Montana Code Annotated 1995

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     72-16-401. Application for determination of tax by department -- information, documents to be furnished to department. (1) The personal representative or, should the personal representative fail to do so, any interested person shall make application to the department of revenue for determination of any tax due upon the estate of a decedent.
     (2) The applicant shall furnish to the department the inventory and appraisement required by 72-3-607 and any supplemental inventory under 72-3-609, together with a statement under oath or affirmation of any property owned by the decedent at the time of his death situated outside of this state and without its jurisdiction. The applicant shall, upon request of the department, furnish the department with the final accounting of such personal representative. If the decedent died testate, the personal representative shall likewise furnish the department with a certified copy of the last will of the decedent. If the decedent died intestate, the personal representative shall provide the department with a sworn statement setting forth the names, ages, and residences of the heirs at law of decedent. In all cases, the personal representative shall set forth the proportion of the entire estate inherited by or devised to each of said persons and the relation, if any, which each devisee, heir, or transferee sustained to the decedent or person from whom the transfer was made.
     (3) The information so provided shall not be binding upon the department in case it believes the same to be erroneous or untrue.

     History: En. 91-4468 by Sec. 4, Ch. 365, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 516, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 91-4468(part).

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