Ind. Code § 32-31-5-5
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(a) Except as provided in IC 16-41-27-29, IC 32-31-3, or IC 32-31-4, a landlord may not: (1) take possession of; (2) remove from a tenant’s dwelling unit; (3) deny a tenant access to; or (4) dispose of; a tenant’s personal property in order to enforce an obligation of the tenant to the landlord under a rental agreement.
(b) The landlord and tenant may agree in a writing separate from the rental agreement that the landlord may hold property voluntarily tendered by the tenant as security in exchange for forbearance from an action to evict.
IC 32-31-5-5
Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-7-8-6.
As added by P.L. 2-2002, SEC.16.