Filing claim to slander title; claimant's liability for costs and damages
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Country Contractors, Inc., Stephen Songer, and Jahn Songer v. A Westside Storage of Indianapolis, Inc. (2014)
Most recently applied in Michael R. Bixeman and Doreen Bixeman v. Hunter's Run Homeowners Association of St. John, Inc. (June 2015)
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.5.
Sec. 2. In any action to quiet title to land, if the court finds that a person has filed a claim only to slander title to land, the court shall:
(1) award the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including attorney's fees that the court allows to the plaintiff; and
(2) decree that the defendant asserting the claim shall pay to the plaintiff all damages that the plaintiff may have sustained as the result of the notice of claims having been filed for record.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.