Indiana Code 32-21-10-3. Effects of conveyance by two or more grantees to one or more grantees
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Sec. 3. (a) Two (2) or more persons who own real property or an interest in real property that they have power to convey may effectively convey the property or interest by a conveyance naming as grantee or grantees one (1) or more of those persons.
(1) severalty;
(b) A conveyance under subsection (a) has the same effect, as to whether it creates an estate in:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-21-10-3
- Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
- person: includes a person who may be married; and
Indiana Code 32-21-10-1
- persons: includes persons who may be married to each other. See Indiana Code 32-21-10-1
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
- Tenancy by the entirety: A type of joint tenancy between husband and wife that is recognized in some States. Neither party can sever the joint tenancy relationship; when a spouse dies, the survivor acquires full title to the property.
- Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
(2) joint tenancy with right of survivorship;
(3) tenancy by the entirety; or
(4) tenancy in common;
as if the conveyance were a conveyance from a stranger who owned the property or interest to the person or persons named as grantee or grantees in the conveyance.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-1-9-2.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.6.