Sec. 8. (a) Engaging in “the trust business” means:

(1) acting as a fiduciary for hire as one’s primary business purpose; or

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 28-14-1-8

  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) holding oneself out to the public as being willing to act as a fiduciary for hire as one’s primary business purpose.

     (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the following persons are not engaged in the trust business with respect to fiduciary services customarily performed by the following persons for compensation as traditionally incident to their regular business activities:

(1) Accountants.

(2) Attorneys.

(3) Banks.

(4) Credit unions.

(5) Industrial loan companies.

(6) Insurance brokers.

(7) Insurance companies.

(8) Investment advisers.

(9) National trust companies organized under the laws of the United States.

(10) Real estate brokers and sales agents.

(11) Savings and loan associations.

(12) Savings banks.

(13) Securities brokers and dealers.

(14) Real estate title insurance companies.

(15) Real estate escrow companies.

(16) Persons acting in a fiduciary capacity in activities relating to:

(A) a business organization in which the person is an officer or an employee; or

(B) an estate where the person is designated as a fiduciary by a will or a court order.

(17) Third-party administrators hired by trustees of split-interest charitable trusts, private foundations, charitable pooled income funds, charitable gift annuities, employee benefit plans, or retirement plans.

     (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any individual or any organization described in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code is not engaged in the trust business for the purposes of this article.

     (d) The department may determine that a person not specifically provided for under subsection (b) or (c) is not engaged in the trust business for the purposes of this article.

As added by P.L.262-1995, SEC.90.