Title 32, PROPERTY

Sec. 0.5. (a) As used in this section, "agricultural land" means land that is: (1) zoned or otherwise designated as agricultural land; (2) used for growing crops or raising livestock; or (3) reserved for conservation. (b) This chapter does not apply to a fence that separates two …

Sec. 1. A fence that is used by adjoining property owners as a partition fence, unless otherwise agreed upon by the property owners, is considered a partition fence and shall be repaired, maintained, and paid for as provided under this chapter. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: …

Sec. 2. (a) The owner of a property that: (1) is located outside; (2) abuts; or (3) is adjacent to; the boundary of the corporate limits of a town or city shall separate the owner's property from adjoining properties by a partition fence constructed upon the line dividing or sepa…

Sec. 3. (a) A partition fence shall be built, rebuilt, and kept in repair at the cost of the property owners whose properties are enclosed or separated by the fences proportionately according to the number of rods or proportion of the fence the property owner owns along the line …

Sec. 4. (a) As soon as the township trustee has had a fence built, rebuilt, or repaired under this chapter, the trustee shall make out a certified statement in triplicate of the actual cost incurred by the trustee in the building, rebuilding, or repairing the fence. One (1) copy …

Sec. 5. The township trustee has no personal liability for a contract the trustee makes under this chapter for building, rebuilding, or repairing fences under this chapter. The contractor shall receive payment from the township funds, which shall be reimbursed when the contract p…

Sec. 6. This chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of the objects and purposes for which it is enacted and shall apply to all agricultural land, whether enclosed or unenclosed, cultivated or uncultivated, wild or wood lot. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-10-9-6.] As…

Sec. 1. If: (1) a court with jurisdiction in Indiana renders a judgment foreclosing a public improvement lien; (2) the sheriff of a county sells the encumbered real estate to satisfy the lien; and (3) the sheriff has executed a sheriff's deed for the real estate to a purchaser; a…

Sec. 1. (a) In a suit brought in a court of Indiana to: (1) foreclose a mortgage or other lien on real estate located in Indiana; or (2) sell real estate located in Indiana; if the plaintiff is required to make a person a party to the suit, the plaintiff may list the person as a …

Sec. 1. A claimant who is a joint tenant, tenant in common, or tenant in coparcenary may maintain an action against the claimant's cotenant or coparcener, or the cotenant's or coparcener's personal representatives, for receiving more than the cotenant's or coparcener's just propo…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies only to a rental agreement for a dwelling unit that is entered into or renewed after June 30, 2007. (b) This chapter applies to a landlord or tenant only with respect to a rental agreement for a dwelling unit that is entered into or renewed after …

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies if the perpetrator who is restrained from contact with the tenant referred to in subsection (b) under an order referred to in section 7(2)(A) or 7(2)(B) of this chapter is a tenant of the same dwelling unit as the tenant referred to in subsection…

Sec. 11. (a) A tenant who provides notice or a copy of a court order under section 9 or 10 of this chapter shall reimburse the landlord for the actual expense incurred by the landlord in changing the locks. (b) If a landlord fails to change the locks within the time set forth in …

Sec. 12. (a) A protected individual who is a tenant may terminate the protected individual's rights and obligations under a rental agreement by providing the landlord with a written notice of termination in compliance with this section. (b) A protected individual must give writte…

Sec. 13. Notwithstanding: (1) the termination of a protected individual's rights and obligations under a rental agreement under this chapter; or (2) the exclusion of a perpetrator of an applicable offense from a dwelling unit under this chapter; the rights and obligations of othe…

Sec. 14. A perpetrator who is a tenant and who is excluded from a dwelling unit under a court order remains liable under the lease with other tenants of the dwelling unit for rent and for the cost of damages to the dwelling unit. As added by P.L.22-2007, SEC.2.

Sec. 15. This chapter does not make a landlord or the agent of a landlord liable for the actions of a perpetrator or a third party. As added by P.L.22-2007, SEC.2.

Sec. 2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the definitions in IC 32-31-3 apply throughout this chapter. As added by P.L.22-2007, SEC.2.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "applicable offense" refers to any of the following: (1) A crime involving domestic or family violence (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-76). (2) A sex offense under IC 35-42-4. (3) Stalking under IC 35-45-10. As added by P.L.22-2007, SEC.2. Amended by …

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "applicant" means an individual who applies to a landlord to enter into a lease of a dwelling unit. As added by P.L.22-2007, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "dwelling unit" has the meaning set forth in IC 32-31-5-3. As added by P.L.22-2007, SEC.2.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "perpetrator" means an individual who: (1) has been convicted of; or (2) for purposes of a civil protection order, has been determined to have committed; an applicable offense. As added by P.L.22-2007, SEC.2.

Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "protected individual" means a tenant or applicant: (1) who is: (A) a victim; or (B) an alleged victim; of an applicable offense; and (2) who has received either of the following: (A) A civil order for protection issued or recognized by a court un…

Sec. 8. (a) A landlord may not terminate a lease, refuse to renew a lease, refuse to enter into a lease, or retaliate against a tenant solely because: (1) a tenant; (2) an applicant; or (3) an individual who is a member of the tenant's or applicant's household; is a protected ind…

Sec. 9. (a) This section applies if a perpetrator who is restrained from contact with the tenant referred to in subsection (b) under an order referred to in section 7(2)(A) or 7(2)(B) of this chapter is not a tenant of the same dwelling unit as the tenant referred to in subsectio…

Sec. 1. If a person entrusts to a mechanic or tradesman materials to construct, alter, or repair an article of value, the mechanic or tradesman, if the construction, alteration, or repair is completed and not taken away and the mechanic's or tradesman's fair and reasonable charge…

Sec. 2. Before a sale under section 1 of this chapter, the mechanic or tradesman must give notice of the amount due and the time and place of the sale by mailing a certified or registered letter, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the entrusting person or owne…

Sec. 3. (a) The proceeds of a sale that takes place under section 1 of this chapter, after payment of charges for construction or repair and for giving notice by registered or certified mail, shall be: (1) returned to the entrusting person or owner if the identity and mailing add…

Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, this chapter applies to all cases of personal property on which the bailee or keeper has, by law, a lien for any feed or care by the bailee or keeper provided on the property. However, in cases where the person liable dies …

Sec. 5. For personal property described in section 4 of this chapter, if the property bailed or kept is: (1) horses; (2) cattle; (3) hogs; (4) other livestock; or (5) other property covered in this chapter that is of a perishable nature and will be greatly injured by delay; the p…

Sec. 6. Additional compensation for keeping and taking care of property referred to in section 5 of this chapter, if necessarily incurred, may be taken from the proceeds of sale under section 5 of this chapter as part of the charges. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-30-6.]…

Sec. 7. A forwarding and commission merchant having a lien upon goods that may have remained in store for at least one (1) year may proceed to advertise and sell at public auction as much of the goods as may be necessary to pay the amount of the lien and expenses, according to th…

Sec. 8. All mechanics, tradesmen, or bailees taking advantage of this chapter, at the time of the entrusting, must issue a receipt to the person entrusting the article to them. The receipt must conspicuously state, "All articles left on the premises after work is completed may be…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "timber" means trees, whether standing, down, or prepared for sale, sawlogs and all other logs, cross and railroad ties, boards, planks, staves and heading, and other trees cut or prepared for market. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-9-5-6.] …

Sec. 10. A contract for the sale of standing trees or standing timber may not be enforced by a legal action unless the contract or some memorandum of the contract is in writing and signed by the person to be charged or the person's duly authorized agent. [Pre-2002 Recodification …

Sec. 11. (a) If timber is branded by the seller or by another person with the seller's consent with the brand of the purchaser or another person or corporation, the title to the timber passes at once to the person or corporation whose brand is placed on the timber. (b) Placement …

Sec. 12. (a) This chapter does not affect the validity and effect of a brand or trademark adopted and recorded under the law in effect before March 11, 1901. (b) A brand or trademark described in subsection (a) is valid for all purposes, civil and criminal, as if the brand or tra…

Sec. 13. (a) If timber prepared for market is found on any of the streams of Indiana, the timber shall be held and disposed of as provided in this chapter. The finder of the timber shall receive as compensation for the finder's services only the fees provided for in section 2 of …

Sec. 2. (a) A person who finds and secures any boats, fleets of timber, rafts, platforms, sawlogs, or other logs or trees prepared for the purpose of sale, or any cross or railroad ties, boards, planks, staves, heading, or other timber prepared for market that is the property of …

Sec. 3. A person who finds a fleet, raft or platform, as described in this chapter, is entitled to reasonable compensation for keeping and caring for the property in addition to the fees set forth in section 1 of this chapter. The compensation may not exceed the following rates: …

Sec. 4. If a person finds any sawlog or other log or trees prepared for sale as described in this chapter and the property remains in the person's possession more than thirty (30) days after the time the person found the property to the time the owner offers to pay the charges de…

Sec. 5. If the finder of any property described in this chapter: (1) hides the property; (2) allows the property to get aground so that the finder cannot immediately, upon the demand of the property's owner or the owner's agents, put the property afloat; or (3) fails to put the p…

Sec. 6. A person, firm, or corporation that deals in timber in any form is considered a timber dealer and may adopt a brand in the manner and with the effect described in this chapter. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-9-5-5.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.

Sec. 7. (a) A timber dealer desiring to adopt a brand may do so by the execution of a writing in the following form: Brand - Notice is hereby given that I (or we, as the case may be) have adopted the following brand in my (or our) business as a timber dealer: (Here insert the wor…

Sec. 8. A brand adopted in accordance with this chapter is the exclusive trademark of the person adopting the brand, and the brand constitutes property under IC 35-31.5-2-253. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-9-5-8.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.114-2012, S…

Sec. 9. A person who owns a brand shall cause the brand to be plainly stamped, branded, or otherwise impressed upon each piece of timber upon which the brand is placed. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-9-5-9.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.19.