Ind. Code ch. 14-18-1.5

in effect

Ind. Code § 14-18-1.5-1 Establishment

Sec. 1. The state land office is established as a division of the department. As added by P.L.151-2012, SEC.9.

Ind. Code § 14-18-1.5-2 Organization and management

Sec. 2. The director shall provide for the organization and management of the state land office. As added by P.L.151-2012, SEC.9.

Ind. Code § 14-18-1.5-3 State repository

Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to the following: (1) An instrument or a document of either of the following: (A) The Indiana department of transportation. (B) A state educational institution. (2) A lease of property for a term of four (4) years or less. (b) The state land office shall serve as the repository for any instrument relating to past or current ownership or possession of property by the state. As added by P.L.151-2012, SEC.9.

Ind. Code § 14-18-1.5-4 Maps and plats

Sec. 4. (a) The state land office shall prepare and maintain property record maps and plats of property owned by the state, whether owned in the past or currently owned. (b) The maps and plats maintained by the state land office must include the following information: (1) Maps showing each county and the boundaries of each county. (2) Plats of each parcel of property owned by the state, showing the metes and bounds of the parcel. The maps and plats must show the appropriate townships, ranges, sections, parts of sections, and other appropriate geographic information. (c) The state land office may maintain appropriate materials to assist the state land office in developing and maintaining the property records required by this section, including the following: (1) Aerial photography. (2) United States Geographical Survey maps. (3) Commercial and governmental plat books. (4) Survey plats and notes prepared for agencies by registered land surveyors. As added by P.L.151-2012, SEC.9.

Ind. Code § 14-18-1.5-5 Copies of records; charges

Sec. 5. (a) Subject to IC 5-14-3, the state land office shall provide copies of records maintained by the state land office. (b) The director shall establish a reasonable copying charge for copies of records that are not standard-sized documents (as defined by IC 5-14-3-2) provided by the state land office. As added by P.L.151-2012, SEC.9.

Ind. Code § 14-18-1.5-6 Rules

Sec. 6. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.151-2012, SEC.9.

Ind. Code § 14-18-1.5-7 Transfer of rules, powers, property, and employees

Sec. 7. (a) The rules adopted by the Indiana department of administration before July 1, 2012, concerning the state land office are considered, after June 30, 2012, rules of the commission. A reference to the state land office within the Indiana department of administration in a statute, rule, or other document before July 1, 2012, is considered a reference to the state land office within the department. (b) All powers, duties, assets, liabilities, records, property, appropriations, and employees of the state land office within the Indiana department of administration on June 30, 2012, are transferred to the state land office within the department. As added by P.L.151-2012, SEC.9.

Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/14Fetched: 10/17/2026