Indiana § 14-27-7-1 - "Owner" defined

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§ 14-27-7-1. "Owner" defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "owner" means an individual, a firm, a partnership, a copartnership, a lessee, an association, a corporation, an executor, an administrator, a trustee, the state, an agency of the state, a municipal corporation, a political subdivision of the state, a legal entity, a drainage district, a levee district, a conservancy district, any other district established by law, or any other person who has a right, a title, or an interest in or to the property upon which the levee, dike, or floodwall and appurtenant works is located.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-20-1(2).]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.148-2002, SEC.6.

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