§ 32-17-2-1 — Application; two or more persons; conveyances and devises

(a) This section does not apply to:
(1) mortgages;
(2) conveyances in trust; or
(3) conveyances made to husband and wife.
(b) Every estate vested in executors or trustees as executors shall be
held by them in joint tenancy.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b), a conveyance or devise of
land or of any interest in land made to two (2) or more persons creates
an estate in common and not in joint tenancy unless:
(1) it is expressed in the conveyance or devise that the grantees or
devisees hold the land or interest in land in joint tenancy and to
the survivor of them; or
(2) the intent to create an estate in joint tenancy manifestly
appears from the tenor of the instrument.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citations: 32-1-2-7;
32-1-2-8.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.2.