Indiana Code 36-2-11-12. Grantor and grantee index; separate indexes for deeds and mortgages; requisites
(1) the name of each grantor, promisor, or covenantor, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantee, promisee, or covenantee; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-2-11-12
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
(b) The recorder shall accurately maintain separate indexes of all the records of:
(1) deeds for real estate; and
(2) mortgages on real estate;
in the recorder’s office. The recorder shall index each deed or mortgage alphabetically, by the name of each grantor and grantee or mortgagor and mortgagee, and shall include in each index entry a concise description of the real property, the date of the deed or mortgage, and the number or letter of the book and the page at which each deed or mortgage is recorded.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-39-3 part; 17-3-53-1; 17-3-53-2; 17-3-53-3.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.16-2001, SEC.1.