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Terms Used In Indiana Code 30-1-2-1

  • 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.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • 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
   Sec. 1. Whenever any trust, or any decedent‘s estate, or any property subject to the control of any executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary shall consist, in whole or in part, of the corporate stock, bonds or other securities of any corporation, public or private, which the fiduciary is required or authorized to sell, and which are listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the New York Curb Exchange, the Chicago Stock Exchange, or the San Francisco Stock Exchange, or which are securities which are obligations of the government of the United States, such securities may be sold by such fiduciary under the direction of the proper court for cash at the market price of such securities at the time of sale, whether such price be more or less than the appraised or inventory value of such securities. Such sale may be without notice and without any requirement for the reappraisement of such securities.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.351, s.1.