Sec. 12. Every judgment and decree of any court of record of the United States, of Indiana, or of any other state shall be considered satisfied after the expiration of twenty (20) years.
Ind. Code § 34-11-2-12
Satisfaction of judgment after expiration of 20 years
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Burkett v. American Family Insurance Group (2000)
Most recently applied in Bell v. Heflin (November 2016)
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.6.
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