Terms Used In Maryland Code, TAX - GENERAL 7-232

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Personal representative: includes an administrator and an executor. See
Each register shall certify to the Comptroller the amount of inheritance tax paid for each decedent for whom a Maryland estate tax return is filed with the register or for whom the register receives a request for the certification from:

(1) the Comptroller;

(2) the personal representative of the decedent’s estate; or

(3) any person required to file a Maryland estate tax return with regard to property passing from the decedent.