Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-8-1-11

  • owner: means a person receiving or entitled to receive a proportionate share of petroleum or a proportionate share of the proceeds of the sale of petroleum after production by an operator, and without limitation of the foregoing, includes the owners of royalties, excess royalty, overriding royalty, mineral rights, or working interest. See Indiana Code 6-8-1-7
  • person: means any individual, assignee, receiver, commissioner, fiduciary, trustee, executor, administrator, firm, partnership, joint venture, pool, syndicate, association, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, or any other group or combination acting as a unit. See Indiana Code 6-8-1-1
   Sec. 11. A person reporting and paying a tax levied under this chapter is entitled to be reimbursed by the owner or owners immediately upon such payment and shall deduct the amount of the payment from anything due to the owners. A person paying and deducting such tax is not subject to any suit or action for recovery by any person, but the remedy of such person shall be exclusively by claim or suit for refund under the terms of this chapter.

Formerly: Acts 1947, c.278, s.11. As amended by P.L.2-1988, SEC.36; P.L.109-1988, SEC.14.