Sec. 17. (a) The clerk of a court shall enter in the civil order book all orders and decrees in any suit to quiet the title to real estate. After a court enters final judgment in a proceeding, the clerk shall certify a copy of the final judgment. The clerk shall include the costs of a transcript of the proceedings in the costs of the proceeding.

     (b) The county recorder shall record the certified copy of the final judgment and shall collect any applicable recording fee.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-30-3-17

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
     (c) A county recorder shall procure a substantially bound book that is the size and quality of the county deed records. The book shall be known as the “Quiet Title Record”. The Quiet Title Record must contain a transcript of each proceeding and an index to each transcript. The index must contain the following:

(1) An alphabetical list of plaintiffs.

(2) The date of filing of the transcript.

(3) The date of the final judgment.

(4) The date on which the final judgment was recorded.

(5) A brief description of the real estate that was the subject of the proceeding.

(6) The book and page on which the final judgment is recorded.

[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-6-5-2.]

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.78-2014, SEC.3.