Indiana § 32-20-5-2 Filing claim to slander title; claimant's liability for costs and damages

Indiana Statutes

§ 32-20-5-2 — Filing claim to slander title; claimant's liability for costs and damages

Indiana § 32-20-5-2

Title 32PROPERTY

Art. 20MARKETABLE TITLE FOR REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 5Slander of Title

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Ind. Code § 32-20-5-2 (2026).

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In any action to quiet title to land, if the court finds that a person has filed a claim only to slander title to land, the court shall:

(1)award the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including attorney's fees that the court allows to the plaintiff; and

(2)decree that the defendant asserting the claim shall pay to the plaintiff all damages that the plaintiff may have sustained as the result of the notice of claims having been filed for record. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-5-9 part.]

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In any action to quiet title to land, if the court
finds that a person has filed a claim only to slander title to land, the
court shall:
(1) award the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including
attorney's fees that the court allows to the plaintiff; and
(2) decree that the defendant asserting the claim shall pay to the
plaintiff all damages that the plaintiff may have sustained as the
result of the notice of claims having been filed for record.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-5-9 part.]