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School property - where does it end?
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Your local law enforcement is wrong! But he (I assume it was one officer) may have been confusing or combining statutes. Most likely;
...along with section 1...
...also...
Either the gun or the proximity to a school will bump a misdemeanor drug charge up to a felony. But that's under the bonus points section of the drug laws.
Six replies, and only two closely resembles answering the question?
Is a sidewalk, by the street, public property or is it school property?
There are many communities in Indiana that have laws requiring property owners to maintain drives and sidewalks on their property. Schools are required to maintain (think snow removal) their own sidewalks, drives, parking lots, etc. so that's a pretty good indication that these items are considered part of their property. Public access doesn't make it public property.
As far as property lines extending to the center of the street... that may be the legal property ownership concept but try exerting ownership rights over the street in front of your house sometime. Try something simple like buliding a garage on your side of the centerline. The reality is that the local government has taken over all the ownership rights and responsibilities (including maintainence and liability) of that property.
I'll step in now and let you know your husband is most likely wrong.
School property is the property the school owns.
Are there sidewalks in front of the school and on both sides of the street? Does the street have curbs? If yes, then chances are the right of way of the street extends to the back of the sidewalk.
In most subdivisions, sidewalks are public property and are in the street right of way as is the lawn you mow in between the curb and sidewalk- that's all public. This is why it can be torn up for roadwork as long as the city/town/county pays to replace it.
You do NOT own anything on the sidewalk or those trees you planted in your parkway...
The only time you will see a school or anyone else own to the center of the road is if you are in a VERY rural area and there are no sidewalks. You will not see curbs either and will more than likely see roadside swales and no manholes/catch basins/inlets for drainage.
Call your county recorder's office and ask for their plats department. Ask if there is someone you can talk to about the street width in front of "xx" school. If he has a number for you- be it 100', 60', 66' etc. the land has been subdivided and the school owns property NOT in the street.
Hope this helps.
Annie Oakley
Sharpshooter
I'll step in now and let you know your husband is most likely wrong.
Just to clarify...it's only my husband who thinks he is right most of the time. I try to set him straight but he is stubborn.
PUNISH HIM!!
Instant=.40cal=Karma
Plinker
+1 for repealing the law, as this does as much good as banning guns completely.
Kludge, maybe you should think about sending them a bill for maintaining this "right of way" for them...
Kludge, maybe you should think about sending them a bill for maintaining this "right of way" for them...
That does not work. The county sent out a letter that us ag land owners were responsible for maintaining the side ditches in our locality. The first year we sent the county a bill for fuel and man hours. No response from them, was not really expecting one either. The second year we farmed to the road. That got a response.
That does not work. The county sent out a letter that us ag land owners were responsible for maintaining the side ditches in our locality. The first year we sent the county a bill for fuel and man hours. No response from them, was not really expecting one either. The second year we farmed to the road. That got a response.
Yeah I know about that ... ain't that crap for farmers? ...Don't own it but you have to maintain it
Ya lol if you maintain it - you should be allowed to USE IT 
minuteman32
Expert
Also, what a lot of folks don't realize is the same law applies to daycares, too. How many of us know every house in an area that is actually a daycare as well. They may have a big sign advertising the fact, a small, obscure sign, or no sign @ all!
