"Root of title" defined

Ind. Code § 32-20-2-6, under Definitions.

Ind. Code § 32-20-2-6

Sec. 6. "Root of title" means that title transaction in the chain of title of a person: (1) that purports to create the interest claimed by the person; (2) upon which the person relies as a basis for the marketability of the person's title; and (3) that is the most recent to be recorded as of a date at least fifty (50) years before the time when marketability is being determined.

The effective date of the root of title is the date on which it is recorded. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-5-8(e).] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.5.