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IN HB1163
Bill
Status
1/12/2015
Primary Sponsor
Rhonda Rhoads
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AI Summary
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County auditor cannot endorse and recorder cannot record instruments dividing land that require a new tax identification number unless the plan commission provides written confirmation that the division complies with local regulations on minimum lot frontage, width, area, subdivision, and platting.
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Written confirmation must be executed by the local plan commission with jurisdiction over the property and must include any special conditions required by the plan commission to establish compliance.
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Written confirmation must be acknowledged by both the grantor and grantee of the real property.
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Plan commission cannot charge a fee for issuing the written confirmation.
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Recorder must record the written confirmation as an attachment to the instrument; exemptions apply to subdivision plats or planned unit developments that have already received plan commission or plan director approval.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Recording of new lots. Provides that if an instrument dividing land requires issuance of a new tax identification number: (1) the county auditor may not endorse the instrument; and (2) the recorder may not record the instrument; unless the plan commission executes a written confirmation that the property division complies with local regulations concerning minimum lot frontage, width, and area, and with the subdivision and platting of land. Provides that the plan commission may not charge a fee for issuing a written confirmation. Requires the recorder to record the confirmation as an attachment to the instrument. Provides that these requirements
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
1/12/2015