Indiana § 36-2-11-18 - Marginal entries; satisfaction, cancellation, or assignment; entry in entry book or electronic index
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§ 36-2-11-18. Marginal entries; satisfaction, cancellation, or assignment; entry in entry book or electronic index
Sec. 18. (a) The recorder may allow marginal entries.
(b) If a satisfaction, cancellation, or assignment of any kind is made on the margin of a record in the recorder's office or entered as an associated document, the recorder shall immediately enter it on the entry book or into the electronic index. The entry must show the date of entry, the name of the person who executed the instrument satisfied, cancelled, or assigned, and the name, number, and page of the record where the instrument is recorded.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 17-3-45-1.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.231-1989, SEC.12; P.L.127-2017, SEC.82.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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