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IC 32-26-7
Chapter 7. Recording Fencemarks; Removal of Marked Fencing
From Overflowed Lands
IC 32-26-7-1
Rails and plank fencing; record of marks
Sec. 1. If petitioned by at least twenty (20) property owners in the
county, the board of county commissioners shall furnish a blank
book to the recorder of the county, paid for out of the county fund,
in which the county recorder shall keep a record of marks of rails and
plank fencing that are adopted by the property owners of the county.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IC 32-26-7-2
Fees for recording marks
Sec. 2. The county recorder shall charge a fee in accordance with
IC 36-2-7-10 for the recording of each mark from the person
adopting and having the mark recorded. The recorder may not record
two (2) marks that exactly correspond.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
IC 32-26-7-3
Floods removing rails or plank fencing; recovery from land of
another
Sec. 3. Any person who has the person's rails or plank fencing
marked and recorded as provided under this chapter may, if the rails
or plank fencing are removed by high water and overflow off the
person's property on to the property of another person, remove the
rails and plank fencing on to the person's own property at any time
of the year. The owner of the rails or plank fencing is responsible for
and shall pay all damages that may be done to growing grain on the
property from which the rails or plank fencing are removed or over
which the rails or plank fencing are hauled.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.11.
