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Ind. Code § 32-21-2.5-8

"Paper document"; use of electronic documents; electronic payment of fees; cooperation with other jurisdictions

Redline — January 1, 2018 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "paper document" means a document that is received by a county recorder in a form that is not electronic.
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) Beginning January 1, 2018, a county recorder:
(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
(1) who implements any of the functions listed in this section shall do so in compliance with standards established by the electronic recording commission created under section 9 of this chapter;
the standards adopted by the electronic recording commission created under section 9 of this chapter.
(2) may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents;
(3) may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means;
(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:
(4) who accepts electronic documents for recording shall: (A) continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law; and (B) place entries for both types of documents in the same index;
(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:
(5) may convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form;
(1) convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form;
(6) may convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to record electronic documents;
(2) convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to accept and index electronic documents; or
(7) may accept electronically any fee or tax that the county recorder is authorized to collect; and
(8) may 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.
(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.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.