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Ind. Code § 36-2-11-14 (2025)

Auditor's endorsement required for recording of deed of partition, conveyance of land, or affidavits of transfer to real estate; violation

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     Sec. 14. (a) The recorder may record:

(1) a deed of partition;

(2) a conveyance of land;

(3) an affidavit of transfer to real estate; or

(4) a deed or instrument made under IC 32-17-14;

only if it has been endorsed by the auditor of the proper county as "duly entered for taxation subject to final acceptance for transfer", "not taxable", or "duly entered for taxation" as provided by IC 36-2-9-18.

     (b) A county auditor may not refuse to endorse a deed or instrument under IC 36-2-9-18 as required by this section because the deed or instrument is made under IC 32-17-14.

     (c) A recorder who violates this section shall forfeit the sum of five dollars ($5), to be recovered by an action in the name of the county, for the benefit of the common school fund.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-39-8 part; 17-3-39-9.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.54-1988, SEC.4; P.L.106-2003, SEC.7; P.L.106-2007, SEC.6; P.L.99-2024, SEC.24.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2017 · leading case: Sandy Ridge Oil Co. v. Centerre Bank Nat'l Ass'n, 510 N.E.2d 667 (Ind. 1987).
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Sandy Ridge Oil Co. v. Centerre Bank Nat'l Ass'n, 510 N.E.2d 667 (Ind. 1987). · cites it 2× “Ind. Code § 36-2-11-14 (a) provides a deed may not be recorded unless it has been duly endorsed by the auditor of the proper county as duly entered for taxation or not taxable.”
Lamasco Redevelopment, LLC v. Henry Cnty., 80 N.E.3d 257 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “Ind. Code § 36-2-11-14 (2007). 2 . The Auditor and Treasurer further assert that reversing the trial court would be particularly unfair to Kolodziej because he “would literally lose his home," Appellees' Br.”
Sandy Ridge Oil Co. v. Centerre Bank Nat'l Ass'n, 807 F.2d 1332 (7th Cir. 1986). “Halliburton points to other provisions of the Indiana Code that contain technical requirements, such as Ind.Code § 36-2-11-14 (to be recorded, deeds must be stamped by the auditor with the language “duly entered for taxation” or “not taxable”), and Ind.”
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