Sec. 12. (a) Unless the terms of the trust provide otherwise or unless waived in writing by an adult, competent beneficiary, the trustee shall deliver a written statement of accounts to each income beneficiary or the income beneficiary's personal representative annually. The statement shall contain at least:

(1) all receipts and disbursements since the last statement; and

(2) all items of trust property held by the trustee on the date of the statement at their inventory value.

(b) This subsection applies to a charitable trust with assets of at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). The trustee of a charitable trust shall annually file a verified written certification with the attorney general stating that a written statement of accounts has been prepared showing at least the items listed in section 13(a) of this chapter. The certification must state that the statement of accounts is available to the attorney general and any member of the general public upon request. A charitable trust may not be exempted from this requirement by a provision in a will, trust agreement, indenture, or other governing instrument. This subsection does not prevent a trustee from docketing a charitable trust to finalize a written statement of account or any other lawful purpose in the manner provided in this article. However, this subsection does not apply to an organization that is not required to file a federal information return under Section 6033(a)(3)(A)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) Upon petition by the settlor, a beneficiary or the beneficiary's personal representative, a person designated by the settlor to have advisory or supervisory powers over the trust, or any other person having an interest in the administration or the benefits of the trust, including the attorney general in the case of a trust for a benevolent public purpose, the court may direct the trustee to file a verified written statement of accounts showing the items listed in section 13(a) of this chapter. The petition may be filed at any time; however, the court may not, in the absence of good cause shown, require the trustee to file a statement more than once a year.

(d) If the court's jurisdiction is of a continuing nature as provided in IC 30-4-6-2, the trustee shall file a verified written statement of accounts containing the items shown in section 13(a) of this chapter with the court biennially, and the court may, on its own motion, require the trustee to file such a statement at any other time if there is good cause for requiring a statement to be filed.

(e) Receipt of a statement or accounting by a beneficiary or other interested person is presumed if the trustee has procedures in place requiring the mailing or delivery of an account to the beneficiary or other interested person. This presumption applies to the mailing or delivery of a statement or accounting by electronic delivery or access (as described in IC 30-4-6-6.5), if the beneficiary or other interested person has agreed to receive the statement or accounting by electronic delivery or access.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.416, SEC.6. As amended by P.L.41-2000, SEC.5; P.L.137-2014, SEC.43; P.L.194-2017, SEC.11.