Sec. 5. (a) The fiscal body of a county may collect a county option dog tax imposed under section 3 of this chapter by any combination of the following methods: (1) By designating one (1) or more persons in the county to collect the tax. (2) By requiring a person who harbors or keeps a taxable dog to submit a complete and accurate county option dog tax return. (3) By a method other than a method described in subdivision (1) or (2) as determined by the fiscal body of the county. (b) A designee under subsection (a)(1) may retain a fee from the tax collected for each taxable dog in an amount determined by the fiscal body not to exceed seventy-five cents ($0.75). A designee shall remit the balance of the money collected to the county treasurer by the tenth day of each month. (c) If a fiscal body chooses to collect a county option dog tax imposed under section 3 of this chapter by requiring the submission of a county option dog tax return under subsection (a), the county treasurer may include a county option dog tax return form with every property tax statement that is mailed to a person under IC 6-1.1-22-8.1 (a)(1). (d) The department of local government finance shall prescribe a county option dog tax return form that a county may use for the reporting of county option dog tax liability.
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