Sec. 1. The board of county commissioners of each county may declare any stream or watercourse in the county navigable on the petition of at least twenty-four (24) freeholders of the county residing in the vicinity of the stream. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-4-1.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.22.
Sec. 2. (a) On the filing of a petition under section 1 of this chapter, the board of county commissioners shall have an examination of the stream or watercourse made by a suitable person to ascertain and report to the board of county commissioners the following: (1) The length of the stream or watercourse. (2) […]
Sec. 3. A person who obstructs a stream or watercourse declared navigable is subject to the same penalties as a person who obstructs a public highway. General Indiana law governing: (1) public highways; and (2) the laying out and working of public highways in all other respects; applies, as far as applicable, to the defining […]
Sec. 4. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a riparian owner of land in Indiana bordering upon a navigable stream may do the following: (1) Build and maintain: (A) within the premises bordering on the stream; and (B) upon the submerged land beneath the water; a pier, wharf, dock, or harbor in aid of navigation and […]
Sec. 5. The declaration of a watercourse as navigable by a board of county commissioners does not affect a mill, a dam, an aqueduct, a viaduct, a bridge, or machinery on the stream, except if the mill, dam, aqueduct, viaduct, bridge, or machinery has been abandoned for at least twelve (12) months. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: […]
Sec. 6. The board of county commissioners may use the money: (1) that is appropriated from the county treasury; and (2) as the board of county commissioners considers necessary; to remove obstructions from streams that are declared navigable under this chapter. [Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-4-7.] As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.22.
Sec. 7. A person living on or owning property along a watercourse that is navigable for boats of a large size may hang gates: (1) at or near the top of the bank; and (2) across a road leading down the bank and terminating at the watercourse; except within the limits of a city or […]
Sec. 8. (a) A person, other than a public or municipal water utility, may not: (1) place, fill, or erect a permanent structure in; (2) remove water from; or (3) remove material from; a navigable waterway without a permit from the department. (b) An application for a permit under this section must be made in […]
Sec. 9. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to identify the location of the ordinary high water mark on the land adjoining the waters of Lake Michigan for purposes of administering this chapter. As added by P.L.164-2020, SEC.59.
