(a) Notice of orders, notice of continued hearings without a specified date, notice of a statement that public bids are to be let, and notice of claims for payment must be given by:

1. (1) sending a copy of the order or statement by registered or certified mail to the residence or place of business or employment of the person to be notified, with return receipt requested;
2. (2) delivering a copy of the order or statement personally to the person to be notified;
3. (3) leaving a copy of the order or statement at the dwelling or usual place of abode of the person to be notified and sending by first class mail a copy of the order or statement to the last known address of the person to be notified; or

4. (4) sending a copy of the order or statement by first class mail to the last known address of the person to be notified.

   If a notice described in subdivision (1) is returned undelivered, a copy of the order or statement must be given in accordance with subdivision (2), (3), or (4).

(d) The date when notice of the order or statement is considered given is as follows:

1. (1) If the order or statement is delivered personally or left at the dwelling or usual place of abode, notice is considered given on the day when the order or statement is delivered to the person or left at the person's dwelling or usual place of abode.
2. (2) If the order or statement is mailed, notice is considered given on the date shown on the return receipt, or, if no date is shown, on the date when the return receipt is received by the enforcement authority.
3. (3) Notice by publication is considered given on the date of the second day that publication was made.

(e) A person with a property interest in an unsafe premises who does not:

1. (1) record an instrument reflecting the interest in the recorder's office of the county where the unsafe premises is located; or

2. (2) if an instrument reflecting the interest is not recorded, provide to the department (or, in the case of a consolidated city, the enforcement authority) in writing the person's name and address and the location of the unsafe premises;

   is considered to consent to reasonable action taken under this chapter for which notice would be required and relinquish a claim to notice under this chapter.

(f) The department (or, in the case of a consolidated city, the enforcement authority) may, for the sake of administrative convenience, publish notice under subsection (b) at the same time notice is attempted under subsection (a). If published notice is given as described in subsection (b), the hearing authority shall subsequently make a determination about whether a reasonable effort has been made to obtain service by the means described in subsection (a).

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-5-5.5-22.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.28. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.45, SEC.27; P.L.59-1986, SEC.15; P.L.169-2006, SEC.69; P.L.194-2007, SEC.12.