Sec. 9. If a person embezzles or converts to the person's own use the personal property of a decedent before the appointment of a personal representative, the person is liable to the estate for the value of the property embezzled or converted.
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1309. As amended by P.L.154-1990, SEC.8.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 13. Collection and Management of Assets
29-1-13-1. Possession of Property; Duties of Personal Representative
29-1-13-1.5. Access to Safe Deposit Box; Duties of Financial Institutions
29-1-13-2. Preserving Estate; Action to Prevent Loss
29-1-13-3. Actions; Trespass; Waste; Costs; Examine Party
29-1-13-4. Fraudulent Conveyances; Recovery
29-1-13-5. Compromise; Debtor or Obligor
29-1-13-6. Real Estate Interest as Personal Assets; Proceeds From Sale of Real Estate
29-1-13-7. Mortgages; Release and Discharge
29-1-13-8. Valueless Property; Abandonment
29-1-13-9. Embezzlement; Conversion
29-1-13-10. Petitions; Concealment; Embezzlement; Conversion; Adverse Interest; Attachment
29-1-13-11. Business of Decedent; Continuing
29-1-13-12. Conveyance or Lease After Death of Decedent
29-1-13-13. Contracts; Performance by Personal Representative
29-1-13-14. Investment of Funds
29-1-13-17. Action to Enforce a Written Demand or Instruction From a Personal Representative