Indiana § 36-7-3-3 Laying out of town, addition to municipality, or subdivision of lots or
lands within boundaries of municipality; requisites, approval, and
recording of plat; donations or grants to public

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-7-3-3 — Laying out of town, addition to municipality, or subdivision of lots or lands within boundaries of municipality; requisites, approval, and recording of plat; donations or grants to public

Indiana § 36-7-3-3

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 7PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Ch. 3Platting and Vacation of Real Property

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Ind. Code § 36-7-3-3 (2026).

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(a)A person who lays out:

(1)a town;

(2)an addition to a municipality; or

(3)a subdivision of lots or lands within the corporate boundaries of a municipality; shall record a correct plat of the town, addition, or subdivision in the office of the recorder of the county before selling any lots in the town, addition, or subdivision. The plat must show public grounds, public ways, and the length, width, and size of each lot. Lots shown on the plat must be regularly numbered.

(b)Every donation or grant to the public, or to any person, that is noted as such on the plat, is considered a general warranty to the donee or grantee named on the plat, for the purposes intended by the donor or grantor.

(c)Before offering a plat for record under this section, a person must acknowledge it before an

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(a) A person who lays out:
(1) a town;
(2) an addition to a municipality; or
(3) a subdivision of lots or lands within the corporate boundaries
of a municipality;
shall record a correct plat of the town, addition, or subdivision in the
office of the recorder of the county before selling any lots in the town,
addition, or subdivision. The plat must show public grounds, public
ways, and the length, width, and size of each lot. Lots shown on the plat
must be regularly numbered.
(b) Every donation or grant to the public, or to any person, that is
noted as such on the plat, is considered a general warranty to the donee
or grantee named on the plat, for the purposes intended by the donor or
grantor.
(c) Before offering a plat for record under this section, a person
must acknowledge it before an officer authorized by law to take and
certify acknowledgments of deeds. The plat may be recorded only if it
is made and acknowledged in the manner prescribed by this section.
(d) Before a person offers a plat for recording under this section, the
person must submit it for the approval of:
(1) the advisory plan commission that has jurisdiction over the
platted area under IC 36-7-4; or
(2) the municipal works board, if no advisory plan commission
has jurisdiction over the platted area under IC 36-7-4.
The advisory plan commission or works board shall approve or
disapprove the plat, and may require the public ways shown in the plat
to be as wide as, and coterminous with, the public ways in contiguous
parts of the municipality. The county recorder may record the plat only
if a certificate showing the approval of the plan commission or works
board is attached to it. If the record of a plat is not executed and
approved as required by this subsection, it is void.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations:
18-5-10-33; 18-5-10-34; 18-7-4-711(a) part; 18-7-5-54 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.22. Amended by
P.L.127-2017, SEC.168.