CHAPTER 7. MECHANIC'S LIENS AND LIENS ON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS; FORECLOSURES AND EXPIRATION

IC 32-28-7
    Chapter 7. Mechanic's Liens and Liens on Public Improvements;Foreclosures and Expiration

IC 32-28-7-1
Actions to foreclose or enforce
    Sec. 1. An action may not be brought or maintained in Indiana toforeclose or enforce a mechanic's lien filed under Indiana law whenthe debt secured by the lien, as shown by the record of the lien, hasbeen due more than one (1) year. If the record of the lien does notshow when the debt secured by the lien became due, an action toforeclose or enforce the lien may not be brought or maintained inIndiana more than one (1) year after the filing date of the lien.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.13.

IC 32-28-7-2
Record; notice of lien
    Sec. 2. A mechanic's lien filed under Indiana law expires one (1)year after the debt secured by the lien becomes due, as shown by therecord of the lien. If the record of the mechanic's lien does not showwhen the debt secured by the lien becomes due, the mechanic's lienexpires one (1) year after the filing date of the lien.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.13.

IC 32-28-7-3
Public improvement assessments; expiration of liens
    Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the lien of anassessment for a:
        (1) street;
        (2) sewer;
        (3) sidewalk;
        (4) ditch; or
        (5) other public improvement;
expires five (5) years after the assessment (including any installmentpayments) is due and payable, as shown by the record creating thelien.
    (b) If an assessment is payable in installments, an action toenforce the lien may be brought within fifteen (15) years after thedate of the approval of the record creating the lien. After theexpiration of this time period, upon the request of the owner ofrecord of the encumbered real estate, the custodian of the recordevidencing the lien, in the jurisdiction in which the real estate issituated, shall certify on the record that the lien of the assessment forstreet, sewer, sidewalk, ditch, or other public improvement issatisfied and released by lapse of time and that the encumbered realestate is released from the lien.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.13.

IC 32-28-7-4
Action to foreclose or enforce liens    Sec. 4. If an action to enforce a lien to which this chapter applieswas commenced in Indiana before the lien expired, the lien as itexisted at the time the action commenced may be enforced.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.13.