IndianaRights on vacated roads would expire after twenty years
If passed, easements and other legal claims on vacated road land would end after twenty years, except those the landowner granted in writing.
What it does
Easements and other legal claims on vacated road land, along with rights tied to them, would end after twenty years. The rule would exempt easements and claims the landowner granted in writing.
Argument forOwners of former road land could face fewer old legal claims because covered easements and other claims would end after twenty years.
Argument againstPeople relying on an easement over former road land could lose it after twenty years if the landowner never granted it in writing.
More detail
Covered rights would end on the twentieth anniversary of the right-of-way’s vacation. This covers easements or other legal claims on or within the vacated right-of-way, and rights connected to or based on them. The rule does not apply to an easement or other claim if the owner of the former right-of-way land granted it in writing. The section would take effect July 1, 2026. The twenty-year period runs from the date the right-of-way is vacated.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jan 8First reading: referred to Committee on Local GovernmentLatest
- Jan 8Authored by Representative MorrisIntroduced
Transportation