The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 166 authored by Sen. Doriot on adverse possession statute of limitations. This bill:
- amends the statute concerning the statute of limitations for actions for the recovery of the possession of real estate to provide that such an action that involves a line located and established by a professional surveyor and 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 provision concerning the establishment of property lines by means of a legal survey to specify that the lines established are binding on all affected landowners, including a landowner who claims title under a claim of adverse possession;
- provides that certain information must be contained in a notice of survey sent to adjoining landowners, and that a legible copy of the plat of the legal survey must be enclosed with the notice.
Meridian Land Consulting LLC and the County Surveyor’s Association testified in support of the bill. The bill passed 11-0.
Read the bill at https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166