Indiana § 32-28-13-6.5 Property owner who is a public official or public employee

Indiana Statutes

§ 32-28-13-6.5 — Property owner who is a public official or public employee

Indiana § 32-28-13-6.5

Title 32PROPERTY

Art. 28LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 13Common Law Liens

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Ind. Code § 32-28-13-6.5 (2026).

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(a)If a property owner who is a public official or public employee receives a statement of intention to hold a common law lien under section 5 of this chapter, the property owner may provide written notice to the county recorder swearing and affirming that the property owner is a public official or public employee.

(b)Not later than three (3) business days after receiving a property owner's written notice, the county recorder shall send to the lienholder the following:

(1)A copy of the property owner's written notice.

(2)A statement that if the lienholder fails to commence suit on the common law lien within thirty (30) days after the postmark date of the county recorder's notice under this subsection, the common law lien is void. The county recorder shall send a copy of the county r

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5. (a) If a property owner who is a public
official or public employee receives a statement of intention to hold a
common law lien under section 5 of this chapter, the property owner
may provide written notice to the county recorder swearing and
affirming that the property owner is a public official or public
employee.
(b) Not later than three (3) business days after receiving a property
owner's written notice, the county recorder shall send to the lienholder
the following:
(1) A copy of the property owner's written notice.
(2) A statement that if the lienholder fails to commence suit on
the common law lien within thirty (30) days after the postmark
date of the county recorder's notice under this subsection, the
common law lien is void.
The county recorder shall send a copy of the county recorder's written
notice to the property owner. The county recorder's notice to the
lienholder must be made by first class mail to the lienholder at the
address given in the lienholder's statement filed under section 5 of this
chapter. The county recorder shall record the date the statement is
mailed to the lienholder under this section.
(c) The lienholder shall notify the county recorder in writing of:
(1) the lienholder's commencement of a suit; or
(2) the lienholder's intention not to commence suit.