Indiana Landlord-Tenant Laws

Verified October 2, 2026

Indiana at a glance

Rule	Indiana	Cited to
Max security deposit	No statutory cap	IC 32-31-3-12 +4 more
Deposit return deadline	45 days	IC 32-31-3-12 +4 more
Rent-increase notice (month-to-month)	30 days	IC 32-31-5-4 +3 more
Statewide rent control / rent cap	No	IC 32-31-5-4 +3 more
Late-fee cap	No statutory cap	IC 32-31-1-6 +1 more
Entry notice	No fixed statutory period	IC 32-31-5-6 +1 more
Eviction notice (nonpayment)	10 days	IC 32-31-1-6 +23 more
Application fee cap	No statutory cap	Ind. Code 32-31-3-9 +20 more
Interest owed on deposits	No — no statute addresses it	Ind. Code § 32-31-3-12 (Return of deposits; deductions; liability), in the official 2026 edition of Title 32 +2 more
Repair deadline after tenant notice	No statutory count	Ind. Code § 32-31-8-1 (application; agreements entered into after June 30, 2002), in the official 2026 edition of Title 32 +13 more
Repair and deduct	No — no statute or decision authorizes it	Ind. Code § 32-31-8-1 (application; agreements entered into after June 30, 2002), in the official 2026 edition of Title 32 +13 more
Landlord notice to end a month-to-month tenancy	One calendar month	Ind. Code §§ 32-31-1-1 to 32-31-1-9 (termination notices and service) +12 more
Owner and agent identity disclosure	Required — in the lease or in a separate writing	IC 32-31-1-11, 32-31-1-20, 32-31-1-21, 32-31-1-21.1, 32-31-1-22, 32-31-1-23 +28 more
In-force state hazard disclosures beyond the federal lead-paint rule	1	IC 32-31-1-11, 32-31-1-20, 32-31-1-21, 32-31-1-21.1, 32-31-1-22, 32-31-1-23 +28 more
Pet deposit	No statute, no cap	IC 22-9-7 (Emotional Support Animals in Housing) +16 more
Assistance animals: the state instrument	Documentation statute or rule	IC 22-9-7 (Emotional Support Animals in Housing) +16 more

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Local rent regulation in Indiana

Indiana law bars counties, cities, towns and townships from regulating rental rates for privately owned property unless the General Assembly authorizes it, with an exception for housing already subsidized by government funds to provide reduced rents to lower-income tenants.

Cited to Ind. Code § 32-31-1-20 · Verified October 2, 2026 · Full Indiana rent-increase rules →

Indiana landlord-tenant laws by topic

Indiana security deposits

Indiana sets no cap on residential security deposits, but a landlord must deliver an itemized written accounting — with any refund — within 45 days after the tenancy ends and possession is returned, and owes nothing under the statute until the tenant supplies a forwarding address in writing.

Indiana rent increase notice

Indiana landlords must give at least 30 days' written notice before raising rent on a month-to-month tenancy — the default rule of IC 32-31-5-4, which requires 30 days' written notice before 'modifying the rental agreement' unless the written lease itself sets different terms.

Indiana late fees

Indiana has no statutory cap on residential late fees and no mandated grace period — a lease-based late fee can start accruing the day after rent is due, and the only statewide limit is the contract-law rule that a late fee must be a reasonable estimate of the landlord's loss rather than a penalty.

Indiana entry notice

Indiana requires 'reasonable' written or oral notice before a landlord enters a rental — no fixed number of hours — and entry may occur only at reasonable times, for reasons the tenant cannot unreasonably refuse: inspections, necessary or agreed repairs and improvements, supplying services, or showing the unit to buyers, lenders, contractors, or prospective tenants.

Indiana eviction process

Indiana requires a 10-day notice to pay or quit before a landlord can evict for unpaid rent, and the tenancy survives if the tenant pays in full before the notice period expires — but a written lease can waive the notice entirely, and no notice at all is required for a fixed-term lease that has ended, a tenant at sufferance, or the other situations listed in IC 32-31-1-8.

Indiana application & screening fees

Indiana does not regulate residential rental application or tenant-screening charges at any point: no statute caps them, ties them to the cost of screening, requires a receipt or a refund, requires anything to be disclosed before an applicant pays, or sets a denial-notice duty.

Indiana deposit interest

Indiana requires no interest on a residential security deposit, and imposes no rule about where the deposit is kept.

Indiana habitability & repairs

Indiana law requires a landlord to deliver a rented home in a safe, clean and habitable condition, to comply with all applicable health and housing codes, and to keep the electrical, plumbing, sanitary and heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, elevators and any appliances supplied as an inducement in good and safe working condition — but only for items that were on the premises when the lease was signed.

Indiana lease termination

Indiana ends a month-to-month tenancy on one month's written notice, not thirty days, and the difference matters on a thirty-one-day month.

Indiana lease disclosures

An Indiana lease must carry a flood-plain statement whenever the building's lowest floor, basement included, sits at or below the one-hundred-year flood elevation, and a military-installation statement whenever the property is within three miles of Naval Support Activity Crane, the Lake Glendora Test Facility or Grissom Air Reserve Base or lies in a military impact zoning district.

Indiana pets & assistance animals

Indiana has no pet-deposit statute, no pet-rent or pet-fee rule and no deposit cap of any kind, so what a landlord charges for a pet is left entirely to the lease.

Indiana mobile home park laws

Indiana has no separate act for manufactured-home lot tenancies.

Indiana Fair Market Rents (FY 2027) — HUD's benchmark rents for every Indiana metro area and county.

Editable Indiana deposit kit · Editable Indiana disclosure packet — editable documents built on the verified Indiana rules on this page, in Word, fillable PDF and Excel.

How this record was verified: Every section these answers rest on was read on October 2, 2026 in the Indiana General Assembly's own publication of the Indiana Code at iga.in.gov (the 2026 edition, published June 30, 2026, which carries the acts of the 2026 session in each section's history line): IC 32-31-1 (termination notices, the ten-day notice for unpaid rent and its optional form, and the bar on local regulation in IC 32-31-1-20), IC 32-31-2.9 (the tenancies the residential statutes do not reach), IC 32-31-3 (security deposits, read whole), IC 32-31-4 to 32-31-7 (a tenant's property, the entry and lockout rules of IC 32-31-5-6, the 30-day notice of IC 32-31-5-4, emergency possessory orders, tenant duties), IC 32-31-10 to 32-31-12, IC 32-30-2 and 32-30-3 (actions for possession and the order of possession), IC 33-29-2-4, 33-34-3-3 and 33-34-3-15.1 (the courts), IC 36-1-2-23 (what a unit of local government is), IC 24-7-5-5 and IC 16-41-27 (mobile home communities). No 2026 public law amended IC 32-31, IC 32-30-2 or IC 32-30-3, and the 2025 and 2026 editions of those chapters are identical. Senate Enrolled Act 148 of 2020 was read as enrolled, with the General Assembly's roll calls on the veto override (Senate, February 8, 2021; House, February 17, 2021) and its record of the Governor's veto on March 25, 2020. Small Claims Rules 2 and 4 and Appellate Rule 9 were read on the Indiana courts' rules site, each with its effective date, and Gershin v. Demming, 685 N.E.2d 1125 (Ind. Ct. App. 1997), in the reporter. September 5, 2026 addendum: the decisive figures touched by the 2025-2026 enactments reviewed that day were re-read on the official host — IC 32-31-11-3 on iga.in.gov; the earlier reads stand as recorded.