Sec. 24. (a) The executive shall establish and maintain a county courthouse, county jail, and public offices for the county clerk, the county auditor, the county recorder, the county treasurer, the county sheriff, and the county surveyor.

     (b) Offices for the surveyor must be in the courthouse or at the county seat.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-2-2-24

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (c) Offices for the sheriff may be located:

(1) in the courthouse;

(2) inside the corporate limits of the county seat; or

(3) outside the corporate limits of the county seat but within the limits of the county.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-1-14-14; 17-2-37-1.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.65-1994, SEC.2; P.L.233-2015, SEC.336.