Sec. 1. Being necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, this title shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of this title.
Ind. Code § 13-12-2-1
Liberal construction
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Shell Oil Co. v. Meyer (1998)
Most recently applied in Yankee Park Homeowners Ass'n v. LaGrange County Sewer District (July 2008)
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.2.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.