Indiana § 36-2-11-27 - Payments to county recorder; transaction fees; contracting with payment processing companies authorized

§ 36-2-11-27. Payments to county recorder; transaction fees; contracting with payment processing companies authorized

Sec. 27. (a) A payment to the county recorder for any purpose may be made by any of the following financial instruments that the county recorder authorizes to use:

(1) Cash.

(2) Check.

(3) Bank draft.

(4) Money order.

(5) Bank card or credit card.

(6) Electronic funds transfer.

(7) Any other financial instrument authorized by the county recorder.

(b) If there is a charge to the county recorder for the use of a financial instrument other than a bank card or credit card, the county recorder shall collect a sum equal to the amount of the charge from the person who uses the financial instrument.

(c) The county recorder may contract with a bank card or credit card vendor for acceptance of bank cards or credit cards. A payment made under this chapter does not finally discharge the person's liability, and the person has not paid the liability until the county recorder receives payment or credit from the institution responsible for making the payment or credit. Subject to subsection (e), if there is a vendor transaction card or discount fee, whether billed to the county recorder or charged directly to the county recorder's account, the county recorder shall collect a fee from the person using the bank card or credit card. The fee is a permitted charge under IC 37-2-4-5.

(d) Subject to subsection (e), the county recorder may contract with a payment processing company, which may collect a transaction fee from the person using the bank card or credit card.

(e) The county recorder shall collect and deposit in the appropriate fund an amount not less than the amount the county recorder would collect and deposit if the county recorder received payment by a means other than a bank card or credit card.

(f) Funds described in subsection (c) may be used without appropriation to pay the transaction charge or discount fee charged by the bank or credit card vendor.

As added by P.L.171-2006, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.115-2026, SEC.96.

IC 36-2-12Chapter 12. County Surveyor

36-2-12-1Application of chapter 36-2-12-2Residence; term of office 36-2-12-2.5Training 36-2-12-3Location of office; business hours; supplies and equipment 36-2-12-4Legal action on days office is closed 36-2-12-5Official seal 36-2-12-6Administration of oaths; appointment to offices of commissioner for partition or viewer; acknowledgments of mortgages and deeds 36-2-12-7Expiration of surveyor's term 36-2-12-8Supervision of surveying and civil engineering work; appointment of civil engineer 36-2-12-9Survey to constitute prima facie evidence 36-2-12-10Maintenance of legal survey record book; procedure for establishing location of line; notice; effect of location and establishment of lines; appeal 36-2-12-11Administration of section; maintenance of corner record book; contents of record; procedure for establishment and perpetuation of corners 36-2-12-12Surveyors not trespassers; actual damages 36-2-12-13Corner and HARN monuments; temporary removal; change of location; reimbursement for repair or replacement 36-2-12-14Appeal of survey; procedure 36-2-12-15Compensation 36-2-12-16Replacement of worn maps and plats