Sec. 18. (a) A nonresident who, if alive, would be entitled to take and to own real estate in Indiana by descent or devise is presumed dead if the following conditions are met:
(1) The nonresident has been absent from the nonresident's last place of residence in any other state or country for seven (7) years.
(2) A spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the nonresident has not heard from the nonresident for seven (7) years.
(b) The real estate that a nonresident described in subsection (a) otherwise would have taken descends from the nonresident to the nonresident's heirs under IC 29.
(c) Title that passes under subsection (b) vests in a nonresident's heirs upon full compliance with the provisions of section 19 of this chapter.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-6-6-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.15.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 30. Causes of Action Concerning Real Property
Chapter 3. Ejectment and Quiet Title
32-30-3-1. Action for Ejectment or Recovery of Possession of Real Estate; Plaintiff's Affidavit
32-30-3-2. Order to Appear; Order to Show Cause; Requirements
32-30-3-3. Preliminary Order for Possession; Required Findings
32-30-3-6. Order of Possession; Prerequisites
32-30-3-7. Order of Possession; Requirements
32-30-3-9. Order of Possession; Delivery; Service
32-30-3-10. Removal of Occupants Within 48 Hours Service
32-30-3-11. Executing Officer's Return of Order of Possession
32-30-3-12. Final Judgment Supersedes Prior Orders
32-30-3-13. Actions in Plaintiff's Own Name
32-30-3-15. Statutory Construction
32-30-3-16. Action to Quiet Title; Service
32-30-3-17. Entry of Orders and Decrees in Civil Order Book; Quiet Title Record; Index Requirements
32-30-3-19. Procedure to Claim Title From Nonresident Presumed Dead
32-30-3-20. Action to Quiet Title of Real Estate Exempt From Sale on Execution