2015 Indiana Code TITLE 32. PROPERTY ARTICLE 21. CONVEYANCE PROCEDURES FOR REAL PROPERTY CHAPTER 7. ADVERSE POSSESSION
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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. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in an action to
establish title to real property, possession of the real property is not
adverse to the owner in a manner as to establish title to the real
property unless the adverse possessor pays all taxes and special
assessments that the adverse possessor reasonably believes in good
faith to be due on the real property during the period the adverse
possessor claims to have adversely possessed the real property.
However, this section does not relieve any adverse possessor from
proving all the elements of title by adverse possession required by
law.
(b) A governmental entity may claim title to real property by
adverse possession without having paid all taxes and special
assessments due on the real property during the period of adverse
possession if the governmental entity was exempt from the payment
of property taxes and special assessments during the period of
adverse possession.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.171-2006, SEC.7;
P.L.94-2014, SEC.6.
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.
Indiana Code 2015
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