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
Article 17. Interests in Property
Chapter 14. Transfer on Death Property Act
32-17-14-0.2. Application of Prior Law
32-17-14-2.1. Application of Chapter to Preexisting Transfer on Death Transfers
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
32-17-14-16. Changing or Revoking a Beneficiary Designation
32-17-14-17. Powers of an Attorney in Fact, a Guardian, a Conservator, or an Agent
32-17-14-20. 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