Sec. 3. (a) The agency designated or established in section 2 of this chapter may acquire real property in the name of the unit, for use as provided in this chapter.

     (b) Under IC 6-1.1-24-4.5, the county auditor shall provide a list of real property on which one (1) or more installments of taxes are delinquent.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-7-17-3

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
     (c) Under IC 6-1.1-25-1 and IC 6-1.1-25-4, the agency may acquire the deed for real property purchased at tax sale for the purposes of this chapter one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of sale, after compliance with the notice provisions of IC 6-1.1-25-4.5.

     (d) Under IC 6-1.1-25-7.5, the agency may acquire the deed for real property for which the holder of the certificate of sale has failed to request that the county auditor execute and deliver a deed within one hundred twenty (120) days after issuance of the certificate.

     (e) In addition to real property acquired through tax sale for the purposes of this chapter, the agency may acquire real property by purchase or gift.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-21-2.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.36. Amended by P.L.87-1987, SEC.11; P.L.1-1994, SEC.178; P.L.31-1994, SEC.22; P.L.2-1995, SEC.135; P.L.169-2006, SEC.76.

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