republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-166.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adverse possession statute of limitations."
description: "Amends the statute concerning the statute of limitations for actions for the recovery of the possession of real estate to provide that such an action that: (1) involves a line located and established by a professional surveyor; and (2) accrues before the lines are located and established by the surveyor; must be commenced before the expiration of the appeal period set forth in the statute governing county surveyors. Amends the provision concerning the establishment of property lines by means of a legal survey to specify that the lines established are binding on all affected landowners, including a landowner who claims title under a claim of adverse possession. Provides that certain information must be contained in a notice of survey sent to adjoining landowners, and that a legible copy of the plat of the legal survey must be enclosed with the notice. Specifies that both an in county and out of county resident that owns a property subject to a survey has 180 days to appeal the survey to the circuit, superior, or probate court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "Indiana SB 166 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "Statute of Limitations", "ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS", "LAND AND LANDOWNERS", "PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Eric Koch", "Jerry Torr", "Mark Messmer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37466173-d955-4c84-8cb3-236b2cd329d3"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/166"
source_hash: "9fd2dae34358d370b4566e71f011503b69894710bbc47b9ab527434d73509e24"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 166 (2023) — Adverse possession statute of limitations.

Amends the statute concerning the statute of limitations for actions for the recovery of the possession of real estate to provide that such an action that: (1) involves a line located and established by a professional surveyor; and (2) accrues before the lines are located and established by the surveyor; must be commenced before the expiration of the appeal period set forth in the statute governing county surveyors. Amends the provision concerning the establishment of property lines by means of a legal survey to specify that the lines established are binding on all affected landowners, including a landowner who claims title under a claim of adverse possession. Provides that certain information must be contained in a notice of survey sent to adjoining landowners, and that a legible copy of the plat of the legal survey must be enclosed with the notice. Specifies that both an in county and out of county resident that owns a property subject to a survey has 180 days to appeal the survey to the circuit, superior, or probate court.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0166/versions/SB0166.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0166/versions/SB0166.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0166/versions/SB0166.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0166/versions/SB0166.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 166 - Torr - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Authored by Senator Doriot
- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Senator Koch added as second author
- **2023-02-09** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2023-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Senator Freeman added as coauthor
- **2023-02-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 111: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** House sponsor: Representative Torr
- **2023-02-14** Cosponsors: Representatives Miller D and Bartels
- **2023-02-14** Senator Messmer added as third author
- **2023-02-14** Senator Alting added as coauthor
- **2023-02-15** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 383: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 389: yeas 47, nays 0
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 99 `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37466173-d955-4c84-8cb3-236b2cd329d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).