Section 32-28-13-4 - Common law lien against public official based on performance of official duty precluded; voiding common law lien(a) This chapter provides the procedure for filing and releasing a common law lien.(b) This chapter does not create a common law lien. A common law lien does not exist against the property of a public official for the performance or nonperformance of the public official's official duty. A person asserting a common law lien must prove the existence of the lien:(1) as prescribed by the common law of Indiana; or(2) as provided in this chapter.(c) Unless a common law lien becomes void at an earlier date under section 6(b) of this chapter, a common law lien is void if the common law lienholder fails to commence a suit on the common law lien within one hundred eighty (180) days after the date the common law lien is recorded under this chapter.Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-39-2.7.
Amended by P.L. 191-2015, SEC. 6, eff. 7/1/2015.As added by P.L. 2-2002, SEC.13. Amended by P.L. 73-2009, SEC.1.