Sec. 106. (a) Any owner of land affected by a final order or determination of a board is entitled to judicial review of that order or determination in the circuit or superior court of the county in which the board is located. The owner must file in the court a petition:

(1) setting out the order or determination complained of; and

(2) alleging specifically that the order or determination is arbitrary, capricious, unlawful, or not supported by substantial evidence;

and pay the fee required under IC 33-37-4-4. If the order or determination to be appealed was made by a joint board, the petition must be filed in the circuit or superior court of the county that elected the surveyor who serves as an ex officio member of the joint board.

(b) A petition for judicial review under subsection (a) must be filed within twenty (20) days after:

(1) the date of publication of notice by the board that the order or determination has been made; or

(2) the order or determination was served on the person seeking the judicial review, if the order was served on that person.

(c) A copy of the petition shall be served on the board within five (5) days after the petition is filed. If the order or determination arose in a proceeding initiated by petition for the construction of a new drain under section 54 of this chapter, a copy shall also be served on the attorney for the petitioner, unless the petitioner is the person seeking the judicial review. Service under this subsection:

(1) is sufficient to bring the board and any petitioner for a new drain into court;

(2) may be made on the board by serving a copy of the petition on the county surveyor personally or by leaving it at the surveyor's official office; and

(3) may be made on the attorney for the petitioner by serving a copy of the petition on the attorney personally or by leaving a copy of it at the attorney's address as set forth in the petition.

(d) Within twenty (20) days after receipt of notice that any person has filed a petition for review, the board shall prepare a certified copy of the transcript of the proceedings before the board and file it with the clerk of the court. The petitioner shall pay the cost of preparing this transcript. An extension of time in which to file the transcript shall be granted by the court upon a showing of good cause.

(e) On the filing of a petition for review, the clerk of the court shall docket the cause in the name of petitioner and against the board. The issues shall be considered closed by denial of all matters at issue without the necessity of filing any further pleadings.

(f) When the owners of less than ten percent (10%) of the affected lands petition for judicial review, issues not triable de novo do not operate to stay work unless an appeal bond is posted.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 19-4-8-1; 19-4-8-2; 19-4-8-3; 19-4-8-4.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by P.L.351-1985, SEC.2; P.L.192-1986, SEC.40; P.L.305-1987, SEC.37; P.L.98-2004, SEC.163.