Title 32, PROPERTY

Sec. 4. A deed restriction, restrictive covenant, or agreement that applies uniformly to all homes and industrialized residential structures in a subdivision may impose the same aesthetic compatibility requirements on an industrialized residential structure in the subdivision tha…

Sec. 1. This chapter does not do the following: (1) Provide an exclusive basis by which a joint owner in coal or a lessee of the coal owner may enjoy their estate in the coal land. (2) Diminish the rights of a joint owner of coal or a lessee of the coal owner under common law. (3…

Sec. 10. Any payment that is owed to a defendant under a coal lease executed by the trustee must be paid by the plaintiff directly to the defendant. As added by P.L.94-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 11. The sale of and execution of any coal lease under this chapter is binding concerning the interest in the coal and the right to mine and remove the coal owned by any defendant to the action in the same manner as if the defendant had personally signed and delivered the lea…

Sec. 12. (a) If a trustee: (1) dies or resigns; or (2) refuses or is unable to act; the circuit or superior court shall, upon either the court's motion or the motion of a plaintiff, appoint a successor trustee. (b) After the entry of the initial judgment authorizing a lease, all …

Sec. 13. The court costs related to the proceedings allowed under this chapter must be paid by the plaintiff. As added by P.L.94-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 14. This chapter shall be liberally construed so that any lease issued under this chapter conveys marketable title. As added by P.L.94-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "coal land" means the coal estate in land that contains coal and is subject to a vested interest by a plaintiff, under this chapter, to the coal lying within the land. As added by P.L.94-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "coal owner" means a person vested with an undivided fractional fee simple interest or other freehold interest in coal contained within the coal land. However, the term does not include a person with only a leasehold, easement, or right-of-way int…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "joint owner" means a person who is a joint tenant, a tenant in common, a tenant by the entirety, or other person who is a coal owner of less than one hundred percent (100%) of an undivided interest in all the coal within the coal land that is sou…

Sec. 5. A proceeding under this chapter must be brought in the circuit or superior court of the county: (1) where the coal land sought to be affected is entirely located; or (2) if the coal land is located in more than one (1) county, the county where the major part of the coal l…

Sec. 6. (a) If the title to coal lying within the land is owned by joint owners, a coal owner or coal lessee of the coal owner that meets the requirements under this chapter is authorized to mine and remove coal from the land subject to this chapter. (b) The circuit or superior c…

Sec. 7. Proceedings for the appointment of a trustee may be instituted by any person who is: (1) a coal owner of the coal sought to be developed; or (2) vested with a valid and subsisting coal lease, if the lessor is a person described in subdivision (1). As added by P.L.94-2009,…

Sec. 8. (a) The person seeking to create a trust for an interest in coal land for the purpose of leasing and developing the coal interest shall join as a defendant each person who has a legal interest in the coal land, except for any plaintiffs or persons having a legal interest …

Sec. 9. (a) The trustee shall: (1) enter into negotiations with the plaintiff; (2) execute a coal lease in favor of the plaintiff covering the interest of the defendant that reflects the findings and judgment of the circuit or superior court; and (3) promptly prepare and file a r…

Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 32-8-24-2 (before its repeal, now codified at section 2 of this chapter) by P.L.235-1993: (1) apply to liens that are perfected before, on, or after April 22, 1993; and (2) do not apply to divest a right that vested before April 22, 1993. As ad…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the employees of a corporation doing business in Indiana, whether organized under Indiana law or otherwise, may have and hold a first and prior lien upon: (1) the corporate property of the corporation; and (2) the earnings of the …

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to a lien acquired by any person for purchase money. (b) Any employee wishing to acquire a lien under section 1 of this chapter upon the corporate property of any corporation or the corporation's earnings, whether the employee's claim is du…

Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter, an employee: (1) whose claim is for a commission due upon the conveyance of real estate; and (2) who wishes to acquire a lien on the real estate; may file a notice in the recorder's office of the county in which the real esta…

Sec. 4. (a) An employee having acquired a lien under this chapter may enforce the lien by filing a complaint in the circuit or superior court in the county where the lien was acquired at any time within six (6) months after the date of acquiring the lien, or if a credit is given,…

Sec. 5. (a) In an action brought under this chapter, all persons whose liens are recorded under section 2 of this chapter may be made parties to the action. Issues shall be made up and trials had as in other cases. (b) The court may, when several actions are pending by different …

Sec. 6. In a proceeding commenced under this chapter, a defendant may file a written undertaking, with surety to be approved by the court, in the exercise of sound discretion, to the effect that the defendant will pay the judgments that may be recovered, and costs. An undertaking…

Sec. 7. In all cases not specially provided for in this chapter, the law, rules, practice, and pleadings in force in reference to the enforcement of mechanic's liens apply to suits commenced under this chapter. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-24-6.] As added by P.L.2-2002…

Sec. 1. Except as provided in IC 32-30-10.5 for mortgage transactions described in IC 32-30-10.5-5, it is not necessary in any action upon a mortgage or lien to give time for: (1) the payment of money; or (2) performing any other act. Final judgment may be given in the first inst…

Sec. 2. In the foreclosure of a mortgage, the sale of the mortgaged property shall be ordered in all cases. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-15-8-2.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.15.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to the removal of a squatter. As added by P.L.191-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "squatter" means an individual who: (1) occupies the property of another person; (2) does not have a rental agreement, permission of the property owner, or any other property interest authorizing the individual to occupy the other person's propert…

Sec. 3. (a) A property owner who discovers that a squatter is occupying the owner's property may execute an affidavit stating that the squatter: (1) is occupying the owner's property; (2) does not have a rental agreement, permission of the owner, or any other property interest au…

Sec. 4. (a) A property owner may provide a law enforcement agency with a copy of the affidavit described in section 3 of this chapter. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), not later than forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of the affidavit, the law enforcement agency shall …

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a law enforcement officer dispatched to remove a squatter shall remove the squatter from the property unless the law enforcement officer discovers credible evidence that the individual is not a squatter because the individual: (1)…

Sec. 6. The provisions for the removal of a squatter under this chapter are in addition to and supplement any other legal remedies available to the property owner, including filing an action for possession or emergency possession under this article. As added by P.L.191-2025, SEC.…

Sec. 7. A law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer is immune from civil liability for acting within the scope of the law enforcement agency's or law enforcement officer's duties to enforce a requirement of this chapter. As added by P.L.191-2025, SEC.1.

Sec. 8. (a) For purposes of this section, a person is wrongfully removed from property under this chapter if the affiant knowingly makes a materially false statement on an affidavit described in section 3 of this chapter. (b) A person wrongfully removed from property under this c…

Sec. 1. (a) The owner or operator of a machine or tool used in threshing or hulling grain or seeds or in the plowing, disking, or cultivating of land for the production of crops or in the combining, picking, or baling of crops has a lien upon the grain or seed threshed or hulled …

Sec. 2. A lien provided for in this chapter does not attach to crops in the hands of an innocent purchaser or dealer in the usual course of trade unless all of the notices provided for in section 1 of this chapter have been given. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-33-2.] As…