IC 36-2-19
    Chapter 19. Filing of Surveys

IC 36-2-19-1
"Land surveyor" defined
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "land surveyor" means any of thefollowing:
        (1) A land surveyor registered under IC 25-21.5.
        (2) An employee or subordinate of a land surveyor registeredunder IC 25-21.5.
        (3) An individual who is exempt from registration as a landsurveyor under IC 25-21.5-3.
As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.23-1991, SEC.37.

IC 36-2-19-2
"Original survey" defined
    Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "original survey" means a surveythat is executed for the purpose of locating and describing realproperty that has not been previously described in documentsconveying an interest in real property.
As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4.

IC 36-2-19-3
"Retracement or record document survey" defined
    Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "retracement or record documentsurvey" means a survey of real property that has been previouslydescribed in documents conveying an interest in that real property.
As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4.

IC 36-2-19-4
Recording plat of survey; information included; filing ordinance;filing fee
    Sec. 4. (a) If a land surveyor has prepared a plat of any original,retracement, or record document survey (not including Indianasurveyor location reports or other similar documents normallyassociated with a mortgage loan) the plat shall be recorded in thecounty recorder's office when:
        (1) a new tax parcel is created;
        (2) no survey has been previously recorded; or
        (3) the monuments, monument references, or the descriptionvaries from the last recorded survey of the parcel.
    (b) The plat of survey described in subsection (a) must include thefollowing:
        (1) The name of the owner or title holder according to thecurrent county tax records at the time of recording (or the actualtitle holder if the land surveyor knows the tax records are notaccurate).
        (2) The area of each surveyed tract.
        (3) A statement indicating the existence or absence ofimprovements on each surveyed tract.    (c) The county may enact an ordinance requiring that if plats ofsurvey have been prepared the plats must be filed with the countysurveyor's office. If such an ordinance is adopted and a plat of surveyhas been prepared, a notarized record executed by the surveyor of thefiling (showing the name of the surveyor, the date of certification, thename of the owner of the surveyed parcel as described in subsection(b)(1), and a brief description of the surveyed parcel) must berecorded in the recorder's office. The ordinance shall establish a feeschedule for the filing of the plat.
As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4.

IC 36-2-19-5
Copy of plat to county auditor or surveyor
    Sec. 5. A copy of any plat recorded in the recorder's office or filedin the surveyor's office under this chapter must be provided to thecounty auditor or the county surveyor, if this action is authorized bycounty ordinance for the maintenance of the plat book underIC 6-1.1-5-1.
As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4.

IC 36-2-19-6
Filing fee disposition
    Sec. 6. If the plat described in section 4 of this chapter is filed inthe county surveyor's office under a county ordinance, the filing feeshall be deposited in the county surveyor's corner perpetuation fund.
As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4.

IC 36-2-19-7
Duplicate plat copy to township assessor
    Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in a county inwhich IC 6-1.1-5-9 or IC 6-1.1-5-9.1 applies, the county surveyorshall file a duplicate copy of any plat described in section 4 of thischapter with the township assessor (if any).
    (b) If the duties of the township assessor have been transferred tothe county assessor as described in IC 6-1.1-1-24, a reference to thetownship assessor in this section is considered to be a reference tothe county assessor.
As added by P.L.76-1989, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.219-2007,SEC.110; P.L.146-2008, SEC.700.