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
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Real property improvement contracts
The Senate Civil Law Committee heard Sen. Head’s SB 353 on real property improvement contracts. The bill amends the statute concerning home improvement contracts to do the following: expand the scope of the statute to cover improvements made to commercial real property in addition to residential real property; specify that for purposes of the statute, improvements include i … [Read more...] about Real property improvement contracts
Use of firearms to secure loans
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Tomes, Sen. Alting, and Sen. Niemeyer’s SB 13 on use of firearms to secure loans. The bill repeals the statute prohibiting the use of a firearm as a security. The Indiana Pawnbrokers Association testified in support of the bill, which passed 8-0. Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/13 … [Read more...] about Use of firearms to secure loans
Tax sales
The House Local Government Committee heard Rep. Engleman and Rep Miller’s HB 1536 on tax sales. This 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. It also eliminates a conflict with an administrative order of the Indiana Supreme Court concerning cause numbers. The … [Read more...] about Tax sales
Notaries public and trademarks
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Bray’s and Sen. Brown’s SB 539 on notaries public and trademarks. The bill provides that: a person who wishes to register a trademark must file an electronic application for the registration of the trademark allows the Governor to appoint notaries public in certain instances describes permitted notarial acts specifies that notarial acts … [Read more...] about Notaries public and trademarks