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.

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

     (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.