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Chapter 1. Fee Simple Interest
32-17-1-1. "Grantor" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "grantor" means every...
32-17-1-2. Fee Simple Conveyance - Sec. 2. (a) A conveyance of land that is: (1)...
32-17-1-3. Estates Tail; Abolition - Sec. 3. (a) Estates tail are abolished. (b) An estate...
32-17-1-4. Lineal and Collateral Warranties; Abolition - Sec. 4. Lineal and collateral warranties with all their incidents...
Chapter 2. Estate
32-17-2-1. Application; Two or More Persons; Conveyances and Devises - Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to: (1)...
32-17-2-2. Deed of Release or Quitclaim - Sec. 2. A deed of release or quitclaim passes all...
32-17-2-3. Future Estates; Life Estates; Remainders - Sec. 3. (a) A freehold estate and a chattel real...
32-17-2-4. Contingent Remainder - Sec. 4. A remainder may be limited on a contingency....
32-17-2-5. Conveyance by Tenant for Life or Years - Sec. 5. A conveyance made by a tenant for life...
Chapter 3. Tenancy
32-17-3-1. Husband and Wife Purchase or Lease of Real Estate; Rights of Survivor - Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a written contract...
32-17-3-2. Divorce - Sec. 2. If a husband and wife are divorced while...
32-17-3-3. Title Bond or Contract for Sale of Land; Survivorship - Sec. 3. If: (1) a husband and wife execute a...
32-17-3-4. Husband and Wife; Joint Deed of Conveyance - Sec. 4. (a) A joint deed of conveyance by a...
Chapter 4. Partition Proceedings
32-17-4-1. Compelling Partition; Defendants - Sec. 1. (a) The following persons may compel partition of...
32-17-4-2. Petition to Partition; Title Search - Sec. 2. (a) A person described in section 1(a) of...
32-17-4-2.5. Procedure for Partition Actions - Sec. 2.5. (a) Not later than forty-five (45) days after...
32-17-4-3. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-3.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-4. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-4.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-5. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-5.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-6. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-6.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-7. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-7.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-8. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-8.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-9. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-10.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-10. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-11.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-11. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-12.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-12. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-13.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-13. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-14.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-14. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-15.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-15. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-16.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-16. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-17.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-17. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-18.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-18. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-19.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-19. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-20.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-20. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-21.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-21. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-22.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-22. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-5-23.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-4-23. Partition of Fee and Life Estates - Sec. 23. A: (1) person that owns: (A) an undivided...
32-17-4-24. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-7-1.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
Chapter 5. Partition Investment Limitations
32-17-5-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a person that is...
32-17-5-2. Decree Selling, Exchanging, or Leasing Property - Sec. 2. On application of a party in interest described...
32-17-5-3. Investment of Proceeds - Sec. 3. If the court decrees a sale, exchange, or...
32-17-5-4. Effect of Decree - Sec. 4. If all persons in being are parties who...
32-17-5-5. Jurisdiction; Guardian Ad Litem - Sec. 5. (a) The circuit court, superior court, or probate...
32-17-5-6. Personal Property; Investment in Securities - Sec. 6. If the proceeds under section 3 of this...
Chapter 6. Powers of Appointment-Renunciation or Exercise
32-17-6-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a person who holds...
32-17-6-2. Execution of Instruments; Renouncing or Exercising Power - Sec. 2. A person described in section 1 of this...
32-17-6-3. Renouncing Right of Appointment - Sec. 3. A renouncement of a right of appointment is...
32-17-6-4. Power of Appointment - Sec. 4. Unless a person exercising a power of appointment...
32-17-6-5. Effect of Subsequent Appointment - Sec. 5. A subsequent exercise of a right of appointment...
32-17-6-6. Last Unrevoked Appointment - Sec. 6. The last unrevoked exercise of a power of...
Chapter 7. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.5-2003, SEC.2.
Chapter 8. Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities
32-17-8-1. Application of Chapter; Reformation of Disposition Created Before May 8, 1991 - Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this...
32-17-8-2. Exclusions - Sec. 2. This chapter does not apply to the following:...
32-17-8-3. Nonvested Property Interests; Powers of Appointment; Validity - Sec. 3. (a) A nonvested property interest is valid if:...
32-17-8-4. Nonvested Property Interests or Powers of Appointment; Time of Creation - Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and...
32-17-8-5. Clauses Taking Effect Upon the Later of Certain Occurrences; Portion Invalid; Construction - Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a clause in...
32-17-8-6. Judicial Reformation of Disposition - Sec. 6. Upon the petition of an interested person, a...
Chapter 9. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.143-2009, SEC.52.
Chapter 10. Limitations on Possibility of Reverter or Rights of Entry for a Breach of a Condition Subsequent
32-17-10-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:...
32-17-10-2. Duration of Possibility of Reverter or Right of Entry for Breach of Condition Subsequent - Sec. 2. A possibility of reverter or right of entry...
Chapter 11. Multiple Party Accounts
32-17-11-1. "Account" Defined - Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "account" means...
32-17-11-2. "Beneficiary" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "beneficiary" means a...
32-17-11-3. "Financial Institution" Defined - Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "financial institution"...
32-17-11-4. "Joint Account" Defined - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "joint account" means...
32-17-11-5. "Multiple Party Account" Defined - Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "multiple party...
32-17-11-6. "Net Contribution" Defined - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "net contribution" of...
32-17-11-7. "Party" Defined - Sec. 7. (a) As used in this chapter, "party" means...
32-17-11-8. "Payment" Defined - Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "payment" of sums...
32-17-11-9. "Proof of Death" Defined - Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "proof of death"...
32-17-11-10. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-1.5-1(10).] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-11-11. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-1.5-1(11).] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-11-12. "Request" Defined - Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "request" means: (1)...
32-17-11-13. "Sums on Deposit" Defined - Sec. 13. As used in this chapter, "sums on deposit"...
32-17-11-14. "Trust Account" Defined - Sec. 14. (a) As used in this chapter, "trust account"...
32-17-11-15. "Withdrawal" Defined - Sec. 15. As used in this chapter, "withdrawal" includes payment...
32-17-11-16. Application of Certain Sections - Sec. 16. (a) The provisions of sections 17, 18, and...
32-17-11-17. Ownership of Accounts - Sec. 17. (a) Unless there is clear and convincing evidence...
32-17-11-18. Ownership of Accounts at Death of Party, Original Payee, or Trustee - Sec. 18. (a) Sums remaining on deposit at the death...
32-17-11-19. Rights of Survivorship - Sec. 19. (a) The provisions of section 18 of this...
32-17-11-20. Certain Transfers Not Testamentary - Sec. 20. Any transfers resulting from the application of section...
32-17-11-21. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-1.5-7.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-11-21.1. Liability for Creditor Claims and Statutory Allowances; Applicable Law - Sec. 21.1. The liability of a surviving party or beneficiary...
32-17-11-22. Payments; Multiple Party Accounts - Sec. 22. (a) Financial institutions may enter into multiple party...
32-17-11-23. Payments; Joint Accounts - Sec. 23. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any...
32-17-11-24. Repealed - [Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-1.5-10.] As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2. Repealed...
32-17-11-25. Payments; Trust Accounts - Sec. 25. A trust account may be paid, on request:...
32-17-11-26. Payments; Discharge of Financial Institutions From All Claims - Sec. 26. (a) Payment made under section 22, 23, or...
32-17-11-27. Right of Financial Institutions to Set Off Against Accounts - Sec. 27. (a) Without qualifying any other statutory right to...
32-17-11-28. Provisions in Certain Agreements Nontestamentary; Creditors' Rights - Sec. 28. (a) Any of the following provisions in an...
32-17-11-29. Personal Property Owned as Tenants in Common; Exceptions - Sec. 29. (a) This section does not apply to an...
Chapter 12. Contracts Concerning United States Lands
32-17-12-1. Voidance of Contracts - Sec. 1. A contract for valid consideration: (1) to sell...
Chapter 13. Liability of Nonprobate Transferees for Creditor Claims and Statutory Allowances
32-17-13-1. "Nonprobate Transfer"; Transfers Involving Multiple Party Accounts, Motor Vehicles, and Watercraft - Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "nonprobate transfer"...
32-17-13-2. "Claimant"; "Nonprobate Transferee"; Liability of Nonprobate Transferee - Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "claimant" means...
32-17-13-3. Priority of Liability to Probate Estate - Sec. 3. Nonprobate transferees are liable for the insufficiency described...
32-17-13-4. Beneficiary Interests in Trusts - Sec. 4. Unless otherwise provided by the trust instrument, interest...
32-17-13-5. Apportionment of Liability by Instrument - Sec. 5. (a) A provision made in an instrument may...
32-17-13-6. Enforcement Proceedings; Jurisdiction - Sec. 6. (a) Upon due notice to a nonprobate transferee,...
32-17-13-7. Commencement of Proceedings; Requirements; Time Limits; Immunity of Personal Representative - Sec. 7. (a) This subsection applies to a proceeding commenced...
32-17-13-8. Deadline for Commencement of Proceedings - Sec. 8. (a) This subsection applies to a proceeding commenced...
32-17-13-9. Release of Obligor or Trustee From Liability for Transfer of Assets to Nonprobate Transferee - Sec. 9. Unless written notice asserting that a deceased transferor's...
32-17-13-10. Recovery of Value of Nonprobate Transfer From Nonprobate Transferee; Intervention - Sec. 10. (a) If the personal representative of a deceased...
Chapter 14. Transfer on Death Property Act
32-17-14-0.2. Application of Prior Law - Sec. 0.2. The addition of IC 32-4-1.6 ("Uniform Act on...
32-17-14-1. Citation - Sec. 1. This chapter may be cited as the Transfer...
32-17-14-2. Applicability - Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided elsewhere in this chapter,...
32-17-14-2.1. Application of Chapter to Preexisting Transfer on Death Transfers - Sec. 2.1. An amendment to the rules of law contained...
32-17-14-2.5. Applicability - Sec. 2.5. This chapter does not apply to property, money,...
32-17-14-3. Definitions - Sec. 3. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1)...
32-17-14-4. Transfers That Are Not Considered Transfer on Death Transfers; Beneficiary Designation Requirements and Form - Sec. 4. (a) The following transfers of ownership are not...
32-17-14-5. General Rules Concerning Transfer on Death Transfers - Sec. 5. A transfer on death transfer: (1) is effective...
32-17-14-6. Authority of a Transferring Entity - Sec. 6. For the purpose of discharging its duties under...
32-17-14-7. Agreement Between Owner and Transferring Entity - Sec. 7. (a) If any of the following are required...
32-17-14-8. Transferring Entity's Acceptance of a Beneficiary Designation - Sec. 8. (a) If a transferring entity accepts a beneficiary...
32-17-14-9. Beneficiary Designation; Effects; Requirements - Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a...
32-17-14-10. Assignment of Contract Rights - Sec. 10. (a) A written assignment of a contract right...
32-17-14-11. Transfer on Death Deeds - Sec. 11. (a) A transfer on death deed transfers the...
32-17-14-12. Transfer on Death Transfers of Tangible Personal Property - Sec. 12. (a) A deed of gift, bill of sale,...
32-17-14-13. Direct Transfer to a Transferee to Hold as Owner in Beneficiary Form - Sec. 13. (a) A transferor of property, with or without...
32-17-14-14. Registration in Beneficiary Form - Sec. 14. (a) Property may be held or registered in...
32-17-14-15. Beneficiary's Rights Before the Death of the Owner; Effect of the Death of a Joint Owner - Sec. 15. (a) Before the death of the owner, a...
32-17-14-16. Changing or Revoking a Beneficiary Designation - Sec. 16. (a) A beneficiary designation may be revoked or...
32-17-14-17. Powers of an Attorney in Fact, a Guardian, a Conservator, or an Agent - Sec. 17. (a) An attorney in fact, guardian, conservator, or...
32-17-14-18. Lost, Destroyed, Damaged, or Involuntarily Converted Property Subject to a Beneficiary Designation - Sec. 18. If property subject to a beneficiary designation is...
32-17-14-19. Effect of Conveyances, Assignments, Contracts, Set Offs, Licenses, Easements, Liens, and Security Interests - Sec. 19. (a) A beneficiary of a transfer on death...
32-17-14-20. Beneficiary Required to Survive the Owner - Sec. 20. An individual who is a beneficiary of a...
32-17-14-21. Trusts as Designated Beneficiaries - Sec. 21. (a) A trustee of a trust may be...
32-17-14-22. Substitution for Designated Beneficiaries Who Do Not Survive the Owner - Sec. 22. (a) Notwithstanding sections 9 and 20 of this...
32-17-14-23. Effect of Dissolution or Annulment - Sec. 23. (a) If, after an owner makes a beneficiary...
32-17-14-24. Fraud, Duress, Undue Influence, Mistake, or Lack of Capacity - Sec. 24. (a) A beneficiary designation or a revocation of...
32-17-14-25. Rights of Surviving Spouses and Children - Sec. 25. (a) In accordance with IC 32-17-13, a transfer...
32-17-14-26. General Rules Applying to a Beneficiary Designation - Sec. 26. (a) If an agreement between the owner and...
32-17-14-27. Powers and Duties of a Transferring Entity - Sec. 27. (a) An owner who makes arrangements for a...
32-17-14-28. Effect of Improper Distributions - Sec. 28. (a) The protections provided to a transferring entity...
32-17-14-29. Creditors of an Owner - Sec. 29. (a) This chapter does not limit the rights...
32-17-14-30. Change in the Beneficiary Designation, Residency of the Owner, or Location of the Transferring Entity or Property - Sec. 30. Except as otherwise provided by law, a transfer...
32-17-14-31. Duties of the Probate Court - Sec. 31. (a) The probate court shall hear and determine...
32-17-14-32. Out-of-State Beneficiary Designations - Sec. 32. (a) Except for transfer on death deeds, a...