Sec. 4. (a) If a land surveyor has prepared a plat of any original, retracement, or record document survey (not including Indiana surveyor location reports or other similar documents normally associated with a mortgage loan) the plat shall be recorded in the county recorder’s office when:

(1) a new tax parcel is created;

(2) no survey has been previously recorded; or

(3) the monuments, monument references, or the description varies from the last recorded survey of the parcel.

     (b) The plat of survey described in subsection (a) must include the following:

(1) The name of the owner or title holder according to the current county tax records at the time of recording (or the actual title holder if the land surveyor knows the tax records are not accurate).

(2) The area of each surveyed tract.

(3) A statement indicating the existence or absence of improvements on each surveyed tract.

     (c) The county may enact an ordinance requiring that if plats of survey have been prepared the plats must be filed with the county surveyor’s office. If such an ordinance is adopted and a plat of survey has been prepared, a notarized record executed by the professional surveyor of the filing (showing the name of the professional surveyor, the date of certification, the name of the owner of the surveyed parcel as described in subsection (b)(1), and a brief description of the surveyed parcel) must be recorded in the recorder’s office. The ordinance shall establish a fee schedule for the filing of the plat.

As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.57-2013, SEC.95.