2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 34. Civil Law and Procedure
ARTICLE 54. JUDGMENTS
CHAPTER 3. Limitations on Confession of Judgment Under Power of Attorney
34-54-3-1. Applicability of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a contract, agreement, provision, or stipulation that:
(1) gives a person a power of attorney or authority as attorney for the maker or endorser of the instrument in the name of the debtor to:
(A) appear in any court of record; and
(B) waive the service of process in an action to enforce payment of money claimed to be due on the instrument;
(2) authorizes or purports to authorize an attorney or agent, however designated, to confess judgment on the instrument for a sum of money to be ascertained in a manner other than by action of the court upon a hearing after notice to the debtor, whether with or without an attorney fee; or
(3) authorizes or purports to authorize an attorney described in subdivision (1) or (2) to:
(A) release errors and the right of appealing from a judgment described in subdivision (1) or (2); or
(B) consent to the issue of execution on the judgment.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-25-1 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.50.
