Sec. 12. (a) The recorder shall index each volume of instruments the recorder records by:
(1) the name of each grantor, promisor, or covenantor, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantee, promisee, or covenantee; and
(2) the name of each grantee, promisee, or covenantee, in alphabetical order and cross-referenced to the proper grantor, promisor, or covenantor.
(b) The recorder shall accurately maintain separate indexes of all the records of:
(1) deeds for real estate; and
(2) mortgages on real estate;
in the recorder's office. The recorder shall index each deed or mortgage alphabetically, by the name of each grantor and grantee or mortgagor and mortgagee, and shall include in each index entry a concise description of the real property, the date of the deed or mortgage, and the number or letter of the book and the page at which each deed or mortgage is recorded.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 17-3-39-3 part; 17-3-53-1; 17-3-53-2; 17-3-53-3.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.16-2001, SEC.1.
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