# Ind. Code § 20-26-11-1: "Residence", "resides", and comparable terms

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-1

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 20-26-11-1
- **Heading:** "Residence", "resides", and comparable terms
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 20 / Article 26 / Chapter 11 / Section 20-26-11-1

## Text

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter with respect to legal settlement, transfers, and the payment of tuition, the words "residence", "resides", or other comparable language means a permanent and principal habitation that an individual uses for a home for a fixed or indefinite period, at which the individual remains when not called elsewhere for work, studies, recreation, or other temporary or special purpose. These terms are not synonymous with legal domicile. Except as provided in section 2(a)(3) of this chapter, where a court order grants an individual custody of a student, the residence of the student is where that individual resides.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-8.1-6.1-1(b).]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.13-2006, SEC.1; P.L.38-2020, SEC.5.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-0.2 Application of certain amendments to prior law](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-0.2.md)
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- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-2 Legal settlement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-2.5 Election to have legal settlement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-2.5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-3 Forms concerning legal settlement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-4 Student emancipation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-5 Transfer at request of parent or student](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-6 Transfer tuition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-6.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-6.5 Transfers of children of school corporation employees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-6.5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-6.7 Transfer agreements; school corporation and nonpublic school](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-6.7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-7 Transfers; students with disabilities](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-8 Payment of transfer tuition for students in public and private institutions or in foster homes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-8.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-8.5 Repealed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-8.5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 20-26-11-9 Notice of legal settlement and placement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T20_A26_C11_S20-26-11-9.md)

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