Indiana Code Title 28. Financial Institutions § 28-3-2-4

Sec. 4. Whenever any bank or trust company shall have merged or consolidated with a national banking association, such bank or trust company shall thereupon cease to be a corporation under the laws of this state, except that for a term of three (3) years thereafter its corporate existence shall be deemed to continue for the purpose of prosecuting or defending suits by or against it, and of enabling it to close its concerns, and to dispose of and convey its property.