Sec. 18. (a) Whenever a personal representative shall be ordered by the court to execute a conveyance of the real estate of a decedent, a conveyance subscribed by the personal representative shall vest in the grantee all the title in the real estate ordered by the court to be conveyed as completely as if all the proceedings of the court preliminary to such conveyance has been fully recited therein, if such conveyance includes substantially the following:
"A.B., as personal representative of C.D., deceased, by order of the ____________ Court of ________ County, Indiana, dated __________, for good and sufficient consideration, conveys to E.F. the following real estate: (insert description)."
(b) Whenever the personal representative, by the provisions contained in the will, shall be required or authorized, without the intervention of a court, to execute a conveyance of the real estate of a decedent, a conveyance subscribed by the personal representative shall be sufficient to convey all the title in the real estate to the grantee, if such conveyance includes substantially the following:
"A.B., as personal representative of C.D., deceased, by virtue of the decedent's said will, for good and sufficient consideration, conveys to E.F. the following described real estate: (insert description)."
Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.1518; Acts 1975, P.L.288, SEC.33. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.268, SEC.7; P.L.130-1992, SEC.9.
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