Indiana § 32-29-6-16 - Erroneous certificate of release
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 32-29-6-16 — Erroneous certificate of release, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32-29-6-16. Erroneous certificate of release
Sec. 16. (a) The execution and recording of a wrongful or erroneous certificate of release by a title insurance company or a duly appointed agent with authority from a title insurance company does not relieve the mortgagor, or anyone succeeding to or assuming the interest of the mortgagor, from any liability for the debt or other obligations secured by the mortgage that is the subject of the wrongful or erroneous certificate of release.
(b) Additionally, a title insurance company or an appointed agent with authority from a title insurance company that wrongfully or erroneously executes and records a certificate of release is liable to the mortgagee, or the assignee of the mortgagee if the mortgage has been assigned, for actual damages sustained due to the recording of a wrongful or erroneous certificate of release.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-15.5-16.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.14.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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