Sec. 0.5. (a) No inheritance tax return is required under this chapter unless the total fair market value of the property interests transferred by the decedent to a transferee under a taxable transfer or transfers exceeds the exemption provided to the transferee under IC 6-4.1-3-10 through IC 6-4.1-3-12 (before the repeal of IC 6-4.1-3). For purposes of this section, the fair market value of a property interest is its fair market value as of the appraisal date prescribed by IC 6-4.1-5-1.5.

(b) An affidavit may be used to state that no inheritance tax is due after applying the exemptions under IC 6-4.1-3 (before its repeal). The affidavit must contain the following information:

(1) The decedent's name and date of death.

(2) The name of each known transferee and the transferee's relationship to the decedent.

(3) The total value of property transferred to each known transferee as a result of the decedent's death.

(4) A statement that the total value of property transferred to each known transferee as a result of the decedent's death is less than the amount of the exemption provided to the transferee under IC 6-4.1-3 (before its repeal).

(c) An affidavit described in subsection (b) may be:

(1) recorded in the office of the county recorder if the affidavit concerns real property and includes the legal description of the real property in the decedent's estate; or

(2) submitted as required by IC 6-4.1-8-4 if the affidavit concerns personal property.

If consent by the department of state revenue or the appropriate county assessor is required under IC 6-4.1-8-4 for the transfer of personal property, the affidavit must be submitted with a request for a consent to transfer under IC 6-4.1-8-4.

(d) If consent by the department of state revenue or the appropriate county assessor is required under IC 6-4.1-8-4 before personal property may be transferred and the department of state revenue or the appropriate county assessor consents to a transfer of personal property under IC 6-4.1-8-4 after considering an affidavit described in subsection (b), the full value of the personal property may be transferred.

(e) The department of state revenue or the appropriate county assessor may rely upon an affidavit described in subsection (b) to determine that a transfer will not jeopardize the collection of inheritance tax for purposes of IC 6-4.1-8-4(e).

(f) It is presumed that no inheritance tax is due and that no inheritance tax return is required if an affidavit described in subsection (b) was:

(1) properly executed; and

(2) recorded in the decedent's county of residence or submitted under IC 6-4.1-8-4.

(g) Except as provided in subsection (i), a lien attached under IC 6-4.1-8-1 to the real property owned by a decedent terminates when an affidavit described in subsection (b) is:

(1) properly executed; and

(2) recorded in the county in which the real property is located.

(h) Except as provided in subsection (i), a lien attached under IC 6-4.1-8-1 to personal property that is owned by the decedent terminates when:

(1) an affidavit described in subsection (b) is properly executed;

(2) the affidavit described in subsection (b) is submitted to the department of state revenue or the appropriate county assessor in conformity with IC 6-4.1-8-4; and

(3) the department of state revenue or the appropriate county assessor consents to the transfer.

However, subdivision (3) does not apply if consent of the department of state revenue or the appropriate county assessor is not required under IC 6-4.1-8-4 before the property may be transferred.

(i) A lien terminated under subsection (g) or (h) is reattached to the property under IC 6-4.1-8-1 if the department of state revenue obtains an order that an inheritance tax is owed.

As added by Acts 1977(ss), P.L.6, SEC.4. Amended by Acts 1979, P.L.75, SEC.9; Acts 1980, P.L.57, SEC.8; P.L.87-1983, SEC.4; P.L.252-2001, SEC.1; P.L.6-2010, SEC.1; P.L.79-2017, SEC.16.