Sec. 15. (a) The department of state revenue shall, with respect to a nonresident decedent‘s estate, enter an order which:

(1) states the fair market value of all property interests transferred by the decedent under taxable transfers;

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-4.1-5-15

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • 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) describes all Indiana real property so transferred by the decedent; and

(3) states the inheritance tax imposed as a result of the decedent’s death.

     (b) The clerk of the circuit court of each county in which real property described in the order is located shall spread a copy of the order of record.

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.18, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.57, SEC.17; P.L.171-1984, SEC.5; P.L.192-1986, SEC.5; P.L.305-1987, SEC.8.