2012 Indiana Code
TITLE 32. PROPERTY
ARTICLE 21. CONVEYANCE PROCEDURES FOR REAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 7. ADVERSE POSSESSION

IC 32-21-7
Chapter 7. Adverse Possession

IC 32-21-7-1
Establishing title; payment of taxes and special assessments by adverse possessor
Sec. 1. In any suit to establish title to land or real estate, possession of the land or real estate is not adverse to the owner in a manner as to establish title or rights in and to the land or real estate unless the adverse possessor or claimant pays and discharges all taxes and special assessments that the adverse possessor or claimant reasonably believes in good faith to be due on the land or real estate during the period the adverse possessor or claimant claims to have possessed the land or real estate adversely. However, this section does not relieve any adverse possessor or claimant from proving all the elements of title by adverse possession required by law.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.171-2006, SEC.7.

IC 32-21-7-2
Property owned by state or political subdivision; adverse possession action against political subdivision barred after 6-30-1998
Sec. 2. (a) Title to real property owned by the state or a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) may not be alienated by adverse possession.
(b) A cause of action based on adverse possession may not be commenced against a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) after June 30, 1998.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.16-2009, SEC.30.

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