Section 7-219 - Prepayment of tax. - Maryland Statutes

§ 7-219. Prepayment of tax.
 

(a)  Application.- Within a reasonable time after the valuation of a less than absolute interest in property that passes from a decedent, an application to prepay the inheritance tax for a subsequent interest in the same property may be filed with the register of the county where the inventory was filed under § 7-225 of this subtitle. 

(b)  Applicant.-  

(1) An application under subsection (a) of this section may be filed by or for a person or class of persons, whether or not then in being, in whom may vest a subsequent interest in the property valued. 

(2) An application under subsection (a) of this section may not be made by or for a person who, under the instrument that created the property interests, has no interest other than the possibility of becoming an appointee by the exercise of a power of appointment. 

(3) A person who only has the interest described in paragraph (2) of this subsection is entitled to receive the benefits of prepayment under § 7-210(b) of this subtitle. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 81, § 161; 1988, ch. 2, § 1.]