§ 36-2-11-16.5 — Requirements for instrument or document presented for recording; not applicable to certain instruments or documents

Indiana § 36-2-11-16.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 2: GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 11: County Recorder

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5. (a) This section does not apply to the
following:
(1) A judgment, an order, or a writ of a court.
(2) A will or death certificate.
(3) A plat.
(4) A survey.
(b) The county recorder may receive for record an instrument or a
document if:
(1) the instrument or document consists of at least one (1)
individual page measuring not more than eight and one-half (8
1/2) inches by fourteen (14) inches that is not permanently bound
and is not a continuous form;
(2) the instrument or document is on white paper of at least
twenty (20) pound weight and has clean margins:
(A) on the first and last pages of at least two (2) inches on the
top and bottom and one-half (1/2) inch on each side; and
(B) on each additional page of at least one-half (1/2) inch on the
top, bottom, and each side; and
(3) the instrument or document is typewritten or computer
generated in black ink in at least 10 point type.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.211-1996, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.80.