Title 32, PROPERTY

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "end user" means a person who uses a special tool as part of the person's manufacturing process. As added by P.L.73-2009, SEC.4.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "special tool" means tools, dies, jigs, gauges, gauging fixtures, special machinery, cutting tools, injection molds, or metal castings used in the design, development, manufacture, assembly or fabrication of parts. As added by P.L.73-2009, SEC.4.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "special tool builder" means a person who designs, develops, manufactures, or assembles special tools for sale. As added by P.L.73-2009, SEC.4.

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply if an end user retains title to and possession of a special tool. (b) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, if a customer does not claim possession of a special tool from an end user within three (3) years after the date the special tool is l…

Sec. 6. (a) An end user has a lien, dependent on possession, on any special tool in the end user's possession belonging to a customer for the amount due the end user from the customer for: (1) metal fabrication work performed with the special tool; or (2) making or improving the …

Sec. 7. (a) Before enforcing a lien created under section 6 of this chapter, the end user must give written notice to the customer that is: (1) delivered personally; or (2) sent by registered mail to the last known address of the customer. (b) The notice required under subsection…

Sec. 8. If an end user has not been paid the amount due within ninety (90) days after the date the notice is received by the customer as provided in section 7 of this chapter, the end user may sell the special tool at a public auction if: (1) the special tool is still in the end …

Sec. 9. (a) Before an end user may sell a special tool, the end user must notify: (1) the customer; and (2) any person whose security interest in the special tool is perfected by filing; by registered mail, return receipt requested, that the end user intends to sell the special t…

Sec. 1. (a) Notwithstanding the repeal of IC 32-33-5 concerning ambulance liens on July 1, 2013, if a provider of emergency ambulance services perfects a lien under IC 32-33-5-4 before July 1, 2013: (1) the lien remains valid; and (2) the provisions of IC 32-33-5 in effect on Jun…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "document" or "documents" means an electronic record (as defined in IC 26-2-8-102) or information that is: (1) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and (2) eligib…

Sec. 10. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to this article, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act under IC 26-2-8, IC 33-42, IC 36-2-7.5, and IC 36-2-11, as well as similar laws enacted…

Sec. 11. This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. 7001, et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any o…

Sec. 12. (a) The recorder shall record a paper or tangible copy of an electronic record (as defined in IC 26-2-8-102) that is otherwise eligible under Indiana law to be recorded if the paper or tangible copy of the electronic record: (1) contains an image of an electronic signatu…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. As added by P.L.127-2017, SEC.8.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "electronic document" means a document that is received by a county recorder in an electronic form. As added by P.L.127-2017, SEC.8.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. As added by P.L.127-2017, SEC.8.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, a corporation, a business trust, an estate, a trust, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint venture, a public corporation, a government or a governmental subdivision, agency, or instrument…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. As added by P.L.127-2017, SEC.8.

Sec. 7. (a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document: (1) be an original; (2) be on paper or another tangible medium; or (3) be in writing; the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document that satisfies this chapter, IC 32-21-2, IC 36-2-11, and the …

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "paper document" or "paper documents" means a tangible record that is received by a county recorder in a form that is not e…

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following repeal of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 9. (a) The electronic recording commission is established to adopt standards to implement this chapter before January 1, 2018. The commission consists of th…

Sec. 1. The definitions in IC 32-31-3 apply throughout this chapter. As added by P.L.29-2003, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "residential landlord-tenant statute" refers to any of the following: (1) IC 32-31-3. (2) IC 32-31-4. (3) IC 32-31-5. (4) IC 32-31-6. (5) IC 32-31-7. (6) IC 32-31-8. (7) IC 32-31-8.5. (8) IC 32-31-9. (9) IC 32-31-10. (10) IC 32-31-11. As added by …

Sec. 3. The residential landlord-tenant statutes apply to rental agreements for dwelling units located in Indiana. As added by P.L.29-2003, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. The residential landlord-tenant statutes do not apply to any of the following arrangements unless the arrangement was created to avoid application of the residential landlord-tenant statutes: (1) Residence at a rental unit owned or operated by an institution that is direc…

Sec. 5. This chapter does not limit the application of a statute that is not a residential landlord-tenant statute to a residential landlord-tenant relationship if the statute would otherwise be applicable to the relationship. As added by P.L.29-2003, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. If an occupant of real property: (1) has color of title to the property; (2) in good faith has made valuable improvements to the property; and (3) after making improvements to the property is found, in a court action, not to be the rightful owner of the property; an order…

Sec. 10. A plaintiff in an action for possession of real property to which this chapter applies is entitled to an execution for the possession of the real property in accordance with this chapter, but not otherwise. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-15-3-10.] As added by P.L.…

Sec. 11. If any land is sold by an executor, an administrator, a guardian, a sheriff, or a commissioner of the court and afterwards the land is recovered in the proper action by: (1) a person who was originally liable; (2) a person in whose hands the land would be liable to pay t…

Sec. 12. Any defendant in the main court action for possession of real property may file a complaint setting forth the sale and title under it and any other matter allowed under this chapter. The court proceedings must assess the values, damages, and other amounts of which assess…

Sec. 2. The complaint must: (1) set forth the grounds on which the defendant seeks relief; and (2) state, as accurately as practicable, the value of the improvements on the real property and the value of the property without the improvements. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32…

Sec. 3. All issues under this chapter joined together must be tried as in other cases, and the court or jury trying the cause shall assess the following: (1) The value of all lasting improvements made on the real property in question before the commencement of the action for the …

Sec. 4. The plaintiff in the main action for possession of the real property may pay the appraised value of the improvements to the real property, and the taxes paid, with interest, deducting the value of the rents and profits, and the damages sustained, as assessed at the trial,…

Sec. 5. If a plaintiff fails to pay the defendant the value of the improvements to the real property established under section 4 of this chapter after a reasonable time fixed by the court, the defendant may take the property after paying the plaintiff the appraised value of the p…

Sec. 6. If the plaintiff does not pay the defendant the appraised value of the improvements to the real property under section 4 of this chapter and the defendant does not pay the plaintiff the appraised value of the real property under section 5 of this chapter within the time f…

Sec. 7. Except when the purchaser knows at the time of the sale that the seller lacks authority to sell the property, a purchaser who in good faith, at a judicial or tax sale, purchases property that is sold by the proper person or officer has color of title within the meaning of…

Sec. 8. An occupant of real property has color of title within the meaning of this chapter if the occupant: (1) can show a connected title in law or equity, derived from the records of any public office; or (2) holds the property by purchase or descent from a person claiming titl…

Sec. 9. (a) A claimant occupying real property who has color of title may recover the value of lasting improvements to the real property made by the party under whom the claimant claims, as well as those improvements made by the occupying claimant. (b) A person holding the premis…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "amateur radio antenna" means an antenna, support structure, tower, feed line, or related equipment used by an amateur station as defined by 47 CFR 97.3. As added by P.L.53-2026, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "governing documents" has the meaning set forth in IC 32-25.5-2-3. As added by P.L.53-2026, SEC.6.

Sec. 3. This chapter applies only to a homeowners association's adoption or amendment of governing documents after June 30, 2026. As added by P.L.53-2026, SEC.6.

Sec. 4. A homeowners association may not adopt or enforce a regulation, rule, or other policy that has the effect of prohibiting a person from maintaining an amateur radio antenna on a property that the person owns, rents, or leases. As added by P.L.53-2026, SEC.6.

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "acting as an agent of a foreign adversary" means to knowingly engage in conduct at the direction of or under the control of a foreign adversary that materially advances the foreign adversary's strategic, intelligence, or military objectives. …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "agent of a foreign adversary" means a person: (1) who either: (A) is an agent, a representative, an employee, or a servant; or (B) acts in any capacity at the order, request, or under the direction or control; of the government of a foreign adver…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "business entity" means: (1) a corporation, professional corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or limited partnership; or (2) the equivalent of any entity described in subdivision (1). As added by P.L.131-2026…

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "controlling person" means: (1) a beneficial owner (as defined in IC 23-1-20-3.5) of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the shares of a business entity; (2) an officer, a director, or any other individual who possesses inside information about a …