Release of lien; filing executed certificate; entry in lien book;
lienholders liability
Sec. 7. (a) To release a lien perfected under section 4 of this
chapter, the operator of the hospital to whom the lien has been paid
must file with each recorder in whose office the notice of the hospital
lien was filed an executed certificate:
(1) stating that the claim filed by the hospital for treatment,
care, and maintenance has been paid or discharged; and
(2) authorizing the recorder to release the lien.
The hospital shall bear the expense of obtaining a release.
(b) Upon receipt of the certificate, the recorder shall enter in the
margin of the record of the lien and the entry book a memorandum
of the filing and the date the certificate was filed. This entry
constitutes a release of lien for which the recorder shall receive the
fee prescribed in IC 36-2-7-10.
(c) If the amount of a lien has been satisfied or paid and
subsequently a demand for a release of the lien is made, the
lienholder is liable to the person, firm, limited liability company, or
corporation against whose interest the lien has been filed for ten
dollars ($10) for each day that the lien remains in effect after the
fifteenth day after the demand for a release of the lien was made.
(d) The operator of the releasing hospital shall mail a copy of the
release of lien certificate required under subsection (a) to the
department of insurance within ten (10) days after the certificate was
filed with the recorder.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.
Last modified: May 24, 2006