Sec. 4. “Foreclosure reconveyance” means a transaction involving:

(1) the transfer of interest in real property by a homeowner to a person during or incident to a proposed foreclosure proceeding, either by:

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-5.5-2-4

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(A) transfer of interest from the homeowner to the person; or

(B) creation of a mortgage, trust, or other lien or encumbrance during the foreclosure process;

that allows the person to obtain legal or equitable title to all or part of the real property; and

(2) the subsequent conveyance, or promise of subsequent conveyance, of interest back to the homeowner by the person or the person’s agent that allows the homeowner to possess the real property following the completion of the foreclosure proceeding.

As added by P.L.209-2007, SEC.2.