§ 34-11-2-11 — Written contract actions

Indiana § 34-11-2-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 11: LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
• Ch. 2: Specific Statutes of Limitation

Text

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an
action upon contracts in writing other than those for the payment of
money, and including all mortgages other than chattel mortgages, deeds
of trust, judgments of courts of record, and for the recovery of the
possession of real estate, must be commenced within ten (10) years
after the cause of action accrues. However, an action upon contracts in
writing other than those for the payment of money entered into before
September 1, 1982, not including chattel mortgages, deeds of trust,
judgments of courts of record, or for the recovery of the possession of
real estate, must be commenced within twenty (20) years after the
cause of action accrues.
(b) This subsection applies to an action:
(1) for the recovery of the possession of real estate;
(2) that involves or is affected by a line located and established by
a professional surveyor under IC 36-2-12-10; and
(3) that accrues before the lines are located and established as
described in subdivision (2).
An action to which this subsection applies must be commenced before
the expiration of the appeal period set forth in IC 36-2-12-14.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-2-2(6).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.14-2000, SEC.69; P.L.99-2023, SEC.1.