Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5731 | Estate Tax
Section 5731.37 | Taxes Are Lien on Property.

Effective: November 8, 1990
Latest Legislation: House Bill 286 - 118th General Assembly
(A) Taxes levied by this chapter shall be, until restricted, transferred, or discharged pursuant to this division, until paid, or unless division (A)(5)(b) of section 5731.21 of the Revised Code applies to them, a lien upon all property subject to the taxes. This lien:
(1) Is discharged, as to property applied to costs and expenses of administration, property constituting the allowance made to the surviving spouse, minor children, or surviving spouse and minor children of the decedent under section 2106.13 of the Revised Code for their support, and all of the property of a decedent that is subject to inclusion in the gross estate and that has been disclosed to the tax commissioner by the time a certificate of discharge is issued;
(2) Is transferred, to the extent of any such property sold by the executor, administrator, or trustee for the purpose of paying debts, administration expenses, or taxes of the estate, or for any purpose to a bona fide purchaser for an adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth, to the money or other property received from the purchaser. Knowledge that the property is being sold by a fiduciary and that it otherwise would be subject to the estate tax lien does not preclude the purchaser from being classified as a bona fide purchaser.
(3) May be, by written authorization of the tax commissioner, restricted to all property that is subject to such taxes, and not specifically released, transferred to other property on conditions acceptable to the tax commissioner, or fully discharged, each upon conditions, including payment of a reasonable fee, prescribed by rules adopted under section 5703.14 of the Revised Code, when he determines that any of these actions will not jeopardize the collection of the taxes;
(4) Shall be restricted, transferred, or discharged, as authorized in division (A)(3) of this section, by the tax commissioner, upon order of the probate court after notice to the commissioner and any other person whose substantial rights may reasonably be affected by the lien and hearing on an application of the executor, administrator, trustee, or the owner of an interest in any property subject, or reasonably the object of a claim to be subject, to the lien, and proof that the collection of the taxes will not be jeopardized by the action, and that the tax commissioner failed to grant a reasonable request for the action within sixty days of his receipt of a written request.
(B) The executor, administrator, trustee, or other person in possession of property, the transfer of which is subject to the taxes, or any transferee of the property, except a bona fide purchaser for an adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth, is personally liable for all the taxes to the extent that their collection is reduced by his omission to perform a statutory duty, with interest as provided in section 5731.23 of the Revised Code, until they have been paid. An administrator, executor, or trustee of any property, the transfer of which is subject to the taxes shall deduct the taxes from the property, or collect them from any person entitled to the property. He shall not deliver or be compelled to deliver any property, the transfer of which is subject to the taxes, to any person, until the taxes on it have been collected, and on any other property of the same decedent that has been, or is to be, transferred to the person or his spouse or minor child. He may sell so much of the estate of the decedent as will enable him to pay the taxes in the same manner as for the payment of the debts of the decedent. Knowledge that the property is being sold by a fiduciary and that it otherwise would be subject to the estate tax lien does not preclude the purchaser from being classified as a bona fide purchaser.
(C) If an election is made, pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) or (c) of section 5731.011 of the Revised Code to have qualified farm property valued at its value for actual qualified use, an amount equivalent to the estate tax savings realized in the decedent's estate by valuating the property at its value for its actual qualified use, instead of at its fair market value pursuant to division (B) of section 5731.01 of the Revised Code, shall be a lien in favor of this state on the property for four years after the decedent's death, unless it is earlier discharged. The tax commissioner may issue a certificate of subordination of any lien imposed by this division upon any part of the property subject to the lien, if the tax commissioner determines that the state will be adequately secured after the subordination.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 57 | Taxation

Chapter 5731 | Estate Tax

Section 5731.01 | Estate Tax Definitions.

Section 5731.011 | Value of Qualified Farm Property.

Section 5731.02 | Rate of Tax - Credit.

Section 5731.03 | Value of Gross Estate.

Section 5731.04 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Interest of Surviving Spouse.

Section 5731.05 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers in Contemplation of Death.

Section 5731.06 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers With Retention of Life Estate or Power of Appointment.

Section 5731.07 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers Conditioned on Survivorship or Reversionary Interest.

Section 5731.08 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers Subject to Power to Alter, Amend, Revoke, or Terminate.

Section 5731.09 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Annuity.

Section 5731.10 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Joint and Survivorship Property.

Section 5731.11 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Interests Subject to General Power of Appointment.

Section 5731.12 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Insurance Payable to Estate.

Section 5731.13 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Transfers for Less Than Adequate Consideration.

Section 5731.131 | Value of Gross Estate Includes Income Interest for Life Where Marital Deduction Allowable.

Section 5731.14 | Determining Taxable Estate.

Section 5731.15 | General Deductions.

Section 5731.16 | Deductions - Funeral and Administration Expenses, and Debts.

Section 5731.161 | Deductions - Estate of Transferee Spouse.

Section 5731.17 | Deductions - Charitable Bequests and Transfers.

Section 5731.18 | Additional Estate Tax Transfer of Estate.

Section 5731.181 | Additional Tax on Generation-Skipping Transfer.

Section 5731.19 | Estate Tax on Nonresidents.

Section 5731.21 | Filing Estate Tax Return.

Section 5731.22 | Failing to File Timely Return or Underpayment Due to Fraud.

Section 5731.23 | Tax Due and Payable 9 Months After Date of Death - Interest.

Section 5731.24 | Due Date for Additional Tax Return and Payment.

Section 5731.25 | Extensions.

Section 5731.26 | Tax Commissioner - Powers and Duties.

Section 5731.27 | Certificate of Determination of Final Estate Tax Liability.

Section 5731.28 | Claims for Refund.

Section 5731.30 | Filing Exceptions to Tax Commissioner's Final Determination of Taxes With Probate Court.

Section 5731.31 | Probate Court Jurisdiction.

Section 5731.32 | Appeal From Final Order of Probate Court.

Section 5731.33 | Receipt for Payment.

Section 5731.34 | Transfers of Intangible Personal Property.

Section 5731.35 | Foreign Estate Tax.

Section 5731.36 | Enforcing Claims for Foreign Estate Taxes.

Section 5731.37 | Taxes Are Lien on Property.

Section 5731.38 | Statute of Limitations.

Section 5731.39 | Written Consent of Tax Commissioner to Transfer of Assets.

Section 5731.40 | No Consent of Tax Commissioner to Transfer of Assets of Nonresident Decedents.

Section 5731.41 | Appointment of Enforcement Agents.

Section 5731.42 | Collecting Unpaid Tax.

Section 5731.43 | Representing State, Tax Commissioner and County Auditor.

Section 5731.44 | Deputies of Auditor.

Section 5731.45 | Duties of County Treasurer.

Section 5731.46 | Fees of Sheriff and Other Officers.

Section 5731.47 | Payment of Fees of Officers and Expenses of County Auditor.

Section 5731.48 | Distributing Tax Revenue.

Section 5731.49 | Determining Tax Revenues Due Political Subdivisions.

Section 5731.50 | Determining Origin of Tax on Transfer of Realty and Tangible Personalty Located in State.

Section 5731.51 | Determining Origin of Tax on Transfer of Personalty Not Located in State.

Section 5731.90 | Confidentiality.

Section 5731.99 | Penalty.