Indiana Senate Bill 166 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Passed on May 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-01 - Public Law 99
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [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. Specifies that both an in county and out of county resident that owns a property subject to a survey has 180 days to appeal the survey to the circuit, superior, or probate court.

Adverse possession statute of limitations.

Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Mark Messmer [R]	Sen. David Niezgodski [D]
Sen. Aaron Freeman [R]	Sen. Ronnie Alting [R]	Rep. Gerald Torr [R]	Rep. Doug Miller [R]
Rep. Steve Bartels [R]

2023-04-13 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-04-11 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-01	Senate	Public Law 99
2023-05-01	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-04-26	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-21	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-17	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-13	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 389: yeas 47, nays 0
2023-04-12	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2023-04-12	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-11	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 383: yeas 94, nays 0
2023-04-10	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-04-06	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-02-15	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-14	Senate	Senator Alting added as coauthor
2023-02-14	Senate	Senator Messmer added as third author
2023-02-14	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Miller D and Bartels
2023-02-14	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Torr
2023-02-14	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 111: yeas 49, nays 0
2023-02-13	Senate	Senator Freeman added as coauthor
2023-02-13	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-09	Senate	Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
2023-02-09	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2023-02-09	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2023-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Doriot

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166/#4.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166/#S111
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166/#H383
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166/#S389