INDIANA SALES DISCLOSURE FORM INSTRUCTIONS
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13. Date of sale. The county assessor indicates date of sale (the conveyance date) for use in statistical analysis and ratio study calculations.
14. Date form received. Date county assessor received sales disclosure form.
Items 15 through 18 are to be completed by the county assessor when validating this sale. Processing the form to the auditor is not contingent on
validation of the sale.
15. If applicable, identify any additional special circumstances relating to validation of sale.
16. County assessor indicates if the sale is valid for use in trending.
17. County assessor indicates the sale validation process is complete.
18. Signature or initials of individual validating the sale.
The county assessor and/or other assessing officials are responsible for verifying the sale as well. Verification of sales disclosure date is required
prior to submitting sales data to the DLGF. To streamline and expedite the verification of a sale, it is strongly recommended that the county
assessor verify each sale within 30 days of receipt of the SDF, as the assessor may find that the buyer and/or seller may not be located at the
address provided on the form.
Sales disclosure forms provided in response to public records requests may not include telephone numbers.
PART 3 – COUNTY AUDITOR
The county auditor is responsible for correctly collecting the filing fee for all non‐exempt sales transactions as well as ensuring that all parties to the
conveyance have completed and signed the form as required. The county auditor may not accept the sales disclosure statement if (1) the buyer or
seller fails to completely fill out their designated portions of the form; (2) the sales disclosure form is not included with the conveyance document;
or (3) the sales disclosure form is incomplete and/or is not stamped by the county assessor. If the buyer or seller fails to completely fill out their
designated portion of the form, the county auditor may not accept the conveyance document. The county auditor must also confirm the date the
property was duly entered for transfer.
1.
Disclosure fee amount collected: Enter the amount of the disclosure fee collected by the county auditor.
2.
Other local fee: Enter the amount of other local fees collected for the transfer of the property. This amount should not include the sales
disclosure fee as required by the state.
3.
Total fee collected: Enter the total amount of the fee collected for this transaction. The amount should equal the sum of part 3 item 1 plus
part 3 item 2.
4.
Auditor receipt book number: Identify the receipt book number used for collection of the disclosure fee.
5.
Date of transfer: Enter date entered in transfer book.
6.
Is form completed? Check yes if the form is completed except for PART 2 ‐ COUNTY ASSESSOR, Items 15‐18, which may not be completed
prior to submission to the auditor.
7.
Is fee collected? Check yes if a sales disclosure fee has been collected for this sales disclosure form.
8.
Attachments complete? Check yes if the attachments required to support this sales disclosure form have been provided and are complete. If
there are no attachments, check yes.
The county auditor shall review each sales disclosure form and process any homestead credit or any of the deductions for which the SDF serves as
an application under IC 6‐1.1‐12‐44 [solar energy heating/cooling system, wind power device, hydroelectric power device, geothermal energy
heating/cooling device deductions] and IC 6‐1.1‐20.9‐3.5 [homestead credit and standard deduction].
Sales disclosure forms provided in response to public records requests may not include telephone numbers.