Sec. 17. Whenever a personal representative executes a deed, mortgage, lease or other conveyance under a power given the personal representative in any will, a certified copy of the will giving such power and a certified copy of the personal representative's letters may be recorded with the deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument executed by the personal representative pursuant to and in accordance with such power, and such certified copies shall be prima facie evidence of the due appointment and qualification of the personal representative and the personal representative's authority to execute said deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument.
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1517. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.45; P.L.238-2005, SEC.14.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 15. Sales, Mortgages, Leases, Exchanges─personal and Real Property
29-1-15-1. Priorities; Wills; Orders of Court
29-1-15-2. Powers Under Will; Optional Procedure
29-1-15-3. Payment of Claims, Expenses, and Taxes; Distribution of Estate
29-1-15-4. Order Not Granted; Bond Given by Interested Person
29-1-15-6. Purchasers, Mortgagees, Pledgees, or Lienors; Allowance of Claims
29-1-15-7. Collateral Attack; Irregularity in Proceedings
29-1-15-8. Petition; Stock; Bonds; Securities
29-1-15-9. Perishable Properties; Family Allowance; Title to Property; Approval
29-1-15-10. Unit Sales, Mortgages, or Leases
29-1-15-11. Petition; Sale, Mortgage, or Lease of Real Property; Order of Court
29-1-15-12. Conflicting Titles; Process and Notice
29-1-15-14. Fair Market Value; Appraisal; Reappraisal
29-1-15-15. Real Property Sales; Notice
29-1-15-17. Execution of Conveyance or Lease; Certified Copy of Order; Power Given Under Will
29-1-15-18. Forms for Conveyances
29-1-15-19. Irregularity or Defect in Proceedings; Guardians; Good Faith Purchasers
29-1-15-20. Lien of State for Inheritance or Estate Taxes