Sec. 26. (a) Payment made under section 22, 23, or 25 of this chapter discharges the financial institution from all claims for amounts paid whether or not the payment is consistent with the beneficial ownership of the account as between parties, beneficiaries, or their successors.
(b) The protection provided under this section does not extend to payments made after a financial institution has received written notice from any party able to request present payment to the effect that withdrawals in accordance with the terms of the account should not be permitted.
(c) Unless a notice described in subsection (b) is withdrawn by the person giving it, the successor of any deceased party must concur in any demand for withdrawal if the financial institution is to be protected under this section.
(d) No other notice or any other information shown to have been available to a financial institution affects the institution's right to the protection provided under this section.
(e) The protection provided under this section does not affect the rights of parties in disputes between themselves or their successors concerning the beneficial ownership of funds in or withdrawn from multiple party accounts.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-1.5-12.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.143-2009, SEC.39.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 17. Interests in Property
Chapter 11. Multiple Party Accounts
32-17-11-2. "Beneficiary" Defined
32-17-11-3. "Financial Institution" Defined
32-17-11-4. "Joint Account" Defined
32-17-11-5. "Multiple Party Account" Defined
32-17-11-6. "Net Contribution" Defined
32-17-11-9. "Proof of Death" Defined
32-17-11-12. "Request" Defined
32-17-11-13. "Sums on Deposit" Defined
32-17-11-14. "Trust Account" Defined
32-17-11-15. "Withdrawal" Defined
32-17-11-16. Application of Certain Sections
32-17-11-17. Ownership of Accounts
32-17-11-18. Ownership of Accounts at Death of Party, Original Payee, or Trustee
32-17-11-19. Rights of Survivorship
32-17-11-20. Certain Transfers Not Testamentary
32-17-11-21.1. Liability for Creditor Claims and Statutory Allowances; Applicable Law
32-17-11-22. Payments; Multiple Party Accounts
32-17-11-23. Payments; Joint Accounts
32-17-11-25. Payments; Trust Accounts
32-17-11-26. Payments; Discharge of Financial Institutions From All Claims
32-17-11-27. Right of Financial Institutions to Set Off Against Accounts
32-17-11-28. Provisions in Certain Agreements Nontestamentary; Creditors' Rights
32-17-11-29. Personal Property Owned as Tenants in Common; Exceptions