Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 36-2-11-12 (2026)

Grantor and grantee index; separate indexes for deeds and mortgages; requisites

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     Sec. 12. (a) The recorder shall index each volume of instruments the recorder records by:

(1) the name of each grantor, promisor, or covenantor, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantee, promisee, or covenantee; and

(2) the name of each grantee, promisee, or covenantee, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantor, promisor, or covenantor.

     (b) The recorder shall accurately maintain separate indexes of all the records of:

(1) deeds for real estate; and

(2) mortgages on real estate;

in the recorder's office. The recorder shall index each deed or mortgage alphabetically, by the name of each grantor and grantee or mortgagor and mortgagee, and shall include in each index entry a concise description of the real property, the date of the deed or mortgage, and the number or letter of the book and the page at which each deed or mortgage is recorded.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-39-3 part; 17-3-53-1; 17-3-53-2; 17-3-53-3.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.16-2001, SEC.1.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2005–2017 · leading case: Bank of New York v. Nally, 820 N.E.2d 644 (Ind. 2005).
Bank of New York v. Nally, 820 N.E.2d 644 (Ind. 2005). · cites it 4× “2 The Court of Appeals concluded that "[blecause Ind. Code § 36-2-11-12 (b) requires the maintenance of separate indexes for mortgages and deeds, we find that in addition to searching the grantor-grantee index, a purchaser is required to search the mortgagor-mortgagee index and…”
Weathersby v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 906 N.E.2d 904 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “Ind.Code § 36-2-11-12. Under this system all deeds and mortgages are indexed alphabetically by grantor and by grantee or mortgagor and mortgagee, both with cross-references to the other party.”
Robert Samuels & Simon Lynes v. Berney W. Garlick, Laurie A. Garlick, Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co., as Tr. for Saxon Asset-Sec. Trust 2007-4, & Ind. Dept. of Revenue, 49 N.E.3d 1116 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Indiana Code Section 36-2-11-12 provides, (a) The recorder shall index each volume of instruments the recorder records by: 1 (1) the name of each grantor, promi-sor, or covenantor, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantee, promisee, or covenantee; and (2)…”
U.S. Bank, Nat'l Ass'n, Successor to Nat'l City Bank v. Jewell Investments, Inc., 69 N.E.3d 524 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Indiana Code Section 36-2-11-12 provides, (a) The recorder shall index each volume of instruments the recorder records by: (1) the name of each grantor, promisor, or covenantor, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantee, promisee, or covenantee; and (2)…”
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