(a) As used in this chapter, 'unknown or missing owner' means a person:(1) vested of record or by operation of IC 32-23-10 with a property interest in:(A) a mineral estate in land; or(B) a portion of a mineral estate in land; and(2) whose identity or location cannot be determined:(A) from the records in the chain of title in the county in which the land is located;(B) by diligent inquiry in the vicinity of the record owner's last known place of residence or location; and(C) from a search of tax records in the county in which the property is located.(b) The term includes the person's heirs and devisees and successors and assigns.As added by P.L.28-2015, SEC.1.
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