36-1-11-16. Purchase, receipt, or lease of property by ineligible persons; eligible persons; effect of ineligibility

IN Code § 36-1-11-16 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 16. (a) This section applies to the following:

(1) A person who owes delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, or costs directly attributable to a prior tax sale on a tract of real property listed under IC 6-1.1-24-1.

(2) A person who is an agent of the person described in subdivision (1).

(b) A person subject to this section may not purchase, receive, or lease a tract that is offered in a sale, exchange, or lease under this chapter.

(c) If a person purchases, receives, or leases a tract that the person was not eligible to purchase, receive, or lease under this section, the sale, transfer, or lease of the property is void and the county retains the interest in the tract it possessed before the sale, transfer, or lease of the tract.

As added by P.L.60-1988, SEC.36. Amended by P.L.342-1989(ss), SEC.37; P.L.98-2000, SEC.18.