In the interest of public health and convenience, the department is a party in interest in the matters set out in this chapter. Nonbenefit or the nonownership of land affected by a cause may not be pleaded in any court acting under Indiana law as a bar to the right of the department to appear, commence, prosecute, or defend in the cause.
IC 14-26-3-6
Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-12-4.