Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "paper document" or "paper documents" means a tangible record that is received by a county recorder in a form that is not electronic. (b) On or before July 1, 2022, a county recorder shall receive for recording, indexing, storage, archiving, access to, searching of, retrieval, and transmittal all electronic documents proper for recording. A county recorder shall also accept electronically any fee or tax that the county recorder is authorized to collect under applicable laws. A county recorder shall implement the processing of electronic documents proper for recording in compliance with: (1) this article; (2) IC 33-42 ; (3) IC 36-2-7.5 ; (4) IC 36-2-11 ; and (5) IC 36-2-13 ; and the standards adopted by the electronic recording commission created under section 9 of this chapter. (c) This section does not apply to the following documents: (1) A military discharge under IC 10-17-2 . (2) A survey of real property. (3) A plat of real property. (d) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording shall: (1) continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law; and (2) place entries for paper documents and electronic documents in the same index. (e) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording may: (1) convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form; (2) convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to accept and index electronic documents; or (3) agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision of a state, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.
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