Sec. 1. All boats, vessels, and watercraft of every description found in the waters of Indiana, including wharf boats and floating warehouses that are used for storing, receiving, and forwarding freights and that may be removed from place to place at the pleasure of the owner or owners of the watercraft, are liable for the […]
Sec. 2. A claim growing out of a cause set forth in section 1 of this chapter, whether arising out of contracts made or broken within or outside Indiana, or wrongs or injuries done or committed within or outside Indiana, is a lien upon the boat, vessel, or other watercraft, and upon the apparel, tackle, […]
Sec. 3. A lien provided for in section 2 of this chapter takes preference of any claims against the boat itself or all or any of its owners, masters, or consignees growing out of any other cause than those set forth in section 1 of this chapter and, as between themselves, mariners’ and boatmens’ wages […]
Sec. 4. (a) Any person aggrieved by a cause set forth in section 1 of this chapter may have an action against the boat, vessel, or other watercraft in the county where the boat, vessel, or other watercraft may be found, or against the owners of the boat, vessel, or other watercraft, to enforce a […]
Sec. 5. In all actions contemplated in section 4 of this chapter, all or any of the persons having demands described in section 4 of this chapter may join in a complaint against the boat, vessel, or other watercraft either at the commencement of the action or at any time afterwards, before judgment, upon filing […]
Sec. 6. In an action under this chapter, proceedings shall be had and judgment rendered and enforced by execution or other proper means. [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-8-22-6.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.
Sec. 7. (a) If the defendant master, owner, or consignee, before final judgment, gives a written undertaking payable to the plaintiff, with surety to be approved by the clerk or sheriff, to the effect that the defendant will perform the judgment of the court, the attachment shall be discharged and restitution made of the boat, […]
Sec. 8. In cases arising under section 1 of this chapter, the summons may be served upon: (1) the officer or consignee making the contract; (2) if the officer or consignee cannot be found, upon the clerk; (3) if neither the officer, the consignee, nor the clerk can be found, upon any other officer of […]
