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Indiana Mechanic's Lien Template

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Indiana Mechanic's Lien Rules

Filing Deadline

60 days from last date of furnishing labor/materials for Class 2 residential structures (single/double-family dwellings); 90 days for all other projects (commercial, industrial, utilities, multi-family). Deadline is to RECORD the sworn statement and notice of intention to hold a lien.

Clock starts: Last date the claimant actually performed labor or delivered materials to the project (not punch-list or warranty work).

Where to Record

County Recorder's office in the Indiana county where the real property is physically located. Must be filed in DUPLICATE (two original copies). In Marion County (Indianapolis), this is the Marion County Recorder. Recording fees vary by county (typically $25 for the first page plus per-page fees).

Notarization

Conditional — see state rule.

Notarization REQUIRED for liens signed by the claimant directly — the statement must be sworn/verified before a notary public. EXCEPTION: if the lien is prepared and signed by the claimant's attorney,

Service Requirement

Indiana is unusual in that the COUNTY RECORDER (not the claimant) is statutorily required to mail one of the duplicate copies to the property owner at the tax-record address by first-class mail within 3 business days after recording (IC 32-28-3-3(d)). The claimant is NOT required to personally serve the owner after recording. However, the claimant must retain proof of mailing/recording for any future foreclosure action. For the pre-lien notice on owner-occupied residential, the claimant must both record AND deliver/mail it to the owner.

Indiana Warning

The owner's name and address on the lien MUST match the most recent county property tax records exactly — Indiana courts have voided liens for using the deed address, mailing address, or trade name when the tax records showed a different name/address. Always pull the current tax record before filing. Second biggest gotcha: forgetting the owner-occupied residential pre-lien notice (sub/supplier on a house) — this is a hard void, no cure.

What's built into the Indiana template

  • Statutory deadline calculator: enters last-work date, returns exact filing-deadline date for the user's state with countdown (e.g., 'File by Aug 14, 2026 — 47 days remaining')
  • County-specific recording cover sheet auto-generated for all 3,000+ US counties (margins, return-address box, doc-type code matched to that recorder's office)
  • State-specific statutory recital language injected automatically — CA Civil Code §8416, TX §53.054, FL §713.08, NY Lien Law §9, etc. — so the lien isn't void for missing a magic-words requirement
  • Notary acknowledgment block formatted for the state of recording (jurat vs acknowledgment, seal placement, commission expiry line)
  • Pre-filled Proof of Service / Certificate of Mailing with certified-mail return-receipt language and tracking-number lines
  • Inflated-lien protection: warns if claimed amount exceeds unpaid balance (TX, CA, FL impose $10k+ penalties for inflated liens)
  • License-check integration: prompts the contractor to verify their state license was active on the work dates (a void license = void lien in CA/NV/AZ)
  • Plain-English glossary tooltips on every legal term ('legal description', 'lienable amount', 'last furnishing') so non-lawyers don't fill it out wrong
  • Editable until filed: regenerate the PDF unlimited times for 30 days after purchase if you find a typo or the GC pays partial
  • Bundled foreclosure-deadline reminder email: 60/90 days before the statutory deadline to file suit to enforce the lien (most states 90 days to 1 year), so the lien doesn't expire worthless

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