Sec. 18. If a life tenant who has demised any lands dies on or after the day on which rent is due and payable, the executor or administrator of the life tenant's estate may recover from the under tenant the whole rent due. If the life tenant dies before the day on which rent is due:
(1) the executor or administrator of the life tenant's estate may recover the proportion of rent that accrued before; and
(2) the remainderman may recover the proportion of rent that accrued after;
the life tenant's death.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-7-1-17.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.1-2003, SEC.86.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 31. Landlord-Tenant Relations
32-31-1-1. Determination of Estates at Will
32-31-1-2. Creation of Tenancy at Will Month to Month
32-31-1-3. Determination of Year to Year Tenancy
32-31-1-4. Notice; Determination of Tenancy
32-31-1-5. Form; Notice Determining Tenancy From Year to Year
32-31-1-6. Rent; Refusal or Neglect to Pay
32-31-1-7. Forms; Notice to Quit; Failure or Refusal to Pay Rent
32-31-1-8. Notice to Quit; When Not Necessary
32-31-1-10. Conveyance by Landlord
32-31-1-11. Attornment of Tenant to Stranger
32-31-1-12. Sublessees; Remedy Against Landlord
32-31-1-13. Alienees of Lessors and Lessees; Remedies
32-31-1-14. Rents; Land Granted for Life
32-31-1-15. Rents; Dependency on Life of Another; Recovery of Arrears
32-31-1-16. Rents; Executors and Administrators; Remedies and Liabilities
32-31-1-17. Occupant Without Special Contract; Liability for Rent
32-31-1-18. Death of Life Tenant Demising Land; Recovery of Rent
32-31-1-20. Local Units Prohibited From Regulating Rental Rates and Landlord-Tenant Relationship