(a) A court acting under section 17 of this chapter may authorize the department, acting through its enforcement authority, to cause the action required by the order to be performed by a contractor licensed and qualified under law, if it is shown that:

1. (1) an order was issued to each person having a substantial property interest in the unsafe premises;
2. (2) each of the orders has been affirmed or modified at a hearing in such a manner that all persons having substantial property interest in the unsafe premises that are the subject of the orders are currently subject to an order requiring substantially identical action;
3. (3) the order, as affirmed or modified at the hearing, has not been complied with;
4. (4) the building that is the subject of the order is an unsafe building; and
5. (5) the order is not being reviewed under section 8 of this chapter.

(c) The cost of the work and the processing expenses incurred by the enforcement authority computed under section 12 of this chapter, may, after a hearing, be entered by the court as a judgment against persons having a fee interest, life estate interest, or equitable interest of a contract purchaser in the unsafe premises.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-5-5.5-14; 18-5-5.5-19 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.59-1986, SEC.13.