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A person who knowingly or intentionally
breaks and enters the dwelling of another person
commits residential entry, a Level 6 felony.
35-43-2-2. Criminal trespass.
(a) As used in this section, “authorized person”
means a person authorized by an agricultural
operation to act on behalf of the agricultural oper-
ation.
(b) A person who:
(1) not having a contractual interest in the
property, knowingly or intentionally enters
the real property of another person after
having been denied entry by the other per-
son or that person’s agent;
(2) not having a contractual interest in the
property, knowingly or intentionally
refuses to leave the real property of another
person after having been asked to leave by
the other person or that person’s agent;
(3) accompanies another person in a vehi-
cle, with knowledge that the other person
knowingly or intentionally is exerting
unauthorized control over the vehicle;
(4) knowingly or intentionally interferes
with the possession or use of the property
of another person without the person’s
consent;
(5) not having a contractual interest in the
property, knowingly or intentionally enters
the:
(A) property of an agricultural opera-
tion that is used for the production,
processing, propagation, packaging,
cultivation, harvesting, care, manage-
ment, or storage or an animal, plant, or
other agricultural product, including
any pasturage or land used for timber
management, without the consent of
the owner of the agricultural opera-
tion or an authorized person; or
(B) dwelling of another person without
the person’s consent;
(6) knowingly or intentionally:
(A) travels by train without lawful
authority or the railroad carrier’s con-
sent; and
(B) rides on the outside of a train or
inside a passenger car, locomotive, or
freight car, including a boxcar, flatbed,
or container without lawful authority or
the railroad carrier’s consent;
(7) not having a contractual interest in the
property, knowingly or intentionally enters
or refuses to leave the property of another
person after having been prohibited from
entering or asked to leave the property by
a law enforcement officer when the prop-
erty is vacant or designated by a munici-
pality or county enforcement authority to
be abandoned property or an abandoned
structure (as defined in IC 36-7-36-1);
(8) not having a contractual interest in the
property, knowingly or intentionally enters
the real property of an agricultural opera-
tion (as defined in IC 32-30-6-1) without
the permission of the owner of the agri-
cultural operation or an authorized per-
son, and knowingly or intentionally
engages in conduct that causes property
damage to:
(A) the owner of or a person having a
contractual interest in the agricultural
operation;
(B) the operator of the agricultural
operation; or
(C) a person having personal property
located on the property of the agricul-
tural operation; or
(9) knowingly or intentionally enters the
property of another person after being
denied by a court order that has been issued
to the person or issued to the general pub-
lic by conspicuous posting on or around the
premises in areas where a person can
observe the order when the property has
been designated by a municipality or
county enforcement authority to be a
vacant property, an abandoned property, or
an abandoned structure (as defined in IC
36-7-36-1).
commits criminal trespass, a ClassAmisdemeanor.
However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if it is
committed on a scientific research facility, on a key
facility, on a facility belonging to a public utility
(as defined in IC 32-24-1-5.9(a)), on school prop-
erty, or on a school bus or the person has a prior
unrelated conviction for an offense under this
section concerning the same property. The offense
