Indiana Code
Chapter 14. Transfer on Death Property Act
32-17-14-9. Beneficiary Designation; Effects; Requirements

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a beneficiary designation that satisfies the requirements of subsection (b):
(1) authorizes a transfer of property under this chapter;
(2) is effective on the death of the owner of the property; and
(3) transfers the right to receive the property to the designated beneficiary who survives the death of the owner.
(b) A beneficiary designation is effective under subsection (a) if the beneficiary designation is:
(1) executed; and
(2) delivered;
to the transferring entity before the death of the owner.
(c) A transferring entity shall make a transfer described in subsection (a)(3) unless there is clear and convincing evidence of the owner's different intention at the time the beneficiary designation was created.
As added by P.L.143-2009, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.6-2010, SEC.28.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 32. Property

Article 17. Interests in Property

Chapter 14. Transfer on Death Property Act

32-17-14-0.2. Application of Prior Law

32-17-14-1. Citation

32-17-14-2. Applicability

32-17-14-2.1. Application of Chapter to Preexisting Transfer on Death Transfers

32-17-14-2.5. Applicability

32-17-14-3. Definitions

32-17-14-4. Transfers That Are Not Considered Transfer on Death Transfers; Beneficiary Designation Requirements and Form

32-17-14-5. General Rules Concerning Transfer on Death Transfers

32-17-14-6. Authority of a Transferring Entity

32-17-14-7. Agreement Between Owner and Transferring Entity

32-17-14-8. Transferring Entity's Acceptance of a Beneficiary Designation

32-17-14-9. Beneficiary Designation; Effects; Requirements

32-17-14-10. Assignment of Contract Rights

32-17-14-11. Transfer on Death Deeds

32-17-14-12. Transfer on Death Transfers of Tangible Personal Property

32-17-14-13. Direct Transfer to a Transferee to Hold as Owner in Beneficiary Form

32-17-14-14. Registration in Beneficiary Form

32-17-14-15. Beneficiary's Rights Before the Death of the Owner; Effect of the Death of a Joint Owner

32-17-14-16. Changing or Revoking a Beneficiary Designation

32-17-14-17. Powers of an Attorney in Fact, a Guardian, a Conservator, or an Agent

32-17-14-18. Lost, Destroyed, Damaged, or Involuntarily Converted Property Subject to a Beneficiary Designation

32-17-14-19. Effect of Conveyances, Assignments, Contracts, Set Offs, Licenses, Easements, Liens, and Security Interests

32-17-14-20. Beneficiary Required to Survive the Owner

32-17-14-21. Trusts as Designated Beneficiaries

32-17-14-22. Substitution for Designated Beneficiaries Who Do Not Survive the Owner

32-17-14-23. Effect of Dissolution or Annulment

32-17-14-24. Fraud, Duress, Undue Influence, Mistake, or Lack of Capacity

32-17-14-25. Rights of Surviving Spouses and Children

32-17-14-26. General Rules Applying to a Beneficiary Designation

32-17-14-27. Powers and Duties of a Transferring Entity

32-17-14-28. Effect of Improper Distributions

32-17-14-29. Creditors of an Owner

32-17-14-30. Change in the Beneficiary Designation, Residency of the Owner, or Location of the Transferring Entity or Property

32-17-14-31. Duties of the Probate Court

32-17-14-32. Out-of-State Beneficiary Designations