Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-1.1-5-5

  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • 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.
   Sec. 5. If a division, partition, or change of ownership of any real property is made by conveyance, sale, devise, or descent, the county auditor, except as provided in sections 5.5 and 9 of this chapter and IC 6-1.1-2-4, shall transfer the real property on the last assessment list. In addition, the auditor, except as provided in sections 5.5 and 9 of this chapter, shall apportion the assessed value of the real property and all delinquent taxes on the real property among the several owners.

[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-27-9.]

Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1979, P.L.48, SEC.4; P.L.51-1997, SEC.2.