Terms Used In Indiana Code 33-39-2-3

  • 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
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
   Sec. 3. A prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney who performs any of the acts set forth in section 1 of this chapter shall, at the time of signing a certificate of acknowledgment of a deed, mortgage, other instrument, jurat, or other official document, append to the certificate a true statement of the date of the expiration of the commission of the prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney. A prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney has jurisdiction to perform the duties set forth in this chapter anywhere in Indiana.

[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-14-5-3.]

As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.18.