County Ordinaces Enforcement

An ordinance is a law enacted by a local government. It establishes the rules for the operation of the local government or provides rules and regulations governing public activity in the community. Some ordinances are intended to be permanent and are assembled in an indexed book called a "code of ordinances" or a "municipal code". Other ordinances may be temporary in nature, and therefore do not need to be codified. To be valid, an ordinance cannot conflict with state or federal law, and it must be properly enacted. An ordinance applies only in the municipality in which it is adopted. The Vigo County Sheriff’s Office is the enforcing agency of all county ordinances.

Vigo County has several ordinances however those that require enforcement are the responsibility of our agency ordinance officer and all deputies of the department.  The sheriff’s office is the only agency that can enforce county ordinances and cannot enforce other ordinances that are adopted by other government entities such as the City of Terre Haute.