§ 34-54-3-1 — Applicability of chapter

Indiana § 34-54-3-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 54: JUDGMENTS
• Ch. 3: Limitations on Confession of Judgment Under Power of

Text

This chapter applies to a contract, agreement,
provision, or stipulation that:
(1) gives a person a power of attorney or authority as attorney for
the maker or endorser of the instrument in the name of the debtor
to:
(A) appear in any court of record; and
(B) waive the service of process in an action to enforce
payment of money claimed to be due on the instrument;
(2) authorizes or purports to authorize an attorney or agent,
however designated, to confess judgment on the instrument for a
sum of money to be ascertained in a manner other than by action
of the court upon a hearing after notice to the debtor, whether
with or without an attorney fee; or
(3) authorizes or purports to authorize an attorney described in
subdivision (1) or (2) to:
(A) release errors and the right of appealing from a judgment
described in subdivision (1) or (2); or
(B) consent to the issue of execution on the judgment.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-25-1 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.50.