The Senate Civil Law Committee heard HB 1511, sponsored by Sen. Messmer and Sen. Ford, on liens on abandoned or towed vehicles. This bill specifies that a lienholder's failure to comply with certain notice requirements may result in civil damages. It also provides that proof of receipt of notice for a mechanic's lien by the owner of a vehicle subject to the mechanic's lien is not … [Read more...] about Liens on abandoned or towed vehicles
Repeal of obsolete inheritance tax provisions
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1520, sponsored by Sen. Messmer and Sen. Randolph, on the repeal of obsolete inheritance tax provisions. The bill repeals statutes imposing the inheritance tax and providing exemptions from and deductions to the inheritance tax (under current law the inheritance tax does not apply to a property interest transferred by a decedent whose death … [Read more...] about Repeal of obsolete inheritance tax provisions
Search fee for public records request
The Senate Local Government Committee heard HB 1523, sponsored by Sen. Bray, Sen. Merritt and Sen. Lanane, creating a search fee for public records request. The bill allows a state or local government agency (agency) to charge a maximum hourly fee for any records search that exceeds two hours, prohibits, with certain exceptions, an agency from charging a fee for providing a … [Read more...] about Search fee for public records request
Tax sales
The Senate Local Government Committee heard SB 1536, sponsored by Sen. Grooms, on tax sales. The bill specifies deadlines related to acquiring a tax deed for real property if a county assigns a certificate of sale for the real property to a political subdivision and eliminates a conflict with an administrative order of the Indiana Supreme Court concerning cause numbers. A … [Read more...] about Tax sales
DNA samples of felony arrestees
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard HB 1577, sponsored by Sen. Houchin, Sen. Zakas and Sen. Merritt, on DNA samples of felony arrestees. The bill requires every person arrested for a felony after June 30, 2017, to submit a DNA sample, and specifies that the sample may be obtained only by buccal swab. The bill provides that a DNA sample may be obtained from a person arrested … [Read more...] about DNA samples of felony arrestees