IndianaIndiana recorders exclude confidential-address documents from electronic filing rules
Starting July 1, 2026, county recorders’ electronic-document rules do not apply to documents containing identifying information of address confidentiality program participants.
What it does
County recorders’ electronic-document rules do not apply to documents containing identifying information of people in Indiana’s address confidentiality program.
Argument forExcluding these documents from the electronic recording rules could help keep participants’ identifying information out of electronic county records.
Argument againstPeople in the program could have fewer options for filing these documents electronically because county recorders are not required to handle them under these rules.
More detail
The law excludes certain documents from the rules in this section for electronic recording. The exclusion covers documents containing identifying information of a participant in Indiana’s address confidentiality program. The section’s exclusion does not itself bar a county recorder from accepting these documents electronically. The provision takes effect July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Feb 24Signed by the Governor Mike BraunBecame Law
- Feb 24Public Law 13Major
- Feb 23Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Feb 18Signed by the SpeakerMajor
- Feb 17Signed by the President Pro TemporeMajor
- Feb 17Returned to the Senate without amendmentsMinor
- Feb 16Third reading: passed; Roll Call 254: yeas 91, nays 0Passed House
- Vote recorded SB 191 - Bascom - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Second reading: ordered engrossedMinor
- Feb 10Committee report: do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 20First reading: referred to Committee on Local GovernmentMinor
- Jan 14Referred to the HouseMinor
- Jan 13Third reading: passed; Roll Call 23: yeas 49, nays 0Passed Senate
- Vote recorded SB 191 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 13Senator Freeman added as second author
- Jan 13House sponsor: Representative Bascom
- Jan 12Second reading: ordered engrossedMinor
- Jan 8Committee report: do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 5Authored by Senator Carrasco
- Jan 5First reading: referred to Committee on JudiciaryIntroduced