Sec. 6. (a) “Company” means:

(1) any corporation, partnership, business trust, joint venture, association, or similar organization; or

Terms Used In Indiana Code 28-6.2-1-6

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(2) any other trust, unless by its terms it must terminate:

(A) within twenty-five (25) years; or

(B) not later than twenty-one (21) years and ten (10) months after the death of any individual living on the effective date of the trust.

     (b) As used in subsection (a)(1), “similar organization” means a combination of parties with the potential for or practical likelihood of a continuing rather than temporary existence, in which the parties have knowingly and voluntarily associated for a common purpose in identifiable and binding relationships that govern the parties with respect to either:

(1) the transferability and voting rights concerning any stock or other indicia of participation in another entity; or

(2) the achievement of a common or shared objective, such as to collectively manage or control another entity.

As added by P.L.122-1994, SEC.101.