§ 12-24-15-2 — Delinquent charges; notice of lien; filing; requisites

Indiana § 12-24-15-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 24: STATE INSTITUTIONS
• Ch. 15: Legal Process for Recovery of Treatment and

Text

(a) If charges for the cost of treatment and
maintenance of a patient remain unpaid in whole for three (3) months
or in part for six (6) months, the appropriate division may file, in the
office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property
is located, the following:
(1) A notice of lien designating the name and place of residence
of the patient or responsible party against whose property the lien
is asserted.
(2) The date when the charges became delinquent.
(3) A legal description of the real property subject to the lien.
(b) The county auditor or assessor of a county shall, upon request by
the division, do the following:
(1) Give notice of all real property in the county registered to the
patient or responsible parties.
(2) Furnish the division the legal description and address of all
property so registered.
(c) One (1) copy of the notice of lien shall be retained by and filed
in the offices of the division, and one (1) copy shall be furnished to the
patient or responsible party whose real property is affected.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-18.1-4(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.18.