§ 12.356

The Insurance Commissioner shall, whenever possible, without fee, on the application of the commissioner, determine the value of any interest transferred, including a remainder interest, which is limited, contingent, dependent or determinable upon the life or lives of persons in being, or a term for years, upon the facts submitted with such application and with interest for purposes of such determination at the rate of six per cent per annum; and shall certify the valuation in duplicate to the commissioner, and such certificate shall be competent evidence that the valuation as so determined is correct.(1949 Rev., S. 2036; P.A. 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 21, 348; P.A. 83-520, S. 12, 13.)History: P.A. 77-614 placed insurance commissioner within the department of business regulation and made insurance department a division within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 83-520, effective July 7, 1983, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after said date, added the words 'or a term of years' and required the insurance commissioner to include interest at

83-520, effective July 7, 1983, and applicable to estates of decedents dying on or after said date, added the words 'or a term of years' and required the insurance commissioner to include interest at the rate of 6% per annum in the determination of the value of any transferred interest.