The House Judiciary Committee heard SB 197 on various property issues sponsored by Rep. Ober. The bill, in part:
- amends the statute of limitations for actions for the recovery of the possession of real estate to provide that such an action that: (1) involves a line located and established by a professional surveyor; and (2) accrues before the lines are located and established by the surveyor; must be commenced before the expiration of the appeal period set forth in the statute governing county surveyors,
- amends the Indiana Code provision concerning the establishment of property lines by means of a legal survey to: (1) eliminate the exception to the required notice when all adjoining landowners consent in writing; and (2) specify that the lines established are binding on all affected landowners, including a landowner who claims title under a claim of adverse possession,.
Testimony was presented by the Indiana Board of Land Surveyors. The bill was amended by consent to remove the provision regarding adverse possession. The amended bill passed 8-0.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/197