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Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-31-11-5

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • possessor of land: means a person who possesses any fee, reversionary, or easement interest in real property. See Indiana Code 34-31-11-1
  • trespasser: means a person who enters or remains on real property of another person without:

    Indiana Code 34-31-11-2

   Sec. 5. The purpose of this chapter is to codify Indiana common law as it exists on July 1, 2015, with respect to the duty owed by a possessor of land to a trespasser.

As added by P.L.88-2015, SEC.3.