2023 Indiana Code
Title 32. Property
Article 24. Eminent Domain
Chapter 1. General Procedures
32-24-1-10. Payment of Benefits or Damages Assessed
Sec. 10. (a) If the plaintiff pays to the circuit court clerk the amount of damages assessed under section 9 of this chapter, the plaintiff may take possession of and hold the interest in the property so acquired for the uses stated in the complaint, subject to the appeal provided for in section 8 of this chapter. But the amount of the benefits or damages is subject to review as provided in section 11 of this chapter.
(b) Upon payment by the plaintiff of the amount of the award of the court appointed appraisers, the plaintiff shall file or cause to be filed with the auditor of the county in which the property is located a certificate, certifying the amount paid to the circuit court clerk and including the description of the property being acquired. The auditor of the county shall then transfer the property being acquired to the plaintiff on the tax records of the county.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-11-1-7.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.9.
