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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="7-225" title_number="7" title_name="Death Taxes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Inheritance Tax">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person required to file an inventory shall have the property appraised in the manner provided in Title 7, Subtitle 2 of the Estates and Trusts Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each personal representative shall file the inventory required by § 7-201 of the Estates and Trusts Article with the register within 3 months after appointment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If there is no formal administration of an estate, each person other than a personal representative who distributes property that passes from the decedent shall file the inventory required by § 7-201 of the Estates and Trusts Article, within 3 months after the death of the decedent and before distributing the property:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for personal property, with the register in the county where the decedent resided at the time of death; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for real property, with the register in the county where the real property is located.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If there is no formal administration of an estate, each person who receives property that passes from a decedent without distribution shall file the inventory required by § 7-201 of the Estates and Trusts Article, within 3 months after the death of the decedent:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for personal property, with the register in the county where the decedent resided at the time of death; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for real property, with the register in the county where the real property is located.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A foreign personal representative who administers an estate with property that is located in this State and subject to the inheritance tax shall file with the register of the county where the foreign personal representative believes the largest part, in value, of the property is located:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a copy of the appointment as personal representative;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a copy of the will of the decedent, if any, authenticated in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1738; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an inventory of all of the property that the estate owns in this State that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is made under oath;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>describes each item in reasonable detail; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>indicates the fair market value of each item and the basis on which the value is determined.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
