IC 32-31-1-20 — Local units prohibited from regulating rental rates and landlord-tenant relationship
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Section text
Sec. 20. (a) Subject to IC 36-1-3-8.5, this section does not apply to privately owned real property for which government funds or benefits have been allocated from the United States government, the state, or a political subdivision for the express purpose of providing reduced rents to low or moderate income tenants. (b) A unit (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23) may not regulate rental rates for privately owned real property, through a zoning ordinance or otherwise, unless the regulation is authorized by an act of the general assembly. (c) A unit (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23) may not regulate, through an ordinance or otherwise, any of the following aspects of a landlord-tenant relationship with respect to privately owned real property located in the unit unless the regulation is authorized by an act of the general assembly: (1) The screening process used by a landlord in approving tenants to lease privately owned real property. (2) Security deposits. (3) Lease applications. (4) Leasing terms and conditions. (5) Disclosures concerning the: (A) property; (B) lease; or (C) rights and responsibilities of the parties; involved in a landlord-tenant relationship. (6) The rights of the parties to a lease. (7) Any fees charged by a landlord. Any ordinance or regulation that violates this subsection is void and unenforceable.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.266-2017, SEC.1; P.L.168-2020, SEC.17; P.L.215-2021, SEC.1.
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