Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a person that is entitled to:

(1) an estate in real estate for life or years;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-17-5-1

  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(2) an estate tail;

(3) a fee simple;

(4) a conditional, base, or qualified fee;

(5) a particular, limited, or conditional estate in real estate; or

(6) an interest in personal property;

and any other person is entitled to a vested or contingent remainder, an executory devise, or any other vested or contingent interest in the same real estate or personal property.

[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-4-8-1 part.]

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2.