republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1231.md

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Bill	Lien removal fees.	Provides that a political subdivision is required to pay a $25 fee to a county recorder for the recording of a release of a lien or liens held by the political subdivision on a parcel: (1) for which a certificate of sale is sold; or (2) that is disposed of by a political subdivision; regardless of the number of liens the political subdivision holds on the parcel. Provides that if a county containing a consolidated city has: (1) established a housing trust fund; and (2) adopted an ordinance authorizing a $10 recording fee per document for deposit in the housing trust fund; the county recorder may charge the $10 recording fee per document in addition to the $25 fee for the recording of a release of a lien or liens held by a political subdivision. Provides how a county recorder must deposit fees collected for the recording of a release of a lien or liens held by a political subdivision.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1231	Indiana HB 1231 (2021)	bill	LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY	enacted	Jean Leising Rick Niemeyer Thomas Saunders	4	22	0	2021-01-14	2021-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0295fab0-e97b-49c0-b60c-a79662f33202	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1231	03012782495d8e49eb12d8a1ebc08569be82474a54a97dad2301de604a708fe7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1231 (2021) — Lien removal fees.

Provides that a political subdivision is required to pay a $25 fee to a county recorder for the recording of a release of a lien or liens held by the political subdivision on a parcel: (1) for which a certificate of sale is sold; or (2) that is disposed of by a political subdivision; regardless of the number of liens the political subdivision holds on the parcel. Provides that if a county containing a consolidated city has: (1) established a housing trust fund; and (2) adopted an ordinance authorizing a $10 recording fee per document for deposit in the housing trust fund; the county recorder may charge the $10 recording fee per document in addition to the $25 fee for the recording of a release of a lien or liens held by a political subdivision. Provides how a county recorder must deposit fees collected for the recording of a release of a lien or liens held by a political subdivision.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Thomas Saunders — primary (person)
• Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — cosponsor (person)
• John Young — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Vernon Smith — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-01-14 Coauthored by Representative Pryor
• 2021-01-14 Authored by Representative Saunders
• 2021-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-15 Representative Young J added as coauthor
• 2021-02-15 Representative Smith, V. added as coauthor
• 2021-02-16 Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer and Leising
• 2021-02-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 92, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-08 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-11 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-15 Senator Buck added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-16 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-16 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2021-03-23 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-03-29 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-03-31 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-01 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-01 Public Law 19

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0295fab0-e97b-49c0-b60c-a79662f33202. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).