"Conveyance document" defined

# (1)

Any of the following that purports to transfer a real property interest for valuable consideration:

# (A)

A document.

# (B)

A deed.

# (C)

A contract of sale.

# (D)

An agreement.

# (E)

A judgment.

# (F)

A lease that includes the fee simple estate and is for a period in excess of ninety

(90) years.

# (G)

A quitclaim deed serving as a source of title.

# (H)

Another document presented for recording.

# (2)

Documents for compulsory transactions as a result of foreclosure or express threat of foreclosure, divorce, court order, condemnation, or probate.

# (3)

Documents involving the partition of land between tenants in common, joint tenants, or tenants by the entirety.

(b) The term does not include the following:

(1) Security interest documents such as mortgages and trust deeds.

(2) Leases that are for a term of less than ninety (90) years.

(3) Agreements and other documents for mergers, consolidations, and incorporations involving solely nonlisted stock.

# (4)

Quitclaim deeds not serving as a source of title.

# (5)

Public utility or governmental easements or rights-of-way.

# (6)

Conveyances to the state.

# (7)

Conveyances to a unit (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23).
As added by P.L.63-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.144-2008, SEC.2; P.L.182-2009(ss),
SEC.90; P.L.49-2024, SEC.1; P.L.181-2025, SEC.2.