Sec. 5. (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. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-7-8-6.]
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