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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="7-201" title_number="7" title_name="Death Taxes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inheritance Tax">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Estate” means property that is subject to administration under the Estates and Trusts Article as the estate of a decedent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Less than absolute interest” means an interest less than an absolute interest in property, in trust or otherwise.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Less than absolute interest” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a life estate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an interest for a term of years;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a contingent or vested remainder, or executory or reversionary interest that a person other than the decedent creates; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any other interest that is less than absolute.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Property that passes from a decedent” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>property that passes, by will or under the intestate laws of the State, at or after the death of a decedent, in trust or otherwise, to or for the use of another person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>property in which, at death, a decedent had an interest as a joint tenant; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>except for a bona fide sale for an adequate and full consideration in money or money’s worth, property that passes by an inter vivos transfer by a decedent, in trust or otherwise, if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the transfer is made in contemplation of death;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the transfer of a material part of the property of the decedent in the nature of a final disposition or distribution is made by the decedent within 2 years before death and is not shown to not have been made in contemplation of death;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the transfer is intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment at or after the death of the decedent; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>under the transfer, the decedent retained any dominion over the transferred property during the life of the decedent, including the retention of:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>a beneficial interest;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>a power of revocation, absolute or conditional; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>a power of appointment by will or otherwise.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding any parol agreement, the written form of the title is controlling for intangible personal property held in joint tenancy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Subsequent interest” means a vested or contingent remainder, executory or reversionary interest, or other future interest that is created by a decedent and will or may vest in possession after the death of the decedent.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Subsequent interest” includes a sole or concurrent subsequent interest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
