Section 36-2-11-17 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Recording of name of farm; description; conveyance; cancellation(a) An owner of a farm may have the name of the owner's farm and a description of the land to which the name applies recorded in a register kept for that purpose by the recorder of the county in which the farm is located. The recorder shall provide to the owner: (1) a copy of the recorded document that contains the name of the owner's farm; and(2) documentation of a description of the land to which the name of the farm applies.(b) If a name is recorded as the name of a farm, the name may not be recorded as the name of another farm in the same county.(c) If the name of a farm is recorded under this section and the owner conveys all of the farm, the recorded name of the farm also is conveyed. If the owner conveys only a part of the farm, the recorded name of the farm is conveyed only if so stated in the deed of conveyance.(d) An owner of a farm may cancel the recorded name of the farm by making the following statement on the margin of the record of the name: "This name is cancelled and I hereby release all rights thereunder." This statement must be signed by the owner and attested by the recorder.Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-44-1; 17-3-44-3; 17-3-44-4.
Amended by P.L. 156-2024,SEC. 33, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.L. 127-2017,SEC. 81, eff. 7/1/2017.As added by Acts1980 , P.L. 212, SEC.1.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.