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Indiana Code Title 32. Property § 32-33-2-1

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

Sec. 1. All boats, vessels, and watercraft of every description found in the waters of Indiana, including wharf boats and floating warehouses that are used for storing, receiving, and forwarding freights and that may be removed from place to place at the pleasure of the owner or owners of the watercraft, are liable for the following:

(1) A debt contracted within Indiana by the master, owner, agent, clerk, or consignee of the watercraft:

(A) on account of supplies furnished for use of the master, owner, agent, clerk, or consignee;

(B) on account of work done or service rendered for the master, owner, agent, clerk, or consignee by boatmen, mariners, laborers, or other persons;  or

(C) on account of work done or materials furnished in building, repairing, fitting out, furnishing, or equipping the boat, vessel, wharf boat, floating warehouse, or watercraft.

(2) All demands or damages arising out of:

(A) a contract of affreightment made either within or outside Indiana;

(B) a willful or negligent act of the master, owner, or agent of the master or owner done in connection with the business of the boat, vessel, wharf boat, floating warehouse, or other watercraft either within or outside Indiana;  or

(C) a contract relative to the transportation of persons or property entered into by the master, owner, agent, clerk, or consignee either within or outside Indiana.

(3) An injury to a person or property by the boat, vessel, wharf-boat, floating warehouse, or other watercraft, or by the owners, officers, or crew, done in connection with the business of the boat, vessel, wharf boat, floating warehouse, or other watercraft either within or without outside Indiana.

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