Sec. 3. (a) A landowner shall send notice of a mobile home described in section 2 of this chapter as follows:
(1) To the owner of the mobile home at the last known address of the owner as shown by:
(A) the records of the bureau; or
(B) if the unique serial number or special identification number assigned to the mobile home is removed or otherwise illegible, the records of the assessor of the county in which the mobile home is located.
If the landowner is unable to determine the address of the mobile home owner, the landowner may serve the mobile home owner by posting the notice on the mobile home.
(2) To:
(A) a lienholder with a perfected security interest in the mobile home; or
(B) any other person known to claim an interest in the mobile home;
as shown by the records of the bureau.
Notice under this subsection must include a description of the mobile home, the location of the mobile home, and a conspicuous statement that the mobile home is on the landowner's real estate without the owner's permission. If the owner of a mobile home changes the owner's address from that maintained in the records of the bureau, the owner shall immediately notify the landowner of the new address.
(b) A landowner may provide notice under subsection (a) by the following methods:
(1) Certified mail, return receipt requested.
(2) Personal delivery.
(3) Electronic service under IC 9-22-1-19.
(c) If, before the sixty (60) day period described in section 2 of this chapter expires, the mobile home owner requests by certified mail, return receipt requested, additional time to remove the mobile home, the period described in section 2 of this chapter shall be extended by an additional thirty (30) days. The mobile home owner may only request one (1) thirty (30) day extension of time.
As added by P.L.108-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.262-2013, SEC.108; P.L.71-2015, SEC.6; P.L.198-2016, SEC.372.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 22. Abandoned, Salvaged, and Scrap Vehicles
Chapter 1.5. Abandoned Mobile Homes
9-22-1.5-2. Private Landowner May Sell or Salvage Mobile Home
9-22-1.5-3. Notice of Proposed Sale or Salvage of Mobile Home to Owner by Landowner
9-22-1.5-4. Landowner May Hold Auction
9-22-1.5-5. Results of Auction