Indiana Code 4-20.5-18-3. Perfection

Sec. 3. Retrocession of jurisdiction under this chapter must be perfected as follows:

(1) An agent of the United States authorized to dispose of property must give written notice of the retrocession to the governor.

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Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5

(2) The governor must accept the retrocession on behalf of the state on the written notice.

(3) The notice, with the governor’s acceptance, must be:

(A) recorded in the office of the recorder of the county where the property is located; and

(B) filed in the land office.

As added by P.L.7-1993, SEC.7.