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IN Code § 36-2-11-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-3. Location of Office; Business Hours and Days; State of Emergency

Sec. 3. (a) The recorder shall keep the recorder's office in a building provided at the county seat by the county executive. The recorder shall keep the recorder's office open for business during regular business hours on every day of the year except Sundays and legal holidays. However, the recorder may close the recorder's office on days specified by the county executive according to the custom and practice of the county.(b) If a county office is closed for three (3) or more business days pursuant to an executive order issued under IC 10-14-3, the county executive and the county recorder shall provide notice to the public on an Internet web site maintained by or on behalf of the county executive and the recorder. The notice must be provided to the public within five (5) business days of the executive order being issued. The notice may include information on how the public can submit documents to the recorder's office in paper, electronic, or digital formats and how payment must be provided for services rendered by a specific county office.(c) A county office's failure to comply with subsection (b) shall not:(1) invalidate any instrument submitted to the recorder pursuant to:(A) IC 29-1-7-23(d);(B) IC 32-21; or(C) this chapter; or(2) subject the recorder, the recorder's office, or any county office personnel to civil liability under IC 34-13-3 or any other provision of Indiana law.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-2-1 part; 17-3-39-6.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.71; P.L.185-2021, SEC.64.
IN Code § 36-2-11-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-4. Legal Action on Days Office Is Closed

Sec. 4. A legal action required to be taken in the recorder's office on a day when the recorder's office is closed under section 3 of this chapter may be taken on the next day the recorder's office is open.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-2-1 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.72.
IN Code § 36-2-11-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-5. Delivery of Instruments Left for Record on Expiration of Term

Sec. 5. At the expiration of the recorder's term of office, the recorder shall deliver all instruments left for record with the recorder to the recorder's successor in office, whether the fees for recording them have been paid or not.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 5-7-9-1 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.73.
IN Code § 36-2-11-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-6. Demand of Fees; Overpayment of Fees; Refund

Sec. 6. (a) The recorder may demand the recorder's fees before entering and recording an instrument.(b) If:(1) a person, in payment of a recording fee required under IC 36-2-7-10, submits an amount that exceeds the amount of the fee set forth in IC 36-2-7-10; and(2) the instrument submitted meets the statutory requirements for filing;the recorder shall accept and record the instrument. If the amount submitted is at least three dollars ($3) more than the fee required by IC 36-2-7-10, the amount that exceeds three dollars ($3) shall be refunded upon the request of the person filing the document. The recorder may retain as an administrative fee up to three dollars ($3) of the excess of the amount submitted.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 5-7-9-1 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.171-2002, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-2-11-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-7. Return of Instrument to Presenter

Sec. 7. When the recorder has received an instrument for record, the recorder may return it to the person who presented it only after the fee for recording the instrument has been paid.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 5-7-9-1 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.74.
IN Code § 36-2-11-7.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-7.5. Personal Liability for Dishonored Checks

Sec. 7.5. A county recorder is not personally liable for the amount of a dishonored check, for penalties assessed against a dishonored check, or for financial institution charges relating to a dishonored check, if:(1) the check was tendered to the county recorder for the payment of a fee; and(2) the acceptance of the check was not an act or omission constituting gross negligence or an intentional disregard of the responsibilities of the office of county recorder.As added by P.L.98-2000, SEC.21.
IN Code § 36-2-11-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-8. Record of Instruments in Order Received; Public Access; Copies; Contaminated Instruments

Sec. 8. (a) The recorder shall record all instruments that are proper for recording, in the order in which they are received in the recorder's office for record. The recorder shall record deeds and mortgages in separate records.(b) Providing an exact copy of an original instrument in the possession of the recorder is sufficient to comply with the inspection of public records provided under IC 5-14-3-3 if the original document has not been archived.(c) Any instrument that is contaminated by blood or another bodily fluid, or that appears to be contaminated by blood or another bodily fluid, is not proper for recording. The recorder shall not record an instrument that is contaminated by blood or another bodily fluid or that appears to be contaminated by blood or another bodily fluid.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-39-2 part; 17-3-39-3 part; 17-3-39-5.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.87-2001, SEC.1; P.L.86-2013, SEC.5; P.L.127-2017, SEC.75.
IN Code § 36-2-11-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-9. Entry Book; Contents

Sec. 9. (a) The recorder shall keep an entry book in which the recorder shall enter information that identifies:(1) the date on which the recorder received each instrument for recording;(2) the names of the parties to the instrument;(3) a description of the premises affected by the instrument; and(4) the fees for recording the instrument.(b) The recorder may maintain the entry book in a paper, an electronic, or digital format.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-39-2 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.76.
IN Code § 36-2-11-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-10. Recording Requirements

Sec. 10. The recorder may record sheets conforming in size, color, weight, and texture to the pages of the appropriate official record book in which similar instruments are recorded, if:(1) the complete text of a printed instrument comprising ten (10) or more printed pages has been accurately and legibly printed on the sheets;(2) the original instrument is filed for record in the recorder's office at the same time; and(3) the recorder is satisfied that the complete text of the original instrument has been accurately and legibly printed on the sheets.After the recorder has numbered the sheets and entered them into the official record, the instruments are considered to have been properly recorded.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-52-1; 17-3-52-2.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.77.
IN Code § 36-2-11-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-12. Grantor and Grantee Index; Separate Indexes for Deeds and Mortgages; Requisites

Sec. 12. (a) The recorder shall index each volume of instruments the recorder records by:(1) the name of each grantor, promisor, or covenantor, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantee, promisee, or covenantee; and(2) the name of each grantee, promisee, or covenantee, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantor, promisor, or covenantor.(b) The recorder shall accurately maintain separate indexes of all the records of:(1) deeds for real estate; and(2) mortgages on real estate;in the recorder's office. The recorder shall index each deed or mortgage alphabetically, by the name of each grantor and grantee or mortgagor and mortgagee, and shall include in each index entry a concise description of the real property, the date of the deed or mortgage, and the number or letter of the book and the page at which each deed or mortgage is recorded.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-39-3 part; 17-3-53-1; 17-3-53-2; 17-3-53-3.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.16-2001, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-2-11-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-13. Plat or Instrument of Title to Real Property Recorded in County Where Plat or Property Not Located

Sec. 13. If a plat or an instrument of title to real property is recorded in a county other than the one in which the plat or property is located, the county executive of the county in which the plat or property is located may order the recorder of its county to record a copy of the plat or instrument that has been certified by the recorder of the county in which it was first recorded. A copy of a record made under this section that is certified by the recorder of the county in which the plat or property is located has the same force in evidence as the original instrument would have.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-39-7.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-2-11-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-14. Auditor's Endorsement Required for Recording of Deed of Partition, Conveyance of Land, or Affidavits of Transfer to Real Estate; Violation

Sec. 14. (a) The recorder may record:(1) a deed of partition;(2) a conveyance of land; or(3) an affidavit of transfer to real estate;only if it has been endorsed by the auditor of the proper county as "duly entered for taxation subject to final acceptance for transfer", "not taxable", or "duly entered for taxation" as provided by IC 36-2-9-18.(b) A recorder who violates this section shall forfeit the sum of five dollars ($5), to be recovered by an action in the name of the county, for the benefit of the common school fund.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-39-8 part; 17-3-39-9.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.54-1988, SEC.4; P.L.106-2003, SEC.7; P.L.106-2007, SEC.6.
IN Code § 36-2-11-14.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-14.5. Recording of Purchase Contracts Involving Manufactured Homes and Mobile Homes

Sec. 14.5. (a) As used in this section, "manufactured home" has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-96(b).(b) As used in this section, "mobile home" has the meaning set forth in IC 6-1.1-7-1(b).(c) A person must do the following to record a purchase contract that is subject to IC 9-17-6-17:(1) Submit the following to the county recorder:(A) A copy of the title to the manufactured home or mobile home.(B) An affidavit stating whether the contract requires the seller or the buyer to pay the property taxes imposed on the manufactured home or mobile home.(2) Pay any applicable recording fees.(d) The county recorder shall record a purchase contract submitted for recording under IC 9-17-6-17 by a person who complies with subsection (c). The county recorder shall do the following:(1) Provide the information described in subsection (c)(1) to the county treasurer with respect to each contract recorded under this section.(2) Notify the township assessor of the township in which the mobile home is located, or to which the mobile home will be moved, that a contract for the sale of the mobile home has been recorded. If there is no township assessor for the township, the county recorder shall provide the notice required by this subdivision to the county assessor.As added by P.L.203-2013, SEC.26. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.79.
IN Code § 36-2-11-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-15. Instruments That May Be Received for Record or Filing; Name of Person or Governmental Agency That Prepared Instrument

Sec. 15. (a) This section does not apply to:(1) an instrument executed before July 1, 1959, or recorded before July 26, 1967;(2) a judgment, order, or writ of a court;(3) a will or death certificate;(4) an instrument executed or acknowledged outside Indiana; or(5) a federal lien on real property or a federal tax lien on personal property, as described in section 25 of this chapter.(b) The recorder may receive for record or filing an instrument that conveys, creates, encumbers, assigns, or otherwise disposes of an interest in or lien on property only if:(1) the name of the person and governmental agency, if any, that prepared the instrument is printed, typewritten, stamped, or signed in a legible manner at the conclusion of the instrument; and(2) all Social Security numbers in the document are redacted, unless required by law.(c) An instrument complies with subsection (b)(1) if it contains a statement in the following form:"This instrument was prepared by (name).".(d) An instrument complies with subsection (b)(2) if it contains a statement in the following form at the conclusion of the instrument and immediately preceding or following the statement required by subsection (b)(1):"I affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that I have taken reasonable care to redact each Social Security number in this document, unless required by law (name).".[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-41-1.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.171-2006, SEC.21; P.L.160-2007, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-2-11-16.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-16.5. Requirements for Instrument or Document Presented for Recording; Not Applicable to Certain Instruments or Documents

Sec. 16.5. (a) This section does not apply to the following:(1) A judgment, an order, or a writ of a court.(2) A will or death certificate.(3) A plat.(4) A survey.(b) The county recorder may receive for record an instrument or a document if:(1) the instrument or document consists of at least one (1) individual page measuring not more than eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches by fourteen (14) inches that is not permanently bound and is not a continuous form;(2) the instrument or document is on white paper of at least twenty (20) pound weight and has clean margins:(A) on the first and last pages of at least two (2) inches on the top and bottom and one-half (1/2) inch on each side; and(B) on each additional page of at least one-half (1/2) inch on the top, bottom, and each side; and(3) the instrument or document is typewritten or computer generated in black ink in at least 10 point type.As added by P.L.211-1996, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.80.
IN Code § 36-2-11-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-17. Recording of Name of Farm; Description; Conveyance; Cancellation

Sec. 17. (a) An owner of a farm may have the name of the owner's farm and a description of the land to which the name applies recorded in a register kept for that purpose by the recorder of the county in which the farm is located. The recorder, under the seal of the recorder's office, shall present to the owner a proper certificate setting forth the name and description of the farm.(b) If a name is recorded as the name of a farm, the name may not be recorded as the name of another farm in the same county.(c) If the name of a farm is recorded under this section and the owner conveys all of the farm, the recorded name of the farm also is conveyed. If the owner conveys only a part of the farm, the recorded name of the farm is conveyed only if so stated in the deed of conveyance.(d) An owner of a farm may cancel the recorded name of the farm by making the following statement on the margin of the record of the name: "This name is cancelled and I hereby release all rights thereunder." This statement must be signed by the owner and attested by the recorder.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-44-1; 17-3-44-3; 17-3-44-4.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.81.
IN Code § 36-2-11-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-18. Marginal Entries; Satisfaction, Cancellation, or Assignment; Entry in Entry Book or Electronic Index

Sec. 18. (a) The recorder may allow marginal entries.(b) If a satisfaction, cancellation, or assignment of any kind is made on the margin of a record in the recorder's office or entered as an associated document, the recorder shall immediately enter it on the entry book or into the electronic index. The entry must show the date of entry, the name of the person who executed the instrument satisfied, cancelled, or assigned, and the name, number, and page of the record where the instrument is recorded.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-45-1.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.231-1989, SEC.12; P.L.127-2017, SEC.82.
IN Code § 36-2-11-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-19. Affidavit; Recording in Miscellaneous Records; Record as Prima Facie Evidence

Sec. 19. (a) An affidavit that:(1) concerns the birth, marriage, death, name, residence, identity, or relationship of any of the parties named in an instrument affecting real property;(2) is made by a professional surveyor registered under IC 25-21.5 and concerns the existence or location of a monument or physical boundary;(3) is made by a professional surveyor registered under IC 25-21.5 and reconciles ambiguous descriptions in conveyances with descriptions in a regular chain of title;(4) concerns facts incident to the adverse possession of real property and the payment of taxes on that property; or(5) is made by a purchaser of real property sold on foreclosure or conveyed in lieu of foreclosure of:(A) a deed of trust securing an issue of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness;(B) a mortgage;(C) a contract for the sale of real property; or(D) any other security instrument;held by a fiduciary or other representative, and concerns the authority of the purchaser to purchase the property and the terms and conditions on which the property is to be held and disposed of;may be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is located. If an affidavit is presented to the recorder for record under this section, the recorder shall record it in the miscellaneous records in the recorder's office.(b) An affidavit recorded under this section may be received in evidence in any proceeding affecting the real property and constitutes prima facie evidence of the facts and circumstances contained in the affidavit.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-47-1; 17-3-47-2; 17-3-47-3.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.23-1991, SEC.33; P.L.57-2013, SEC.89.
IN Code § 36-2-11-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-20. Memorandum of Lease or Memorandum of Contract; Recording; Effect

Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section, "contract" means an agreement for a seller to sell real estate to a purchaser that provides for the purchaser to pay the purchase price to the seller in periodic installments, with the seller retaining record title to the real estate and the purchaser acquiring equitable title to the real estate.(b) As used in this section, "lease" means a lease of real estate by a lessor to a lessee, over a term that is specified in a written lease agreement in consideration of the lessee's promise to pay rent to the lessor as also specified in the written lease agreement.(c) As used in this section, "lessee" means a tenant that is party to a lease with a lessor.(d) As used in this section, "lessor" means an owner of real property or buildings or fixtures situated on real property that enters into a lease with a lessee.(e) As used in this section, "real estate" means:(1) the real property that is subject to the lease or contract; or(2) buildings or fixtures situated on the real property that are subject to the lease or contract.(f) As used in this section, "seller" means an owner of real estate that sells the real estate to a purchaser under a contract.(g) A memorandum of a lease or a memorandum of contract may be recorded in lieu of the lease or contract itself if the memorandum is executed and acknowledged by the parties and contains:(1) the names of the parties;(2) the term of the lease or contract;(3) any option of the lessee to renew or extend the term of the lease or of the purchaser to renew or extend the term of the contract; and(4) the specific legal description of the real estate, or a survey or plot plan authorized under subsection (i) showing the location of the real estate.(h) A memorandum recorded under this section may also contain any other agreement made between the parties in the lease or contract.(i) A survey or plot plan may be used in lieu of a specific legal description to describe:(1) any part of a building on the real estate, if the specific legal description of the real property on which the building is located is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan;(2) any part of the real estate that is part of a larger tract of land, if the specific legal description of the larger tract is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan; or(3) real property of the lessor or seller, if:(A) its use is restricted by the terms of the lease or contract;(B) it is located wholly within real property of the lessor or seller; and(C) the specific legal description of the real property within which it is located is set forth in the memorandum, survey, or plot plan.(j) As to the provisions contained in a memorandum recorded under this section, recording the memorandum has the same effect as recording the lease or contract itself.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-49-1.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.83.
IN Code § 36-2-11-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 2. Government of Counties Generally|Chapter 11. County Recorder|36-2-11-22. Certified Copy of Matter Relating to Bankruptcy; Recording in Miscellaneous Records

Sec. 22. The recorder shall record a certified copy of a matter relating to bankruptcy if federal law requires that the copy be filed in the county in which lands of the bankrupt are located in order to give notice of the bankruptcy. The recorder shall record the copy in the miscellaneous records and shall index it in the same manner as deeds, in the name of the bankrupt as grantor and the trustee in bankruptcy or receiver as grantee.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-51-1 part.]As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1.