Indiana § 32-20-3-3 - Transactions before root of title

§ 32-20-3-3. Transactions before root of title

Sec. 3. Subject to section 2 of this chapter, marketable record title is held by its owner and is taken by a person dealing with the land free and clear of all interests, claims, or charges whose existence depends upon any act, transaction, event, or omission that occurred before the effective date of the root of title. All the interests, claims, or charges, however denominated, whether:

(1) legal or equitable;

(2) present or future; or

(3) asserted by a person who is:

(A) sui juris or under a disability;

(B) within or outside Indiana;

(C) natural or corporate; or

(D) private or governmental;

are void.

[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-5-3.]

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.5.

IC 32-20-4Chapter 4. Notice of Claim

32-20-4-1Notice of claim; filing 32-20-4-2Notice of claim; contents; indexing by county recorder 32-20-4-3Notice of claim; effect of failure to file on lease or easement 32-20-4-4Property owner's notice to claimant to file action to enforce the claim; claimant's failure to file; recording of owner's affidavit; release from claim