Indiana Statutes
§ 32-20-5-2 — Filing claim to slander title; claimant's liability for costs and damages
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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Legislative History
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.5.
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References to repealed statutes§ 32-16-1-7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
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