Indiana Statutes
§ 32-17-2-5 — Conveyance by tenant for life or years
Indiana § 32-17-2-5
This text of Indiana § 32-17-2-5 (Conveyance by tenant for life or years) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Indiana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
Ind. Code § 32-17-2-5 (2026).
Text
A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years that purports to grant or convey a greater estate than the tenant possesses or can lawfully convey:
(1)does not result in a forfeiture of the tenants's estate; and
(2)passes to the grantee or alienee all the estate that the tenant
may lawfully convey.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-2-36.]
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Legislative History
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 32-16-1-1
"Prior property law"§ 32-16-1-2
Purpose of recodification§ 32-16-1-3
Statutory construction of recodification§ 32-16-1-4
Effect of recodification§ 32-16-1-5
Recodification of prior property law§ 32-16-1-6
References to repealed statutes§ 32-16-1-7
References to citations§ 32-16-1-8
References to prior rules§ 32-16-1-9
References to prior property law§ 32-17-1-1
"Grantor"§ 32-17-1-2
Fee simple conveyance§ 32-17-1-3
Estates tail; abolition§ 32-17-1-4
Lineal and collateral warranties; abolition§ 32-17-10-1
Application of chapterCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Indiana § 32-17-2-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/in/32-17-2-5.