Sec. 2. (a) The gifts, devises, and bequests accepted under this chapter may be in the form of cash or real, personal, or mixed property that, in accordance with the terms of a gift, devise, or bequest, may be converted into cash by the county executive or city fiscal body as follows:

(1) If real property, by sale as county and city real property may be sold.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-20-6-2

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(2) If personal property, by sale at private sale through the office of auditor, clerk, or clerk-treasurer, upon two (2) weeks publication of notice.

     (b) The sale may be continued from day to day and shall be approved by the county executive or city fiscal body before the execution of a bill of sale. The auditor, clerk, or clerk-treasurer may execute bills of sale.

     (c) Revenues realized from the gifts, devises, and bequests must be kept in a separate account for the purposes specified in this chapter. However, the account may not be permitted to exceed one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per capita of the population of the county or city.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-5.1-2.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3.