§ 32-21-2-13 — Conveyances dividing single property tax tracts into multiple parcels; requirements for recording

Indiana § 32-21-2-13

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 32: PROPERTY
• Art. 21: CONVEYANCE PROCEDURES FOR REAL
• Ch. 2: Recording Process

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), if
the auditor of the county or the township assessor (if any) under IC 6-1.1-5-9 and IC 6-1.1-5-9.1 determines it necessary, an instrument
transferring fee simple title to less than the whole of a tract that will
result in the division of the tract into at least two (2) parcels for
property tax purposes may not be recorded unless the auditor or
township assessor is furnished a drawing or other reliable evidence of
the following:
(1) The number of acres in each new tax parcel being created.
(2) The existence or absence of improvements on each new tax
parcel being created.
(3) The location within the original tract of each new tax parcel
being created.
(b) Any instrument that is accepted for recording and placed of
record that bears the endorsement required by IC 36-2-11-14 is
presumed to comply with this section.
(c) If the duties of the township assessor have been transferred to the
county assessor as described in IC 6-1.1-1-24, a reference to the
township assessor in this section is considered to be a reference to the
county assessor.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-2-37(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.219-2007, SEC.100; P.L.146-2008, SEC.673.