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Indiana Code Title 32. Property § 32-21-2.5-8

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, “paper document” or “paper documents” means a tangible record that is received by a county recorder in a form that is not electronic.

(b) On or before July 1, 2022, a county recorder shall receive for recording, indexing, storage, archiving, access to, searching of, retrieval, and transmittal all electronic documents proper for recording.  A county recorder shall also accept electronically any fee or tax that the county recorder is authorized to collect under applicable laws.  A county recorder shall implement the processing of electronic documents proper for recording in compliance with:

(1) this article;

(2) IC 33-42;

(3) IC 36-2-7.5;

(4) IC 36-2-11;  and

(5) IC 36-2-13;  and

the standards adopted by the electronic recording commission created under section 9 of this chapter.

(c) This section does not apply to the following documents:

(1) A military discharge under IC 10-17-2.

(2) A survey of real property.

(3) A plat of real property.

(d) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording shall:

(1) continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law;  and

(2) place entries for paper documents and electronic documents in the same index.

(e) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording may:

(1) convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form;

(2) convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to accept and index electronic documents;  or

(3) agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision of a state, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.

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