Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "paper document" or "paper documents" means a tangible record that is received by a county recorder in a form that is not electronic.
(b) On or before July 1, 2022, a county recorder shall receive for recording, indexing, storage, archiving, access to, searching of, retrieval, and transmittal all electronic documents proper for recording. A county recorder shall also accept electronically any fee or tax that the county recorder is authorized to collect under applicable laws. A county recorder shall implement the processing of electronic documents proper for recording in compliance with:
(1) this article;
(2) IC 33-42;
(3) IC 36-2-7.5;
(4) IC 36-2-11; and
(5) IC 36-2-13; and
the standards adopted by the electronic recording commission created under section 9 of this chapter.
(c) This section does not apply to the following documents:
(1) A military discharge under IC 10-17-2.
(2) A survey of real property.
(3) A plat of real property.
(d) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording shall:
(1) continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law; and
(2) place entries for paper documents and electronic documents in the same index.
(e) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording may:
(1) convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form;
(2) convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to accept and index electronic documents; or
(3) agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision of a state, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.