Indiana Code 32-20-5-2. Filing claim to slander title; claimant’s liability for costs and damages
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Sec. 2. In any action to quiet title to land, if the court finds that a person has filed a claim only to slander title to land, the court shall:
(2) decree that the defendant asserting the claim shall pay to the plaintiff all damages that the plaintiff may have sustained as the result of the notice of claims having been filed for record.
(1) award the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including attorney‘s fees that the court allows to the plaintiff; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-20-5-2
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-5-9 part.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.5.