Sec. 12.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "oil or gas interest" includes but is not limited to:
(1) royalties;
(2) overriding royalties;
(3) mineral rights; or
(4) working interest;
in any oil or gas located on or beneath the surface of land which lies within this state.
(b) Oil or gas interest is subject to assessment and taxation as real property. Notwithstanding section 4.2 of this chapter, each oil or gas interest shall be assessed annually by the assessor of the township in which the oil or gas is located, or the county assessor if there is no township assessor for the township. The township or county assessor shall assess the oil or gas interest to the person who owns or operates the interest.
(c) A piece of equipment is an appurtenance to land if it is incident to and necessary for the production of oil and gas from the land covered by the oil or gas interest. This equipment includes but is not limited to wells, pumping units, lines, treaters, separators, tanks, and secondary recovery facilities. These appurtenances are subject to assessment as real property. Notwithstanding section 4.2 of this chapter, each of these appurtenances shall be assessed annually by the assessor of the township in which the appurtenance is located, or the county assessor if there is no township assessor for the township. The township or county assessor shall assess the appurtenance to the person who owns or operates the working interest in the oil or gas interest.
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.48, SEC.2. As amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.66; P.L.112-2012, SEC.8; P.L.86-2018, SEC.29.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 4. Procedures for Real Property Assessment
6-1.1-4-1. Place of Assessment; Person Liable
6-1.1-4-2. Assessment of Property Held by Fiduciary
6-1.1-4-3. Heirs or Devisees; Assessment
6-1.1-4-4.2. County Reassessment Plan; Approval by Department of Local Government Finance
6-1.1-4-4.7. Training of Assessors and County Auditors in Sales Disclosure Form Verification
6-1.1-4-4.8. Reassessment of Covered Projects
6-1.1-4-5.5. Petition for Reassessment Under County Reassessment Plan
6-1.1-4-10. Notice of Reassessments; Publication
6-1.1-4-11. Destroyed Property; Order of Reassessment by County Assessor
6-1.1-4-12. Circumstances Under Which Undeveloped Land May Be Reassessed
6-1.1-4-12.4. "Oil or Gas Interest"; Assessment
6-1.1-4-12.6. Assessed Value of Oil or Gas Interests; Schedule; Penalty
6-1.1-4-13. Agricultural Land; Assessment; Soil Productivity Factors
6-1.1-4-13.6. Determination and Review of Land Values
6-1.1-4-14. Adjacent Property Holders; Assessment or Exemption of Various Rights-of-Way
6-1.1-4-15. Appraisal; Examination of Buildings
6-1.1-4-16. Assessors' Assistants; Appropriation
6-1.1-4-17. Employment of Professional Appraisers as Technical Advisors
6-1.1-4-18.5. Professional Appraisal; Contract for Services; Bids Required
6-1.1-4-19.5. Professional Appraising Services; Standard Contract or Contract Provisions
6-1.1-4-20. Professional Appraisal; Contract Deadline
6-1.1-4-21.4. Appraisal Completion Date and Reporting Requirements Under County Reassessment Plan
6-1.1-4-22. Amounts of Assessment or Reassessment; Notice
6-1.1-4-24. Notice to County Auditor of Assessed Value
6-1.1-4-25. Record Keeping; Electronic Data Files
6-1.1-4-26. Adoption or Promulgation of Documents by the Department of Local Government Finance
6-1.1-4-27.5. Property Reassessment Fund; Tax Levies; Petition to Increase Levy; Appeal
6-1.1-4-28.5. Property Reassessment Funds; Use of Money; Soil Maps
6-1.1-4-29. Expenses of Reassessment
6-1.1-4-30. Interim Assessments or Reassessments; Rules and Regulations
6-1.1-4-39. Assessment of Rental Property and Mobile Homes; Low Income Rental Housing Exclusion
6-1.1-4-39.5. Assessment of Qualified Real Property
6-1.1-4-41. Assessment of Low Income Rental Housing
6-1.1-4-45. Assessment of Land on Which an Outdoor Sign Is Located