Ind. Code § 36-4-1-1 : LOCAL GOVERNMENT — GOVERNMENT OF CITIES AND TOWNS GENERALLY — CLASSIFICATION OF MUNICIPALITIES; CITY STATUS AND TOWN STATUS —4-1-1 - Basis of classification

(a) Municipalities are classified according to their status and population as follows:

STATUS AND POPULATION	CLASS
Cities of 600,000 or more	First class cities
Cities of 34,000 to 599,999	Second class cities
Cities of less than 34,000	Third class cities
Other municipalities of any population	Towns

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a city that attains a population of thirty-four thousand (34,000) remains a second class city even though its population decreases to less than thirty-four thousand (34,000) at the next federal decennial census.

(c) The legislative body of a city to which subsection (b) applies may, by ordinance, adopt third class city status.

IC 36-4-1-1

Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-2-1-1; 18-2-1-1.5; 18-2-1-2 part; 18-3-2-1 part; 18-3-3-1 part.

Amended by P.L. 56-2022,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2022.

Amended by P.L. 119-2012, SEC. 184, eff. 4/1/2012.

As added by Acts1980 , P.L. 212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts1981 , P.L. 44, SEC.37; P.L. 340-1987, SEC.1; P.L. 71-1997, SEC.2; P.L. 64-2004, SEC.34; P.L. 81-2004, SEC.46.