CHAPTER 7. ADVERSE POSSESSION
IC 32-21-7
Chapter 7. Adverse Possession
IC 32-21-7-1
Establishing title; payment of taxes and special assessments byadverse possessor
Sec. 1. In any suit to establish title to land or real estate,possession of the land or real estate is not adverse to the owner in amanner as to establish title or rights in and to the land or real estateunless the adverse possessor or claimant pays and discharges alltaxes and special assessments that the adverse possessor or claimantreasonably believes in good faith to be due on the land or real estateduring the period the adverse possessor or claimant claims to havepossessed the land or real estate adversely. However, this sectiondoes not relieve any adverse possessor or claimant from proving allthe elements of title by adverse possession required by law.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.171-2006, SEC.7.
IC 32-21-7-2
Property owned by state or political subdivision; adversepossession action against political subdivision barred after6-30-1998
Sec. 2. (a) Title to real property owned by the state or a politicalsubdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13) may not be alienated byadverse possession.
(b) A cause of action based on adverse possession may not becommenced against a political subdivision (as defined inIC 36-1-2-13) after June 30, 1998.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.16-2009, SEC.30.