Sale of vehicle under order of court or statutory provision;
application for certificate; evidence of ownership
Sec. 5. (a) Whenever a vehicle for which a certificate of title is
required by this article is sold under:
(1) an order or a process of an Indiana court; or
(2) any provision of an Indiana statute;
the person who purchases the vehicle may obtain a certificate of title
for the vehicle by filing an application for the certificate of title with
the bureau and attaching to the application written evidence showing
the order, process, or statute under which the person obtained
ownership of the vehicle.
(b) The bureau shall use due diligence to ascertain that the sale
was in conformity with the order, process, or statute under which the
sale occurred and, if the bureau is satisfied, the bureau shall issue a
certificate of title to the person who purchased the vehicle.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.5.
Last modified: May 27, 2006