IN GENERAL

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code tit. II, ch. 407, art. I

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Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 407-101 Professional strikebreakers prohibited.

Sec. 407-101. - Professional strikebreakers prohibited. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the city, in the exercise of its police power for the protection of the public safety, for the maintenance of peace and good order, and for the promotion of the city's trade, commerce and manufacturing, to assure all persons involved in labor disputes freedom of speech and freedom from bodily harm, and to prohibit the occasion of violence and disorder, and in furtherance of these policies, to prohibit the recruitment and furnishing of professional strikebreakers to replace the employees involved in labor disputes. (b) No person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation, or any officer, employee or agent thereof, shall recruit, procure, supply or refer any person for employment who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in place of any employee involved in a labor dispute in which the person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation is not directly involved. (c) No person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation involved in a labor dispute shall, directly or indirectly: (1) Employ in the place of an employee involved in such dispute any person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in the place of an employee involved in a labor dispute; (2) Contract or arrange with any other person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation to recruit, procure, supply or refer persons for employment who customarily and repeatedly offer themselves for employment in place of employees involved in a labor dispute. (d) No person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in place of an employee involved in a labor dispute shall take or offer to take the place of employment of such employee. (e) It shall be prima facie evidence that a person customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in place of an employee involved in a labor dispute, if such person shall have two (2) times previously offered to take the place of employment of a person involved in a labor dispute. (Code 1975, § 20-5)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 407-102 Panhandling.

Sec. 407-102. - Panhandling. (a) As used in this section, panhandling means any solicitation made in person upon any street, public place or park in the city, in which a person requests an immediate donation of money or other gratuity from another person, and includes but is not limited to seeking donations: (1) By vocal appeal or for music, singing, or other street performance; and (2) Where the person being solicited receives an item of little or no monetary value in exchange for a donation, under circumstances where a reasonable person would understand that the transaction is in substance a donation. However, panhandling shall not include the act of passively standing or sitting nor performing music, singing or other street performance with a sign or other indication that a donation is being sought, without any vocal request other than in response to an inquiry by another person. (b) It shall be unlawful to engage in an act of panhandling on any day after sunset, or before sunrise. (c) It shall be unlawful to engage in an act of panhandling when either the panhandler or the person being solicited is located at any of the following locations: at a bus stop; in any public transportation vehicle or public transportation facility; in a vehicle which is parked or stopped on a public street or alley; in a sidewalk cafe; or within twenty (20) feet in any direction from an automatic teller machine or entrance to a bank. (d) It shall be unlawful to engage in an act of panhandling in an aggressive manner, including any of the following actions: (1) Touching the solicited person without the solicited person's consent; (2) Panhandling a person while such person is standing in line and waiting to be admitted to a commercial establishment; (3) Blocking the path of a person being solicited, or the entrance to any building or vehicle; (4) Following behind, ahead or alongside a person who walks away from the panhandler after being solicited; (5) Using profane or abusive language, either during the solicitation or following a refusal to make a donation, or making any statement, gesture, or other communication which would cause a reasonable person to be fearful or feel compelled; or (6) Panhandling in a group of two (2) or more persons. (e) Each act of panhandling prohibited by this section shall constitute a public nuisance and a separate violation of this Code. Each violation shall be punishable as provided in section 103-3 of this Code, and the court shall enjoin any such violator from committing further violations of this section. (Code 1975, § 20-8; G.O. 78, 1999, § 1)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 407-103 Loitering, unlawful assemblies.

Sec. 407-103. - Loitering, unlawful assemblies. (a) Loitering. No person shall loiter or prowl in a place, at a time or in a manner not usual for law abiding citizens, under circumstances that warrant a justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity, in any public way, street, highway, place or alley and refuse to obey the lawful command of a police officer to move on or provide to such police officer a lawful reason for remaining on such public way, street, highway, place or alley if the alleged loitering by such person would create or cause to be created any of the following: (1) Danger of a breach of the peace; (2) The unreasonable danger of a disturbance to the comfort and repose of any person acting lawfully on or in a public way, street, highway, place or alley reserved for pedestrians; (3) The obstruction or attempted obstruction of the free normal flow of vehicular traffic or the normal passage of pedestrian traffic upon any public way, street, highway, place or alley; (4) The obstruction, molestation or interference or attempt to obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully on or in a public way, street, highway, place or alley, in a manner that would cause a reasonable person or pedestrian of a public way, street, highway, place or alley to fear for his or her safety. (b) Unlawful assembly. No person who is a member of a group of three (3) or more persons who are loitering or prowling in a place, at a time or in a manner not usual for law abiding citizens, under circumstances that warrant a justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity, in a public way, street, highway, place or alley, shall refuse the lawful command of a police officer to move or provide to the police officer a lawful reason for remaining in a public way, street, highway, place or alley, whether such group is stationary or in transit, if the alleged loitering would create or cause to be created any of the following: (1) Danger of a breach of the peace; (2) The unreasonable danger of a disturbance to the comfort and repose of any person acting lawfully on or in a public way, street, highway, place or alley reserved for pedestrians; (3) The obstruction or attempted obstruction of the free normal flow of vehicular traffic or the normal passage of pedestrian traffic upon any public way, street, highway, place or alley; (4) The obstruction, molestation or interference or attempt to obstruct, molest or interfere with any person lawfully on or in a public way, street, highway, place or alley, in a manner that would cause a reasonable person or pedestrian of a public way, street, highway, place or alley to fear for his or her safety. (c) Failure of police officer to comply with proper procedure. No person shall be convicted under this section if the police officer failed to comply with the procedure outlined herein. (d) Person's explanation deemed true at trial. No person shall be convicted under this section if it appears at trial that the explanation given by the person is true and, if believed by the police, would: (1) Have dispelled the fear for human safety; (2) Have dispelled the concern for safety of property; (3) Have dispelled the fear of a breach of the peace; (4) Have provided a justifiable reason for obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic, subject to the discretion of the court. (e) Probable cause to assume violation. If a person takes flight upon appearance of a police officer who identifies himself as such, or refuses to identify himself, or attempts to conceal himself, such police officer has probable cause to believe a violation of this section has occurred. (f) The first violation in any calendar year shall be subject to admission of violation and payment of the designated civil penalty through the ordinance violations bureau in accordance with Chapter 103 of this Code. All second and subsequent violations in the calendar year are subject to the enforcement procedures and penalties provided in section 103-3 of this Code. (g) Exception. The provisions of this section shall not apply to solicitation for any lawful business or any lawful charity. (Code 1975, § 20-9)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 407-104 Charitable promotions.

Sec. 407-104. - Charitable promotions. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, dispose of, publish or use any ticket, poster, placard, badge or any other form of advertisement or device in the promotion or conduct of any dance, bazaar, picnic, game, concert, theater, athletic contest or any other form of entertainment or performance purporting to be sponsored or given for any charitable, educational, religious, fraternal or public purpose or benefit, unless the correct names of the organizations or persons so represented as intended to be benefited by the receipts or profit from such entertainment or performance are set out on the tickets or devices so sold, disposed of or used, and unless the beneficiary has actually authorized such conduct. (Code 1975, § 20-12)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 407-105 Illegal handbill contents.

Sec. 407-105. - Illegal handbill contents. It shall be unlawful for any person to post or distribute any handbill which: (1) Is obscene; (2) Is libelous; or (3) Advocates unlawful and violent actions if there is a clear and present danger that such unlawful and violent actions will ensue. (Code 1975, § 20-19)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 407-106 Display of inflammatory flags, banners or signs.

Sec. 407-106. - Display of inflammatory flags, banners or signs. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry in any parade on any public way in the city, or exhibit in any licensed hall or public place of amusement, or display or exhibit on any vehicle, on any building or premises or in any other manner in public within the city, any flag, banner, ensign or sign having upon it any inscription generally known as symbolizing opposition to this nation's form of organized government, or which is sacrilegious, or which may be derogatory to the public welfare or morals; or to display any flag other than the national flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States, or a state flag, or the flag of a friendly foreign nation, or of the dependencies of such a nation. (Code 1975, § 20-47)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIPUORSA_CH407OFAGPUORSA_ARTIINGEFetched: 10/27/2026