Sec. 15. (a) A conveyance of land that is:

(1) worded in substance as “A.B. quitclaims to C.D.” (here describe the premises) “for the sum of” (here insert the consideration); and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-21-1-15

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) signed, sealed, and acknowledged by the grantor (as defined in IC 32-17-1-1);

is a good and sufficient conveyance in quitclaim to the grantee and the grantee’s heirs and assigns.

     (b) If a transfer on death deed under IC 32-17-14 has been recorded before the death of the owner (as defined in IC 32-17-14-3) with the recorder of deeds in the county in which the real property is situated, a subsequent conveyance of the real property is void if it is not recorded before the death of the owner with the recorder of deeds in the county in which the real property is situated.

[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-2-13.]

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.231-2019, SEC.47.

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