Indiana Code
Chapter 11. County Recorder
36-2-11-16.5. Requirements for Instrument or Document Presented for Recording; Not Applicable to Certain Instruments or Documents

Sec. 16.5. (a) This section does not apply to the following:
(1) A judgment, an order, or a writ of a court.
(2) A will or death certificate.
(3) A plat.
(4) A survey.
(b) The county recorder may receive for record an instrument or a document if:
(1) the instrument or document consists of at least one (1) individual page measuring not more than eight and one-half (8 1/2) inches by fourteen (14) inches that is not permanently bound and is not a continuous form;
(2) the instrument or document is on white paper of at least twenty (20) pound weight and has clean margins:
(A) on the first and last pages of at least two (2) inches on the top and bottom and one-half (1/2) inch on each side; and
(B) on each additional page of at least one-half (1/2) inch on the top, bottom, and each side; and
(3) the instrument or document is typewritten or computer generated in black ink in at least 10 point type.
As added by P.L.211-1996, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.80.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 36. Local Government

Article 2. Government of Counties Generally

Chapter 11. County Recorder

36-2-11-1. Application of Chapter

36-2-11-2. Residence; Term of Office

36-2-11-2.5. Training

36-2-11-3. Location of Office; Business Hours and Days; State of Emergency

36-2-11-4. Legal Action on Days Office Is Closed

36-2-11-5. Delivery of Instruments Left for Record on Expiration of Term

36-2-11-6. Demand of Fees; Overpayment of Fees; Refund

36-2-11-7. Return of Instrument to Presenter

36-2-11-7.5. Personal Liability for Dishonored Checks

36-2-11-8. Record of Instruments in Order Received; Public Access; Copies; Contaminated Instruments

36-2-11-9. Entry Book; Contents

36-2-11-10. Recording Requirements

36-2-11-11. Repealed

36-2-11-12. Grantor and Grantee Index; Separate Indexes for Deeds and Mortgages; Requisites

36-2-11-13. Plat or Instrument of Title to Real Property Recorded in County Where Plat or Property Not Located

36-2-11-14. Auditor's Endorsement Required for Recording of Deed of Partition, Conveyance of Land, or Affidavits of Transfer to Real Estate; Violation

36-2-11-14.5. Recording of Purchase Contracts Involving Manufactured Homes and Mobile Homes

36-2-11-15. Instruments That May Be Received for Record or Filing; Name of Person or Governmental Agency That Prepared Instrument

36-2-11-16. Requirements for Instruments to Be Received and Recorded

36-2-11-16.5. Requirements for Instrument or Document Presented for Recording; Not Applicable to Certain Instruments or Documents

36-2-11-17. Recording of Name of Farm; Description; Conveyance; Cancellation

36-2-11-18. Marginal Entries; Satisfaction, Cancellation, or Assignment; Entry in Entry Book or Electronic Index

36-2-11-19. Affidavit; Recording in Miscellaneous Records; Record as Prima Facie Evidence

36-2-11-20. Memorandum of Lease or Memorandum of Contract; Recording; Effect

36-2-11-21. Repealed

36-2-11-22. Certified Copy of Matter Relating to Bankruptcy; Recording in Miscellaneous Records

36-2-11-23. Official Seal

36-2-11-24. List of Recorded Mortgage Releases

36-2-11-25. Federal Liens; Notice; Filing; Certificate of Discharge; Recording; Exemption From Redaction Requirements

36-2-11-26. Social Security Number on Instruments Presented for Recording

36-2-11-27. Payments to County Recorder; Transaction Fees; Contracting With Payment Processing Companies Authorized