What this office does
The county surveyor is an elected county officer created by the Indiana Constitution. The surveyor keeps the county's land survey records and corners and is the technical authority on regulated drains; a surveyor who is a civil engineer plans and supervises the county's surveying and engineering work [1, 2, 3].
The job in full — the duties the Indiana Code puts in it, the term, what it pays and who sets that, and what to ask a candidate.
- Term limit
- None; the constitutional eight-in-twelve limit does not apply to the surveyor [1]
- Qualifications
- Must have lived in the county for at least one year before the election, be registered to vote in the county by the filing deadline, and file a statement of economic interests [4]
- Pay and staff
- Set by the county council, which also fixes the number of deputies and employees; the officer files a budget estimate each summer [5, 6]
- On the 2026 ballot
- 29 counties; 1 contested (more candidates, including write-ins, than seats) [7]
What the law puts in this job (3)
- If a competent civil engineer, plans and supervises all surveying and civil engineering work of the county under the direction of the commissioners [2].
- Is the technical authority on the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of regulated drains and a nonvoting member of the county drainage board [3].
- Keeps the county's survey records and land corners [2].
Fountain County's numbers for this office
Legal Insights county office research (Oct. 13, 2026): Indiana Gateway budgets 2019-2026 and the indicator sources linked on each line.
No 2026 budget lines could be matched to this office.
Also on the record for this office
- GIS budget 2026 (all departments): 0
About this race
- Only one candidate is on the ballot for this office [7].
Candidates on the ballot
NA
Nicole M (Nikki) Allen
Republican
Nicole M (Nikki) Allen is the Republican nominee [8].
How Allen got on the ballot
- Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, with 3,037 votes [8].
What we could not find about Allen
- No campaign website, candidate questionnaire, news interview or biography was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.
- What's included
- the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
- Everything else
- Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
- Candidate lists
- As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
- At the polls
- Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5
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