Whenever any estate is liable to pay a tax, the amount of the tax, including any interest or addition to the tax, is a lien in favor of the state of North Dakota on the real and personal property of the estate from the time the tax commissioner files a notice of estate tax lien with the recorder of a county in which the real or personal property is situated. If the real or personal property is conveyed or transferred by the estate before the tax commissioner files a notice of estate tax lien, the tax, and any interest or addition to the tax, is a liability of the beneficiaries of the estate under the provisions of section 57-37.1-09 and the liability becomes a lien upon the property of the beneficiaries named in the notice of estate tax lien.

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-37.1-09.1

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49