# Ind. Code § 16-41-20-7: Orders for cleaning, repairing, or improving

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 16-41-20-7
- **Heading:** Orders for cleaning, repairing, or improving
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 16 / Article 41 / Chapter 20 / Section 16-41-20-7

## Text

Sec. 7. The state department, local board of health, or county health officer may order purified, cleansed, disinfected, renewed, altered, repaired, decontaminated, or improved a dwelling, excavation, building, structure, sewer, plumbing, pipe, passage, premises, ground, or thing in or about a dwelling that is found to be unfit for human habitation or the dwelling's lot.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-25-9.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.111-2018, SEC.12.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-1 Dwellings unfit for human habitation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-2 Powers of local inspectors of buildings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-3 Exercise of powers by the state health department](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-4 Orders to vacate dwellings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-5 Extension or revocation of orders to vacate dwellings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-6 Public nuisances](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-6.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-7 Orders for cleaning, repairing, or improving](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-8 Service of orders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-8.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-9 Judicial review of orders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-9.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-10 Appeal bonds](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-10.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-11 Review proceedings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-11.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-12 Costs and expenses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-12.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-41-20-13 Violations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A41_C20_S16-41-20-13.md)

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