Title 32, PROPERTY

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.

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if, as a result of a disclaimer or transfer, the disclaimed or transferred interest is treated under: (1) Title 26 of the United States Code, in effect on July 1, 2003, or later amended or a successor statute; and (2) t…

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) A conveyance made for the purpose of extinguishing a possibility of reverter or a right of entry. (2) The rights of: (A) a mortgagee based on the terms of the mortgage; (B) a trustee or beneficiary under a trust deed in th…

Sec. 2. A possibility of reverter or right of entry for breach of a condition subsequent concerning real property is invalid after thirty (30) years from the date the possibility of reverter or right of entry is created, notwithstanding a period of creation longer than thirty (30…

Sec. 3. A person may not commence an action for recovery of any part of real property after June 30, 1994, based on a possibility of reverter or right of entry for a breach of a condition subsequent if: (1) the breach of the condition occurred before July 1, 1993; and (2) the pos…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: (1) "person" includes a person who may be married; and (2) "persons" includes persons who may be married to each other. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-9-3.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. (a) A person who owns real property or an interest in real property that the person has the power to convey may effectively convey the property or interest by a conveyance naming as grantees that person and one (1) or more other persons. (b) Two (2) or more persons who ow…

Sec. 3. (a) Two (2) or more persons who own real property or an interest in real property that they have power to convey may effectively convey the property or interest by a conveyance naming as grantee or grantees one (1) or more of those persons. (b) A conveyance under subsecti…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "mineral interest" means the interest that is created by an instrument that transfers, by: (1) grant; (2) assignment; (3) reservation; or (4) otherwise; an interest of any kind in coal, oil and gas, and other minerals. [Pre-2002 Recodification Cit…

Sec. 2. An interest in coal, oil and gas, and other minerals, if unused for a period of twenty (20) years, is extinguished and the ownership reverts to the owner of the interest out of which the interest in coal, oil and gas, and other minerals was carved. However, if a statement…

Sec. 3. (a) A mineral interest is considered to be used when: (1) minerals are produced under the mineral interest; (2) operations are conducted on the mineral interest for injection, withdrawal, storage, or disposal of water, gas, or other fluid substances; (3) rentals or royalt…

Sec. 4. (a) The statement of claim under section 2 of this chapter must: (1) be filed by the owner of the mineral interest before the end of the twenty (20) year period set forth in section 2 of this chapter; and (2) contain: (A) the name and address of the owner of the mineral i…

Sec. 5. Failure to file a statement of claim within the time provided in section 4 of this chapter does not cause a mineral interest to be extinguished if the owner of the mineral interest: (1) was, at the time of the expiration of the period specified in section 4 of this chapte…

Sec. 6. (a) A person who succeeds to the ownership of a mineral interest may, upon the lapse of the mineral interest, give notice of the lapse of the mineral interest by: (1) publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the mineral interest is lo…