Chapter 1 Fencing Associations
Chapter 2 Enclosures, Trespassing Animals, and Partition Fences
Chapter 3 Recording Agreements to Erect and Repair Fences
Chapter 4 Cutting Live Fences Along Public Highways
Chapter 5 Cutting Live Fences Between Adjoining Lands
Chapter 6 Enclosure of Land Subject to Flooding
Chapter 7 Recording Fencemarks; Removal of Marked Fencing From Overflowed Lands
Chapter 8 Recovery of Property Moved by High Water
Chapter 9 Partition Fences
Chapter 10 Spite Fences as Nuisance

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 32 > Article 26 - Fences

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • authority: refers to the Indiana finance authority. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-4
  • board: refers to the board of directors of the commission. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-5
  • bonds: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-6
  • commission: refers to the Indiana motorsports commission created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-9
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • department: refers to the department of state revenue. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-10
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • lawful fence: means any structure typically used by husbandmen for the enclosure of property. See Indiana Code 32-26-2-1
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • motorsports investment district: means the geographic area established as a motorsports investment district under this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-11
  • person: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-12. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-12
  • political subdivision: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-13
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • qualified motorsports facility: means a facility that:

    Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-14

  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.