IC 32-28-2
    Chapter 2. Limitation on and Reinstatement of Liens AfterDestruction of Records

IC 32-28-2-1
Succession of lien; action to reinstate record
    Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), if therecord of a judgment of an Indiana court that would otherwise be alien upon real estate is destroyed, six (6) months after the date whenthe record is destroyed the judgment ceases to be a lien upon any realestate as against any right, title, lien on or interest in the real estateaccruing to or acquired by any person for a valuable considerationand without notice.
    (b) The record of a judgment does not cease to be a lien undersubsection (a) six (6) months after the date when the record isdestroyed if the judgment plaintiff or the assignee or owner of thejudgment, less than six (6) months after the date when the record isdestroyed, files an action to reinstate the record of the judgment inthe court having jurisdiction of the record.
    (c) If the plaintiff obtains a judgment or decree in the action filedunder subsection (b), the filing of the action to reinstate the recordpreserves the lien of the judgment in the same manner and to thesame extent as if the record had not been destroyed.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.13.