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type: "Bill"
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title: "Lien removal fees."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1231"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1231 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jean Leising", "Rick Niemeyer", "Thomas Saunders"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2021-01-14"
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last_action: "2021-04-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0295fab0-e97b-49c0-b60c-a79662f33202"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1231"
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source_hash: "03012782495d8e49eb12d8a1ebc08569be82474a54a97dad2301de604a708fe7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1231 (2021) — Lien removal fees.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1231/versions/HB1231.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1231/versions/HB1231.02.COMH)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1231/versions/HB1231.03.COMS)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1231/versions/HB1231.01.INTR)
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## Sponsors
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- Jean Leising — primary (person)
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- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
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- Thomas Saunders — primary (person)
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- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
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- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
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- John Young — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Vernon Smith — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representative Pryor
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- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Saunders
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- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-15** Representative Young J added as coauthor
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- **2021-02-15** Representative Smith, V. added as coauthor
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- **2021-02-16** Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer and Leising
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- **2021-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 92, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-17** Referred to the Senate
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- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-08** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-11** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-15** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
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- **2021-03-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-16** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2021-03-16** Returned to the House without amendments
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- **2021-03-23** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2021-03-29** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2021-03-31** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-01** Public Law 19
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0295fab0-e97b-49c0-b60c-a79662f33202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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