Indiana § 8-1.5-5-29 Liens for unpaid fees

Indiana Statutes

§ 8-1.5-5-29 — Liens for unpaid fees

Indiana § 8-1.5-5-29

Art. 1.5MUNICIPAL UTILITIES

Ch. 5Department of Storm Water Management

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Ind. Code § 8-1.5-5-29 (2026).

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(a)Subsections (c), (d), and (e) do not apply to a city that before January 1, 2005, adopted an ordinance establishing procedures for the collection of unpaid user fees under this chapter through the enforcement of a lien.

(b)Fees assessed against real property under this chapter constitute a lien against the property assessed. The lien is superior to all other liens except tax liens. Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the lien attaches when notice of the lien is filed in the county recorder's office under section 30 of this chapter.

(c)A fee is not enforceable as a lien against a subsequent owner of property unless the lien for the fee was recorded with the county recorder before the conveyance to the subsequent owner. If property is conveyed before a lien is filed, the dep

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(a) Subsections (c), (d), and (e) do not apply
to a city that before January 1, 2005, adopted an ordinance establishing
procedures for the collection of unpaid user fees under this chapter
through the enforcement of a lien.
(b) Fees assessed against real property under this chapter constitute
a lien against the property assessed. The lien is superior to all other
liens except tax liens. Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the
lien attaches when notice of the lien is filed in the county recorder's
office under section 30 of this chapter.
(c) A fee is not enforceable as a lien against a subsequent owner of
property unless the lien for the fee was recorded with the county
recorder before the conveyance to the subsequent owner. If property is
conveyed before a lien is filed, the department shall notify the person
who owned the property at the time the fee became payable. The notice
must inform the person that payment, including penalty fees for
delinquencies, is due not more than fifteen (15) days after the date of
the notice. If payment is not received within one hundred eighty (180)
days after the date of the notice, the amount due may be expensed as a
bad debt loss.
(d) A lien attaches against real property occupied by someone other
than the owner only if the department notifies the owner not later than
twenty (20) days after the time the user fees become sixty (60) days
delinquent. A notice sent to the owner under this subsection must be
sent by first class mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested (or
an equivalent service permitted under IC 1-1-7-1) to:
(1) the owner of record of real property with a single owner; or
(2) at least one (1) of the owners of real property with multiple
owners;
at the last address of the owner for the property as indicated in the
records of the county auditor on the date of the notice of the
delinquency, or to another address specified by the owner, in a written
notice to the department, at which the owner requests to receive a
notice of delinquency under this subsection. The cost of sending notice
under this subsection is an administrative cost that may be billed to the
owner.
(e) The department shall release:
(1) liens filed with the county recorder after the recorded date of
conveyance of the property; and
(2) delinquent fees incurred by the seller;
upon receipt of a verified demand in writing from the purchaser. The
demand must state that the delinquent fees were not incurred by the
purchaser as a user, lessee, or previous owner and that the purchaser
has not been paid by the seller for the delinquent fees.