Section 30-2-8.5-24 - Manner of creating custodial property and effecting transfer; designation of initial custodian; control(a) Custodial property is created and a transfer is made if: (1) an uncertificated security or a certificated security in registered form is: (A) registered in the name of: (ii) an adult other than the transferor; or(iii) a trust company; followed by the words: "as custodian for _________ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act"; or
(B) delivered if in certificated form, or a document necessary for the transfer of an uncertificated security is delivered, together with a necessary endorsement to an adult other than the transferor or to a trust company as custodian, accompanied by an instrument in substantially the form set forth in subsection (b);(2) money is paid or delivered to a broker or financial institution for credit to an account in the name of: (B) an adult other than the transferor; or(C) a trust company; followed by the words: "as custodian for _________ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act";
(3) the ownership of a life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract is: (A) registered with the issuer in the name of:(ii) an adult other than the transferor; or(iii) a trust company; followed by the words: "as custodian for _________ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act"; or
(B) assigned in a writing delivered to:(i) an adult other than the transferor; or(ii) a trust company; whose name in the assignment is followed by the words: "as custodian for ___________ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act";
(4) an irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment or an irrevocable present right to future payment is the subject of a written notification delivered to the payor, issuer, or other obligor that the right is transferred to:(B) an adult other than the transferor; or(C) a trust company; whose name in the notification is followed by the words: "as custodian for _______ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act";
(5) an interest in real property is recorded in the name of: (B) an adult other than the transferor; or(C) a trust company; followed by the words: "as custodian for __________ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act";
(6) a certificate of title issued by a department or agency of a state or of the United States that evidences title to tangible personal property is:(A) issued in the name of:(ii) an adult other than the transferor; or(iii) a trust company; followed by the words: "as custodian for __________ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act"; or
(B) delivered and endorsed to: (i) an adult other than the transferor; or(ii) a trust company; followed by the words: "as custodian for __________ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act"; or
(7) an interest in property not described in subdivisions (1) through (6) is transferred to: (A) an adult other than the transferor; or(B) a trust company; by a written instrument in substantially the form set forth in subsection (b).
(b) An instrument in the following form satisfies the requirements of subsection (a)(1)(B) and (a)(7): TRANSFER UNDER THE INDIANA UNIFORM
TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT
I, __________ (name of transferor or name and representative capacity if a fiduciary) hereby transfer to _________ (name of custodian), as custodian for _________ (name of minor) under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act, the following: (insert a description of the custodial property sufficient to identify it).
Dated: _____
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(Signature)
________ (name of custodian) acknowledges receipt of the property described above as custodian for the minor named above under the Indiana uniform transfers to minors act.
Dated: _____
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(Signature of Custodian)
(c) A transferor shall place the custodian in control of the custodial property as soon as practicable.As added by P.L. 267-1989, SEC.2.