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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="7-216" title_number="7" title_name="Death Taxes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inheritance Tax">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the inheritance tax on property that passes from a decedent shall be paid, before it is distributed, by the person who distributes the property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The person who distributes property that passes from a decedent is liable for the inheritance tax on the property distributed until the tax is paid.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Unless a decedent specified a source for paying the inheritance tax and there is sufficient money from that source, the court may order sale of property to pay the inheritance tax on the property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The inheritance tax on property that passes from a decedent shall be paid by the recipient if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person who distributes the property does not pay the tax as required by subsection (a) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the property passes from the decedent to the recipient without distribution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the property that passes from a decedent is a subsequent interest, the inheritance tax on the property shall be paid:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>by the person by or for whom a prepayment application is made under § 7-219 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the inheritance tax is not prepaid on the subsequent interest, by the person in whom the property or subsequent interest ultimately vests.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If property valued or exempt under § 7-211 of this subtitle is disqualified for the special valuation or exemption under § 7-221 of this subtitle, the person who owns the property when the disqualifying event occurs shall pay any additional inheritance tax determined under § 7-221 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
