So. Ind. Property Law
The Evansville Courier & Press reports, “City delays changes to property law.”
A scheduled committee hearing on a new city property maintenance law was postponed Monday for some last-minute tweaking.
One change the city’s legal department is working on is a provision to shift responsibility for “nonstructural” maintenance of property from an owner to the renter under some circumstances.
Renters could be held accountable for weeds, trash, abandoned vehicles and other similar upkeep if those responsibilities are spelled out in a valid lease, said Gregg LaMar, director of the Department of Metropolitan Development.
