Section 36-1-20-5 - Rental unit registration program; limitations; fees; section not applicable to registration or inspection programs created before July 1, 1984(a) This section does not apply to a political subdivision with a rental registration or inspection program created before July 1, 1984.(b) This chapter does not prohibit a political subdivision from establishing and enforcing a registration program for rental units within the political subdivision.(c) A political subdivision may impose on an owner or landlord of a rental unit an annual registration fee of not more than five dollars ($5).(d) A registration fee imposed under subsection (c) covers all the rental units in a rental unit community. However, if a rental unit is not part of a rental unit community, a registration fee may be imposed for each separate parcel of real property on which a rental unit is located.(e) If the ownership of a rental unit community or the ownership of a parcel of real property on which a rental unit is located changes, a political subdivision may require the new owner of the rental unit community or new owner of the real estate parcel to: (1) pay an annual registration fee of not more than five dollars ($5); and(2) provide updated registration information to the political subdivision; not later than thirty (30) days after the change of ownership.
Added by P.L. 193-2014, SEC. 8, eff. 6/30/2014.