450.71 - PROOF OF AMOUNT OF TAX DUE.
450.71 PROOF OF AMOUNT OF TAX DUE. Before issuing a receipt for the tax, the director of revenue may demand from personal representatives or beneficiaries information as necessary to verify the correctness of the amount of the tax and interest, and when this demand is made they shall send to the director of revenue certified copies of wills, deeds, or other papers, or of those parts of their reports as the director may demand, and upon the refusal or neglect of the parties to comply with the demand of the director, the clerk of the court shall comply with the demand, and the expenses of making copies and transcripts shall be charged against the estate, as are other costs in probate, or the tax may be assessed without deducting liabilities for which the estate is liable.
Section History: Early Form [S13, § 1481-a24; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 7376; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 450.71]
Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 177, § 29, 38; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286