§ 32-28-5-2 — Certificate and acknowledgment releasing lien

Indiana § 32-28-5-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 32: PROPERTY
• Art. 28: LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY
• Ch. 5: Release of Liens on Conveyance of Real Estate

Text

(a) If a grantee has satisfied a lien on real
property but the grantor has not recorded that the lien has been satisfied
under section 1 of this chapter, the grantor shall, at the request of the
grantee, certify that the lien has been satisfied. The grantor's
certification shall be acknowledged by the grantor in the same manner
as is required to entitle a conveyance of real property to be recorded.
The grantor's certification shall be recorded by the recorder in whose
office the deed is recorded, with reference to the location of the
recorded deed.
(b) A recorded certification that a lien has been satisfied operates as
a complete discharge of the lien.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-5-2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.13.