Section 15-16-8-7 - Failure to pay for weed removal; amount collected as taxes; disposition of funds(a) If the owner or person in possession of the property does not pay the amount set forth in the certified statement under section 6(a) of this chapter within ten (10) days after receiving the notice under section 6(b) of this chapter, the township trustee shall file a copy of the certified statement in the office of the county auditor of the county where the real estate is located.(b) The auditor shall place the amount claimed in the certified statement on the tax duplicate of the real estate. Except as provided in section 8 of this chapter, the amount claimed shall be collected as taxes are collected.(c) After an amount described in subsection (b) is collected, the funds shall be deposited in the trustee's township funds for use at the discretion of the trustee.Pre-2008 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 15-3-4-3(e); subsection (b) formerly 15-3-4-3(f); subsection (c) formerly 15-3-4-3(g).
As added by P.L. 2-2008, SEC.7.