Indiana Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Indiana, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Indiana: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Indiana data files, checked November 2026 against 6 official pages, among them Indiana Office of Court Services: Small Claims Manual (2026, updated 12/23/2025); Indiana General Assembly: IC 32-31-1 (2025); Indiana Office of Court Services: Small Claims Manual (2026); Indiana Supreme Court: Order Amending Pre-Eviction Diversion Program (22S-MS-308); Indiana Office of Court Services: Trial Court Fee Manual (current through the 2026 legislative session); Indiana Judicial Branch: E-filing implementation schedule (available in all Indiana trial courts; unrepresented litigants may e-file), plus Justia (statute text) and FindLaw Codes and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read.
• 11 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Indiana notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 12 confirmed Indiana rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 11 points to check: deposit limit, interest on the deposit, where the deposit is held, rent increase notice, court, filing fee, time to answer or appear, hearing after filing and more, each with the official page.
• Indiana landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: return deadline: For rental agreements made after June 30, 1989: within 45 days after the landlord receives the tenant's forwarding address, a full refund or an itemized written statement of why any part is kept (IC 32-31-3-12); itemized list of deductions: An itemized, written statement showing why all or part of the deposit is kept (IC 32-31-3-12); penalty the law states: A landlord who fails to comply with sections 14 and 15 (the itemized notice and the withholding rules) is liable for the part of the deposit withheld, plus reasonable attorney fees and court costs (IC 32-31-3-16); ending month-to-month (landlord): At least 30 days' advance notice by either side (Small Claims Manual); ending month-to-month (tenant): At least 30 days' advance notice by either side (Small Claims Manual); unpaid rent notice: Not less than 10 days' notice, unless the parties agreed otherwise or the tenant pays in full within the period; entry notice: Reasonable times with reasonable notice for repairs and inspections; immediate access for emergencies; late fee limits: Reasonable late charges only if agreed in writing; who carries out the lockout: An actual eviction with the sheriff's help needs a court order first; right to counsel (statewide): No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here; diversion or mediation (statewide): A statewide pre-eviction diversion program and a free landlord-tenant settlement conference program; small claims limit (for a deposit dispute): $10,000: the most a small claims case can ask for.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Indiana's return deadline (within 45 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Indiana case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Indiana landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Indiana rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.