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IC 32-20-5
Chapter 5. Slander of Title
IC 32-20-5-1
Filing notices to slander title prohibited
Sec. 1. A person may not use the privilege of filing notices under
this article to slander the title to land.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.5.
IC 32-20-5-2
Filing claim to slander title; claimant's liability for costs and
damages
Sec. 2. In any action to quiet title to land, if the court finds that a
person has filed a claim only to slander title to land, the court shall:
(1) award the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including
attorney's fees that the court allows to the plaintiff; and
(2) decree that the defendant asserting the claim shall pay to the
plaintiff all damages that the plaintiff may have sustained as the
result of the notice of claims having been filed for record.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.5.
