Private Acts of 1986 Chapter 143

SECTION 1.  In Hardin County, no conveyance divesting and vesting title to real estate shall be registered in the office of the County Register until such conveyance shall have been first submitted to the County Tax Assessor for his information as provided in this Act.

To facilitate the maintenance of records at the Office of Assessor of Property of the value of properties in Hardin County, such instruments shall be submitted to the Tax Assessor of Hardin County together with an affidavit of the value of the property or interest conveyed, or the consideration therefor, whichever is greater.  Such amount shall then be entered upon the records of the Tax Assessor of Hardin County.  Any person swearing falsely as to the consideration for said conveyance shall be guilty of perjury.

Upon the conveyance being submitted to the Tax Assessor, that official shall enter upon the permanent records of his office a description sufficient to enable the land to be identified, the consideration paid therefor, and shall note such change of ownership upon the permanent records of his office.  The Tax Assessor shall endorse upon said conveyance that the instrument has been submitted to him.

Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the submission of mortgages of deeds of trust to the County Tax Assessor.

After such conveyance has been submitted to the County Tax Assessor pursuant to the preceding provisions, it shall then be eligible for registration in the Office of the County Register of Hardin County.  The County Register shall not accept the conveyances for registration to which this act applies which fail to bear the notation of the County Tax Assessor showing that the instrument has been submitted to him.

SECTION 2.  This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the county legislative body of Hardin County.  Its approval or nonapproval shall be proclaimed by the presiding officer of the county legislative body of Hardin County and certified by him to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 3.  For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.  For all other purposes, it shall become effective upon being approved as provided in Section 2.

Passed:  March 31, 1986.