IC 32-21-1-13 : Conveyance of land; written deed required

Sec. 13. (a) As used in subsection (b), "conveyance" means any electronic record (as defined in IC 26-2-8-102) or any paper or other tangible medium or document that is:

(1) a lease or memorandum of lease for a term exceeding three (3) years;

(2) a deed of:

(A) land; or

(B) any interest in land;

(3) a mortgage; or

(4) a land contract or memorandum of land contract for the sale and purchase of land.

(b) A conveyance must:

(1) be in writing;

(2) be executed or signed by the:

(A) lessor or landlord;

(B) grantor (as defined in IC 32-17-1-1); or

(3) have an acknowledgment (as defined in IC 33-42-0.5-2) or a proof (as defined in and permitted under IC 32-21-2).

(c) If a transfer on death deed under IC 32-17-14 has been recorded before the death of the owner (as defined in IC 32-17-14-3) with the recorder of deeds in the county in which the real property is situated, a subsequent conveyance of the real property is void if it is not recorded before the death of the owner with the recorder of deeds in the county in which the real property is situated.

[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-2-4.]

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.231-2019, SEC.46; P.L.185-2021, SEC.34.