 898 F. Supp. 1302 (S.D. Ind. 1995). “Pursuant to Ind.Code § 36-9-27-1 et seq., the Drainage Board has the authority to reconstruct and to widen such regulated drains and to assess the costs of such projects from the owners of the land that benefits from any such project.”
Nat. RES. COM'N v. Porter Cnty., 576 N.E.2d 587 (Ind. 1991). “The drainage board notes that Indiana Code § 13-2-22-13 includes a reference to Indiana Code § 36-9-27-1 et seq., the drainage law obligating the drainage board and the county surveyor to do what is necessary to reconstruct a regulated drain when it no longer fulfills the…”
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