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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Ripley County Surveyor

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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
4 years [1]
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].

Ripley 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.

This office's 2026 budget

$156,601

0.6% of the county's adopted 2026 budget · 16% more than 2019, before inflation

2019: $135,5842020: $111,0472021: $114,4462022: $137,5832023: $141,9982024: $138,8362025: $139,4812026: $156,601
2019 $135,5842026 $156,601
The year-by-year figures

Adopted budget, all funds, 2019-2026 (not adjusted for inflation)

  • 2019: $135,584
  • 2020: $111,047
  • 2021: $114,446
  • 2022: $137,583
  • 2023: $141,998
  • 2024: $138,836
  • 2025: $139,481
  • 2026: $156,601

Budget lines counted: 0006 COUNTY SURVEYOR; fund 9502 SURVEYOR/CORONER PERPETUATION

Adopted 2026 county budget (Form 1 line items, Form 4B) and earlier years' budgets

Elected official's pay, 2026 budget line

$27,376

From the county budget; verify against the county's 2026 salary ordinance. A line can include longevity pay or a second role.

  • Includes $28,792 in funds named for the office (for example a commissary or perpetuation fund) that are not coded to its department.

Also on the record for this office

  • public GIS/parcel viewer: WTH Technology (wthgis)
  • GIS budget 2026 (all departments): 0

About this race

  • The current officeholder, Jeff French (Republican), is on the ballot for another term [8, 7].
  • Only one candidate is on the ballot for this office [7].

Candidates on the ballot

Jeffrey P French

RepublicanIncumbent

Jeffrey P French (Republican) is the current officeholder, according to the county [8].

French's background

  • Listed by the county as the current officeholder [8].

How French got on the ballot

  • Listed as the Republican candidate on the state's Sept. 22 general-election list; this office's May 2026 primary result was not found in the state results data reviewed [7].

What we could not find about French

  • No campaign website, candidate questionnaire or interview stating plans for the office was found in free sources as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Sources for French

Key points

Sources

Researched Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. Constitution of the State of Indiana, Article 6, Section 2 (quoted in the 2026 Candidate Guide) (Indiana Election Division)
  2. Indiana Code 36-2-12-8: Surveyor; duties (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  3. Indiana Code 36-9-27-29: County surveyor; regulated drains (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  4. 2026 Indiana Candidate Guide (County Offices) (Indiana Election Division)
  5. Indiana Code 36-2-5-3: County fiscal body; compensation and positions (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  6. Indiana Code 36-2-5-5: Officers' budget estimates (Indiana General Assembly (2026 Indiana Code))
  7. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  8. Surveyor (Ripley County, Indiana)
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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