Sec. 1.4. (a) This section applies to real property that is on an executive’s certified list of vacant and abandoned property under section 1.5(a) of this chapter.

     (b) The executive of a county, city, or town may submit to the county auditor copies of one (1) or more orders for necessary repairs for any property on the executive’s certified list of vacant or abandoned property to be included with the notice required under section 1.5 of this chapter, section 2.3 of this chapter, or IC 36-7-36.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-1.1-24-1.4

  • 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.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (c) An executive of a county, city, or town that submits orders for necessary repairs to the county auditor under subsection (b) shall make information about the necessary repairs available to the public, upon request or otherwise, at least forty (40) days before the sale conducted under section 1.5 of this chapter.

     (d) If the executive of a county, city, or town submits a copy of an order for necessary repairs for a vacant or abandoned property to the county auditor under subsection (b) and makes the information about the necessary repairs available to the public under subsection (c), a successful bidder for the vacant or abandoned property at a tax sale conducted under section 1.5 of this chapter takes the successful bidder’s interest in the vacant or abandoned property subject to the order for necessary repairs for the vacant or abandoned property.

     (e) If a tax deed for a vacant or abandoned property has been issued to a successful bidder under section 1.5 of this chapter and there is an order for necessary repairs for the vacant or abandoned property to which subsection (d) applies, the enforcement authority with jurisdiction may enforce the order for necessary repairs under IC 36-7-9 against the successful bidder.

As added by P.L.99-2018, SEC.2.