Indiana Senate Bill 38 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 10 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-03-29 - Second reading: ordered engrossed
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Adverse possession statute of limitations. Amends the statute concerning the statute of limitations for actions for the recovery of the possession of real estate to provide that such an action that: (1) involves a line located and established by a professional surveyor; and (2) accrues before the lines are located and established by the surveyor; must be commenced before the expiration of the appeal period set forth in the statute governing county surveyors. Amends the provision concerning the establishment of property lines by means of a legal survey to specify that the lines established are binding on all affected landowners, including a landowner who claims title under a claim of adverse possession. Provides that certain information must be contained in a notice of survey sent to adjoining landowners, and that a legible copy of the plat of the legal survey must be enclosed with the notice.

Adverse possession statute of limitations.

Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Gerald Torr [R]
Rep. Doug Miller [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]

2021-03-24 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2021-02-09 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-29	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-03-25	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2021-02-23	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-02-10	Senate	Referred to the House
2021-02-09	Senate	Senator Randolph added as third author
2021-02-09	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Miller and Manning
2021-02-09	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Torr
2021-02-09	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 78: yeas 47, nays 0
2021-02-08	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2021-01-14	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2021-01-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2021-01-04	Senate	Authored by Senator Doriot

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/38/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/2/b/6/d2b6fe7c/SB0038.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/e/3/e/ee3ec59d/SB0038.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/4/b/8/f4b8f0b2/SB0038.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/1/6/d0168ffa/SB0038.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/e/e/d/2eed42a9/SB0038.03.COMH.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/1/3/9/a1390a03/SB0038.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/3/e/6/23e6bb7b/SB0038.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/9/2/f/192f0a91/SB0038.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/4/c/8/54c8ebce/SB0038.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/1/c/6/01c6d0fe/SB0038.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/2/4/1e24e3cd/SB0038.02.COMS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/7/e/8/77e84aab/SB0038.03.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/c/e/b6ce9909/SB0038.03.COMH.FN002.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/9/d/5/99d581c1/SB0038.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/b/9/3/4b931201/SB0038.78_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/8/5/7/7857b0c1/SB0038.02.COMS.01.pdf