Indiana Code — 29
Browse 501 sections in division 29 of the Indiana code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 29-1-1-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-1-1. Short title
- § 29-1-1-2. Procedure; prior proceedings or rights
- § 29-1-1-3. Definitions; rules of construction
- § 29-1-1-4. Legislative history
- § 29-1-1-5. Repealed
- § 29-1-1-6. Disqualification of judges
- § 29-1-1-7. Rules and forms of procedure
- § 29-1-1-8. Repealed
- § 29-1-1-9. Petitions
- § 29-1-1-10. Notice of filings; objections or answers
- § 29-1-1-11. Notice to interested persons
- § 29-1-1-12. Service of notice
- § 29-1-1-13. Service by publication and mail; personal service
- § 29-1-1-14. Service upon attorney
- § 29-1-1-15. Form of notice
- § 29-1-1-16. Proof of service; filing
- § 29-1-1-17. Proof of service as evidence
- § 29-1-1-18. Notices; proof of compliance
- § 29-1-1-19. Notice of hearing; waiver
- § 29-1-1-20. Incapacitated persons; unknown persons; guardians
- § 29-1-1-21. Orders, judgments, or decrees; vacating or modifying
- § 29-1-1-22. Appeals; stay of proceedings
- § 29-1-1-23. Record of proceedings; dockets
- § 29-1-1-24. Fraud; relief for injured parties
- § 29-1-2-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-2-1. Estate distribution
- § 29-1-2-2. Repealed
- § 29-1-2-3. Repealed
- § 29-1-2-3.1. Wife's interest in real property by reason of marriage; extinguishment
- § 29-1-2-4. Part not disposed of by will
- § 29-1-2-5. Kindred of half blood; inheritance
- § 29-1-2-6. Afterborn children; inheritance
- § 29-1-2-7. Children born out of wedlock; inheritance
- § 29-1-2-8. Adopted children; inheritance
- § 29-1-2-9. Relationship through two lines; share
- § 29-1-2-10. Advancements; gratuitous inter vivos transfer
- § 29-1-2-11. Dower and curtesy abolished
- § 29-1-2-12. Repealed
- § 29-1-2-12.1. Constructive trust
- § 29-1-2-13. Waiver; intestate share
- § 29-1-2-14. Adultery; forfeiture of rights to estate or trust
- § 29-1-2-15. Abandonment; forfeiture of rights to estate or trust
- § 29-1-3-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-3-1. Limitations and conditions
- § 29-1-3-2. Time
- § 29-1-3-3. Forms; recording; service
- § 29-1-3-4. Personal right; election by attorney in fact or guardian
- § 29-1-3-5. Binding effect; change
- § 29-1-3-6. Waiver of right
- § 29-1-3-7. Failure to elect; intestate succession
- § 29-1-3-8. Afterborn or adopted children; omitted heirs
- § 29-1-4-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-4-1. Surviving spouse and family allowances
- § 29-1-4-2. Repealed
- § 29-1-4-3. Repealed
- § 29-1-5-1. Sound mind; age; armed forces
- § 29-1-5-2. Writing; witnesses
- § 29-1-5-3. Signatures; counterpart; video
- § 29-1-5-3.1. Self-proving clause
- § 29-1-5-3.2. Video
- § 29-1-5-3.3. Certain wills executed in reliance on supreme court order
- § 29-1-5-4. Nuncupative will; requisites; limitations
- § 29-1-5-5. Compliance with law
- § 29-1-5-6. Revocation; revival
- § 29-1-5-7. Nuncupative will; revocation
- § 29-1-5-8. Revocation; divorce; annulment of marriage; change in circumstances
- § 29-1-5-9. Trust inter vivos; execution
- § 29-1-6-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-6-1. Construction of wills; rules
- § 29-1-6-2. Contest of wills; admission prevented; forfeiture of benefits
- § 29-1-6-3. Restraint of marriage
- § 29-1-6-4. Repealed
- § 29-1-6-5. Construction of wills; petition
- § 29-1-6-6. Determination of heirship; good faith purchasers
- § 29-1-6-7. Repealed
- § 29-1-7-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-7-1. Venue; transfer of proceedings
- § 29-1-7-2. One proceeding in rem
- § 29-1-7-3. Produce will in court; contempt; damages
- § 29-1-7-3.1. Will depository
- § 29-1-7-4. Petitions; hearing
- § 29-1-7-4.5. Notice of delivery to consenting parties or to parties waiving notice of proceedings in the estate
- § 29-1-7-5. Petition for probate; letters testamentary; administrator with will annexed; appointment of administrator
- § 29-1-7-6. Notice of hearing; request; provision of relevant materials by personal representative
- § 29-1-7-7. Notice of administration
- § 29-1-7-7.5. Personal representative; reasonable diligence to discover creditors of decedent; affidavit; presumption of reasonable diligence
- § 29-1-7-8. Death in doubt; search for alleged decedent
- § 29-1-7-9. Admission to probate; proof of will
- § 29-1-7-10. Absence of competent witnesses; handwriting; proof
- § 29-1-7-11. Repealed
- § 29-1-7-12. Nuncupative wills; proof
- § 29-1-7-13. Admission to probate; petitions; self-proved wills; signature requirement presumptions
- § 29-1-7-14. Certificate of probate; evidence
- § 29-1-7-15. Repealed
- § 29-1-7-15.1. Determination of intestacy; presentation of will for probate; time limits; sale of property
- § 29-1-7-15.2. Sale of real property; permitted use of proceeds
- § 29-1-7-16. Objections to probate
- § 29-1-7-16.5. Notice of will; contest of will within 90 days
- § 29-1-7-17. Contest of wills; requisites; grounds
- § 29-1-7-17.5. Contest of two or more wills
- § 29-1-7-18. Contest of wills; notice and service requirements
- § 29-1-7-19. Contest of wills; bond of plaintiff
- § 29-1-7-20. Contest of wills; burden of proof
- § 29-1-7-21. Contest of wills; burden of proof
- § 29-1-7-22. Revocation of probate
- § 29-1-7-23. Real and personal property; devolution; prima facie evidence
- § 29-1-7-24. Probate of will; necessity to prove title to property
- § 29-1-7-25. Foreign wills; receipt and recording authorized
- § 29-1-7-26. Foreign wills; certification
- § 29-1-7-27. Foreign wills; filing and recording
- § 29-1-7-28. Executed in Indiana; allowed in foreign state or country
- § 29-1-7-29. Foreign wills; contest
- § 29-1-8-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-8-1. Small estates; payment upon presentation of affidavit; vehicle or watercraft; securities; insurance death benefit; safe deposit box; digital asset
- § 29-1-8-1.5. Affidavit to obtain date of death values for personal property, accounts, and intangible property belonging to a decedent; form of affidavit; duty to furnish information to the affiant
- § 29-1-8-2. Personal property; payments; delivery; transfer; release
- § 29-1-8-3. Disbursement and distribution of estate
- § 29-1-8-4. Closing of estate; statement
- § 29-1-8-4.5. Affidavit of entitlement to property; enforcement action; remedies
- § 29-1-8-5. Repealed
- § 29-1-8-6. Repealed
- § 29-1-8-7. Repealed
- § 29-1-8-8. Payment of claims; accounting; closing administration
- § 29-1-8-9. Prepaid funeral expenses; last illness expense
- § 29-1-8-10. Direct postmortem transfer; application
- § 29-1-8-11. Administration of lease tenant's property
- § 29-1-8-12. Disbanding political committee by personal representative of decedent who was candidate or treasurer of a candidate's committee
- § 29-1-9-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-9-1. Persons represented; creditors; taxing authorities
- § 29-1-9-2. Terms of agreement; execution; guardian ad litem
- § 29-1-9-3. Notice; order approving agreement
- § 29-1-10-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-10-1. Letters testamentary; letters of general administration; persons to whom granted; order; qualifications
- § 29-1-10-2. Letters; renouncing right
- § 29-1-10-3. Letters; issuance; conditions
- § 29-1-10-4. Letters; evidence of authority
- § 29-1-10-5. Actions or proceedings; evidence of authority
- § 29-1-10-6. Removal of personal representatives for reasons other than a change in control of a corporate fiduciary
- § 29-1-10-6.5. Removal of personal representative following a change in control of a corporate fiduciary
- § 29-1-10-7. Successor representatives; appointment
- § 29-1-10-8. Successor representatives; rights and powers
- § 29-1-10-9. Joint representatives; powers; survivor
- § 29-1-10-10. Joint representatives; powers
- § 29-1-10-11. Joint representatives; powers; voting shares of stock
- § 29-1-10-12. Voting corporate shares
- § 29-1-10-12.5. Protection of persons dealing in good faith
- § 29-1-10-13. Compensation; attorney's services
- § 29-1-10-14. Actions on probate; expenses and attorney's fees
- § 29-1-10-15. Special administrator; appointment; appeal of order
- § 29-1-10-15.5. Wrongful death; special administrator; appointment; objection
- § 29-1-10-16. Pending will contest; administration of estate
- § 29-1-10-17. Damages for wrongful death
- § 29-1-10-18. Wrongful death; nonresident; appointment of administrator
- § 29-1-10-19. Termination of authority; validity of prior acts
- § 29-1-10-20. Duties of an estate lawyer
- § 29-1-10-21. Authority of personal representatives; circumstances in which a court order may allow an action that the personal representative is prohibited from taking
- § 29-1-11-1. Conditions requiring execution and filing
- § 29-1-11-2. Deposit of money or assets; withdrawal
- § 29-1-11-3. Run to state; joint and several liability; conflict of laws
- § 29-1-11-4. Joint representatives; personal representative as surety
- § 29-1-11-5. Affidavit of surety; value of property
- § 29-1-11-6. Sufficiency; value of assets; evidence of title
- § 29-1-11-7. Failure to give bond; successor; revocation of letters
- § 29-1-11-8. Repealed
- § 29-1-11-9. New bond; release of surety; accounting
- § 29-1-11-10. Breach of obligation; damages; intervention
- § 29-1-11-11. Validity; bound to full extent; action on defective bond
- § 29-1-12-1. Classification of properties; appraisers; copies of inventories to interested persons
- § 29-1-12-2. Repealed
- § 29-1-12-3. Distant places or types of property; separate inventory and appraisement
- § 29-1-12-4. Repealed
- § 29-1-12-5. Right of action against executor; insolvent personal representative
- § 29-1-12-6. Evidence
- § 29-1-13-1. Possession of property; duties of personal representative
- § 29-1-13-1.1. Right of personal representative to access decedent's electronic communications and other digital assets
- § 29-1-13-1.5. Access to safe deposit box; duties of financial institutions
- § 29-1-13-2. Preserving estate; action to prevent loss
- § 29-1-13-3. Actions; trespass; waste; costs; examine party
- § 29-1-13-4. Fraudulent conveyances; recovery
- § 29-1-13-5. Compromise; debtor or obligor
- § 29-1-13-6. Real estate interest as personal assets; proceeds from sale of real estate
- § 29-1-13-7. Mortgages; release and discharge
- § 29-1-13-8. Valueless property; abandonment
- § 29-1-13-9. Embezzlement; conversion
- § 29-1-13-10. Petitions; concealment; embezzlement; conversion; adverse interest; attachment
- § 29-1-13-11. Business of decedent; continuing
- § 29-1-13-12. Conveyance or lease after death of decedent
- § 29-1-13-13. Contracts; performance by personal representative
- § 29-1-13-14. Investment of funds
- § 29-1-13-15. Deposit of funds
- § 29-1-13-16. Collection of indebtedness; secure possession of property; special administrator appointed
- § 29-1-13-17. Action to enforce a written demand or instruction from a personal representative
- § 29-1-14-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-14-1. Limitations; filing; claims barred or not; liens; tort claims
- § 29-1-14-2. Actions; definite statement; personal representative actions; deductions from claims
- § 29-1-14-3. Future claims; payment; bonds
- § 29-1-14-4. Actions; joint contracts and judgment
- § 29-1-14-5. Joint contracts and judgments deemed joint and several
- § 29-1-14-6. Secured claims, allowance, and payment
- § 29-1-14-7. Contingent claims; payment; bond of distributee
- § 29-1-14-8. Contingent claims; liability of distributees; contribution
- § 29-1-14-9. Classification of claims; preferences
- § 29-1-14-10. Allowance; disallowance; expenses of administration
- § 29-1-14-11. Inquiry into correctness; liability on bond
- § 29-1-14-12. Trial; pleading; dismissal
- § 29-1-14-13. Trial of claims; judgment; set-off or counterclaim
- § 29-1-14-14. Petitions; defend claims; objections to payment
- § 29-1-14-15. Execution; final process; payment; mortgages, pledges, or liens; enforcement
- § 29-1-14-16. Liens and mortgages, enforcement; sale of real estate; exception
- § 29-1-14-17. Personal representative claims
- § 29-1-14-18. Compromise of claims
- § 29-1-14-19. Payment of claims; bond or security of creditor; report of insolvency
- § 29-1-14-20. Mortgage; pledge; lien; payment; renewal; extension
- § 29-1-14-21. Adverse claims; notice; trial
- § 29-1-15-1. Priorities; wills; orders of court
- § 29-1-15-2. Powers under will; optional procedure
- § 29-1-15-3. Payment of claims, expenses, and taxes; distribution of estate
- § 29-1-15-4. Order not granted; bond given by interested person
- § 29-1-15-5. Credit sales
- § 29-1-15-6. Purchasers, mortgagees, pledgees, or lienors; allowance of claims
- § 29-1-15-7. Collateral attack; irregularity in proceedings
- § 29-1-15-8. Petition; stock; bonds; securities
- § 29-1-15-9. Perishable properties; family allowance; title to property; approval
- § 29-1-15-10. Unit sales, mortgages, or leases
- § 29-1-15-11. Petition; sale, mortgage, or lease of real property; order of court
- § 29-1-15-12. Conflicting titles; process and notice
- § 29-1-15-13. Court order; description of property; sequence of parcels; private sale, public auction; terms
- § 29-1-15-14. Fair market value; appraisal; reappraisal
- § 29-1-15-15. Real property sales; notice
- § 29-1-15-16. Repealed
- § 29-1-15-16.5. Acquisition of beneficial interest in real property of estate by personal representative
- § 29-1-15-17. Execution of conveyance or lease; certified copy of order; power given under will
- § 29-1-15-18. Forms for conveyances
- § 29-1-15-19. Irregularity or defect in proceedings; guardians; good faith purchasers
- § 29-1-15-20. Lien of state for inheritance or estate taxes
- § 29-1-15-21. Fees and expenses
- § 29-1-15-22. Platting real property
- § 29-1-15-23. Exchange of property; terms and conditions
- § 29-1-16-0.1. Application of certain amendments to chapter
- § 29-1-16-1. Personal liability, loss to estate
- § 29-1-16-2. Closing estate; final account
- § 29-1-16-3. Verified account; filing; time
- § 29-1-16-4. Schedules; verification; certified public accountant
- § 29-1-16-5. Petition to settle and allow; petition to distribute
- § 29-1-16-6. Hearing and notice; final distribution; unknown heirs; intermediate account
- § 29-1-16-7. Objections; modification
- § 29-1-16-8. Approval or disapproval; appeals; relief from liability
- § 29-1-16-9. Death or incompetency of personal representative; out-of-state residency
- § 29-1-16-10. Noncompliance with orders; attachment; imprisonment
- § 29-1-17-1. Order of court; perishable property; depreciable property; storage or preservation; income and profits
- § 29-1-17-2. Final accounts; decree of final distribution
- § 29-1-17-3. Abatement of distributee shares
- § 29-1-17-4. Abatement of distributee shares; contribution by legatees and devisees
- § 29-1-17-5. Advancements
- § 29-1-17-6. Indebtedness of distributee; offset
- § 29-1-17-7. Income received during administration
- § 29-1-17-8. General legacies; interest
- § 29-1-17-9. Specific devise; liens
- § 29-1-17-10. Distribution in kind; partition sale; election of distributee; annuity; good faith purchasers or lenders
- § 29-1-17-11. Undivided interests; distribution, partition
- § 29-1-17-12. Unclaimed estate assets; disposition procedures; escheat; time limit; exceptions
- § 29-1-17-13. Supplemental reports; discharge; limitation of actions
- § 29-1-17-13.5. Distribution of assets from certain solvent supervised estates
- § 29-1-17-14. Petition to reopen estate; distribution of assets not fully administered in lieu of reopening the estate
- § 29-1-17-15. Repealed
- § 29-1-17-15.1. Petition to determine heirs of estate; contents; notice; hearing; decree
- § 29-1-17-16. Rules of equity; relief not limited
- § 29-1-19-1. Definitions
- § 29-1-19-2. Party in interest; notice of hearing
- § 29-1-19-3. Appointment of guardian
- § 29-1-19-4. Repealed
- § 29-1-19-5. Petition for appointment
- § 29-1-19-6. Appointment of guardian; condition precedent to payment of veterans' benefits; minor ward
- § 29-1-19-7. Appointment of guardian; condition precedent to payment of veterans' benefits; incapacitated person
- § 29-1-19-8. Filing petitions; notice
- § 29-1-19-9. Bond of guardian
- § 29-1-19-10. Accounting by guardian; notice; hearing
- § 29-1-19-11. Removal of guardian
- § 29-1-19-12. Compensation of guardian; liquidation of loans or investments
- § 29-1-19-13. Investment of funds
- § 29-1-19-14. Support; maintenance; education
- § 29-1-19-15. Real estate acquisition
- § 29-1-19-16. Copies of records; determining eligibility
- § 29-1-19-17. Discharge of guardian
- § 29-1-19-18. Application of certain provisions of chapter
- § 29-1-20-1. Affirmation or representation; form
- § 29-1-21-1. Purpose of chapter; presumptions
- § 29-1-21-2. Exclusive authority; application of other statutes
- § 29-1-21-3. Definitions
- § 29-1-21-4. Attestation; electronic signature; self-proving clause; affidavit of compliance
- § 29-1-21-4.1. Certain wills executed in reliance on supreme court order
- § 29-1-21-5. Recordings; photographs; admissibility
- § 29-1-21-6. "Form vendor"; instructions to signatory
- § 29-1-21-7. Execution of electronic will
- § 29-1-21-8. Revocation of electronic will
- § 29-1-21-9. Use of converted copy; affidavit
- § 29-1-21-10. Maintenance, receipt, and transfer of electronic will
- § 29-1-21-11. Delivery of electronic will; recipients; methods of delivery
- § 29-1-21-12. "Destroy"; destruction of electronic will