A KANSAS based millwork subcontractor asked our TRADITION LIEN SERVICE division to record a INDIANA Sworn Statement And Notice Of Intention To Hold Mechanic’s Lien against a new assisted living apartment community being built in within Howard County. Wikipedia quotes that Kokomo is known as the “City of Firsts” due to the significant number of automotive related technical and engineering innovations that were developed in Kokomo.

The Howard County Recorder’s Office fees to record are as follows: $25.00 for the entire document (includes one mail out) for 8-1/2″ x 11″ paper. It is $2.00 for each additional mail out. Make checks payable to HOWARD COUNTY RECORDER’S OFFICE. Business and personal checks accepted if they have phone number and physical address on them.

Actual recording is 1-2 business days. You can view information on their website 1-2 days after recording. A copy of the document will be mailed back 1-2 days after recording.

My young adult life brought me to INDIANA several times while I lived in ILLINOIS. In the spring of 1983 I attended the Senior Prom as the date of a woman friend who attended LaPorte High School. Later on in the mid-80s I visited MARIAN COLLEGE in Indianapolis where that same friend was enrolled. I received one of my few speeding tickets near the campus of INDIANA UNIVERSITY as I raced to make it on time to a small business nearby for a business meeting. I even remember having dinner after a day of business meetings at a bar in INDIANAPOLIS and watching the World Series on TV as the events of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake in San Francisco unfolded.

Thirty (30) INDIANA notices were entirely re-written in PreLien2Lien this month. They also have (CTT) Custom Template Technology, enabling each template notice to be customized for a one-time $50 fee.

INDIANA is a state that Subcontractors must provide 1st notices for on Residential improvements.  INDIANA Code § 32-8-3-1 mandates that on residential projects a Preliminary Notice must be served by the Subcontractor who is in contract with someone other than the Owner (General/Prime Contractor, another Subcontractor) to the owner of a owner-occupied improvement within thirty (30) days after first furnishing construction related labor, professional services, materials, machinery, fixtures or tools to a jobsite.  If it is new Residential construction, the Preliminary Notice must be served within sixty (60) days after first furnishing construction related labor, professional services, materials, machinery, fixtures or tools to a jobsite.  Additionally, It must also get recorded within the same time period at the County Recorder’s office in the county where the project originates.

General/Prime/Sub Contractors (Private Projects): INDIANA Code § 32-8-3-3 mandates that you must file a Sworn Statement And Notice Of Intention To Hold Mechanic’s Lien with the County Recorders Office in the County where the project occurred. It must be filed within (sixty) 60 days (commercial) or ninety (90) days (public improvements, commercial) after the completion of providing labor, rental equipment, or materials.