SB 191

           Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026)
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    SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 191
    AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property.
    Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
    SECTION 1. IC 32-21-2.5-8, AS AMENDED BY P.L.26-2022,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "paper document"
or "paper documents" means a tangible record that is received by a
county recorder in a form that is not electronic.
    (b) On or before July 1, 2022, A county recorder shall receive for
recording, indexing, storage, archiving, access to, searching of,
retrieval, and transmittal all electronic documents proper for recording.
A county recorder shall also accept electronically any fee or tax that the
county recorder is authorized to collect under applicable laws. A
county recorder shall implement the processing of electronic
documents proper for recording in compliance with:
      (1) this article;
      (2) IC 33-42;
      (3) IC 36-2-7.5;
      (4) IC 36-2-11; and
      (5) IC 36-2-13; and
and the standards adopted by the electronic recording commission
created under section 9 of this chapter.
    (c) This section does not apply to the following documents:
      (1) A military discharge under IC 10-17-2.
      (2) A survey of real property.
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      (3) A plat of real property.
      (4) A document containing the identifying information of a
      participant in the address confidentiality program under
      IC 5-26.5.
   (d) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording
shall:
      (1) continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state
      law; and
      (2) place entries for paper documents and electronic documents
      in the same index.
   (e) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording may:
      (1) convert paper documents accepted for recording into
      electronic form;
      (2) convert into electronic form information recorded before the
      county recorder began to accept and index electronic documents;
      or
      (3) agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision
      of a state, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to
      facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and
      conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of
      fees and taxes.
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President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date:  Time:
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