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IN HB1124
Bill
Status
1/7/2016
Primary Sponsor
Cherrish Pryor
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AI Summary
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Amends IC 34-30-26-5 to allow tax sale certificate holders and tax deed applicants to enter vacant or abandoned property to secure it, remove trash or debris, landscape or mow grounds, or remove or paint over graffiti.
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Creates a lien on the real property equal to the reasonable value of labor performed and materials used by persons performing these maintenance actions on vacant or abandoned property.
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Grants immunity from civil liability for entry or maintenance actions unless the act constitutes gross negligence or willful, wanton, or intentional misconduct, and provides protection from trespass claims.
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Prohibits mortgagees from entering mortgaged property under this section if an automatic stay issued by a bankruptcy court bars such entry.
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Takes effect July 1, 2016.
Legislative Description
Lien on vacant or abandoned real property. Provides that a tax sale certificate holder or an applicant for a tax deed who enters the premises of certain vacant or abandoned real property to perform the action of: (1) securing the real property; (2) removing trash or debris from the grounds of the real property; (3) landscaping, maintaining, or mowing the grounds of the real property; or (4) removing or painting over graffiti on the real property; has a lien on the real property equal to the amount of the reasonable value of labor performed and materials used to perform the
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/7/2016