§ 9-22-1.5-3 — Notice of proposed sale or salvage of mobile home to owner by landowner

Indiana § 9-22-1.5-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 22: ABANDONED, SALVAGED, AND SCRAP
• Ch. 1.5: Abandoned Mobile Homes

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(a) A landowner shall send notice of a mobile
home described in section 2 of this chapter as follows:
(1) To the owner of the mobile home at the last known address of
the owner as shown by:
(A) the records of the bureau; or
(B) if the unique serial number or special identification number
assigned to the mobile home is removed or otherwise illegible,
the records of the assessor of the county in which the mobile
home is located.
If the landowner is unable to determine the address of the mobile
home owner, the landowner may serve the mobile home owner by
posting the notice on the mobile home.
(2) To:
(A) a lienholder with a perfected security interest in the mobile
home; or
(B) any other person known to claim an interest in the mobile
home;
as shown by the records of the bureau.
Notice under this subsection must include a description of the mobile
home, the location of the mobile home, and a conspicuous statement
that the mobile home is on the landowner's real estate without the
owner's permission. If the owner of a mobile home changes the owner's
address from that maintained in the records of the bureau, the owner
shall immediately notify the landowner of the new address.
(b) A landowner may provide notice under subsection (a) by the
following methods:
(1) Certified mail, return receipt requested.
(2) Personal delivery.
(3) Electronic service under IC 9-22-1-19.
(c) If, before the sixty (60) day period described in section 2 of this
chapter expires, the mobile home owner requests by certified mail,
return receipt requested, additional time to remove the mobile home,
the period described in section 2 of this chapter shall be extended by
an additional thirty (30) days. The mobile home owner may only
request one (1) thirty (30) day extension of time.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.108-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.262-2013, SEC.108; P.L.71-2015, SEC.6; P.L.198-2016, SEC.372.