(a) When an account is held in any association by a person residing in another state or country, in the event of the death of the depositor, the account, together with additions to the account, or any part of the account, shall be exempt from any taxation otherwise imposed by this state and may be paid to the administrator or executor appointed in the state or country where the holder resided at the time of death; provided, that the administrator or executor has furnished the association with:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-3-513

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Association: means a capital stock or mutual savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Depositor: means the holder of a deposit account in an association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes an administrator, where the subject matter applies to an administrator. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated association, company, or corporation organized under the laws of this or any other state, the United States or foreign country. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Authenticated copies of the letters of the administrator or executor and of the order of the court that issued the letters to the person authorizing the person to collect, receive, and remove the personal estate; and
(2) An affidavit by the administrator or executor that, to the administrator’s or executor’s knowledge, no letters then are outstanding in this state and no petition for letters by an heir, legatee, devisee, or creditor of the decedent is pending on the estate in this state, and that there are no creditors of the estate in this state.
(b) Upon payment or delivery to the representative after receipt of the affidavit and authenticated copies, the association is released and discharged to the same extent as if the payment or delivery had been made to a legally qualified resident executor or administrator and is not required to see to the application or disposition of the property.
(c) No action at law or in equity shall be maintained against the association for payment made in accordance with this section.
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