Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in section 9 of this chapter, the county auditor shall keep a transfer book, arranged by townships, cities, and towns. In the transfer book the county auditor shall enter a description, for the purpose of taxation, of land that is conveyed by deed or partition, the date of the conveyance, the names of the parties, and the post office address of the grantee.

     (b) In addition, the county auditor shall endorse on the deed or instrument of conveyance the words “duly entered for taxation subject to final acceptance for transfer”, “not taxable”, “has already been listed for taxation”, or “duly entered for taxation”. The deed or instrument must include on its face the post office address of the grantee.

     (c) After December 31, 2023, a county auditor may not refuse to endorse a deed or instrument of conveyance because the deed or instrument is an electronic document.

[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-27-8.]

Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.48, SEC.3; P.L.54-1988, SEC.1; P.L.26-2022, SEC.1.