CHAPTER 5. RELEASE OF LIENS ON CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

IC 32-28-5
    Chapter 5. Release of Liens on Conveyance of Real Estate

IC 32-28-5-1
Lien on real property; entry of satisfaction
    Sec. 1. (a) If a grantee has satisfied a lien on real property, thegrantor shall, upon the request of the grantee, record on the lienrecord that the lien has been satisfied.
    (b) Recording on the record of a lien under subsection (a) that thelien has been satisfied operates as a complete discharge of the lien.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.13.

IC 32-28-5-2
Certificate and acknowledgment releasing lien
    Sec. 2. (a) If a grantee has satisfied a lien on real property but thegrantor has not recorded that the lien has been satisfied under section1 of this chapter, the grantor shall, at the request of the grantee,certify that the lien has been satisfied. The grantor's certificationshall be acknowledged by the grantor in the same manner as isrequired to entitle a conveyance of real property to be recorded. Thegrantor's certification shall be recorded by the recorder in whoseoffice the deed is recorded, with reference to the location of therecorded deed.
    (b) A recorded certification that a lien has been satisfied operatesas a complete discharge of the lien.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.13.