(b) If:

(1) a person, in payment of a recording fee required under IC 36-2-7-10, submits an amount that exceeds the amount of the fee set forth in IC 36-2-7-10; and

(2) the instrument submitted meets the statutory requirements for filing;

the recorder shall accept and record the instrument. If the amount submitted is at least three dollars ($3) more than the fee required by IC 36-2-7-10, the amount that exceeds three dollars ($3) shall be refunded upon the request of the person filing the document. The recorder may retain as an administrative fee up to three dollars ($3) of the excess of the amount submitted.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 5-7-9-1 part.]

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.171-2002, SEC.1.