CHAPTER 8. RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY.RECORDING DEEDS
IC 8-3-8
Chapter 8. Railroad Rights-of-Way.Recording Deeds
IC 8-3-8-1
Time for recordation
Sec. 1. Any railroad corporations, lessee or assignee or receiver,
or other person or corporation, running, controlling or operating, or
that may hereafter construct, build, run, control or operate, any
railroad into or through this state, shall, within forty-five (45) days
from the date of execution of any conveyance, lease, release or other
contract affecting the right of way of any railroad hereafter
constructed, record, or cause to be recorded, in the proper records in
the recorder's office of the county wherein the lands are situate so
conveyed, leased, released or constructed.
(Formerly: Acts 1893, c.152, s.1.)
IC 8-3-8-2
Necessity for recordation
Sec. 2. Every such conveyance, lease, release, or other contract
affecting any right of way of any railroad not so recorded in
forty-five (45) days, as provided for in section 1 of this chapter, shall
be void as against any subsequent purchaser, lessee, or mortgagee in
good faith and for a valuable consideration.
(Formerly: Acts 1893, c.152, s.2.) As amended by P.L.62-1984,
SEC.29.