50 Ind. Admin. Code 4.2-4-10

Current through October 31, 2024
Section 50 IAC 4.2-4-10 - Determination of property as real or personal

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1

Affected: IC 6-1.1-3

Sec. 10.

(a) The following guide is intended to assist in the identification of property as either real or personal. The use of a unit of machinery, equipment, or a structure determines its classification as real or personal property. If the unit is directly used for manufacturing or a process of manufacturing, it is personal property. If the unit is a land or building improvement, it is real property.
(b) Land improvement - Real includes the following:
(1) Retaining walls, piling and mats for general improvement of site, private roads, walks, paved areas, culverts, bridges, viaducts, subways and tunnels, fencing, reservoirs, dikes, dams, ditches, canals, and drainage.
(2) Fixed river, lake, or tidewater wharves and docks.
(3) Permanent standard gauge railroad trackage, bridges, and trestles.
(4) Walls forming storage yards and fire protection dikes.

Note that on-site utility piping, such as sanitary and storm sewers, potable water and fire prevention lines, and gas lines are considered as on-site improvement costs and are valued with the land.

(c) Buildings - Real includes structural and other improvements to buildings, including:
(1) foundations;
(2) walls;
(3) floors;
(4) roof;
(5) insulation;
(6) stairways;
(7) partitions;
(8) loading and unloading platforms;
(9) canopies;
(10) areaways;
(11) systems for heating;
(12) air conditioning;
(13) ventilation systems for employee comfort;
(14) sanitation;
(15) fixed fire protection;
(16) lighting;
(17) plumbing, and drinking water; and
(18) building elevators and escalators.
(d) Miscellaneous includes the following:

PropertyType
Agricultural irrigation system including distribution system above or below ground Personal
Air conditioning
Building air conditioning for comfort of occupants Real
Package units, through the wall commercial Real
Special process to maintain controlled temperature and humidity Personal
Window units, through the wall or inserted in window Personal
Air lines for machinery and equipment Personal
Alarm systems
Fire alarm system Personal
Security alarm system Personal
Aluminum pot lines Personal
Anhydrous ammonia tanks and equipment
Stationary Real
Portable Personal
Appliances for income producing properties Personal
Ash handling system, pit and framing related to system Personal
Asphalt mixing plant and equipment (movable) Personal
Auto-call and telephone system Personal
Bar and equipment Personal
Bins, permanently affixed for storage Real
Boilers
Manufacturing process Personal
Building service Real
Booths for welding Personal
Bowling alley lanes Personal
Bucket elevators (open or enclosed including casings) Personal
Building, such as specially constructed storage, poultry, or livestock processing buildings - (not including machinery or equipment) Real
Bulkheads making additional land area to be assessed with and as part of the improved land Real

Carpeting, commercial

The real property assessment includes a finished floor. If the carpet is installed over an existing finished floor, then carpeting becomes personal property.

If, as in the case of many newer buildings, carpeting has been specified and is the only finished floor, then carpeting is assessed as real property.

Real or Personal depending on the circumstances
Cistern Real
Coal, handling system Personal
Cold storage
Built-in cold storage rooms Real
Cold storage refrigeration equipment Personal
Cold storage, prefab walk-in type Personal
Control booth Personal
Conveyor
Housing Personal
Tunnels Real
Unit including belt and drives Personal
Cooling Towers
Primary use for manufacturing Personal
Primary use for building Real
Crane
Moving crane Personal
Runways, including supporting columns or structure and foundation, inside or outside of buildings Personal
Dock levelers Personal
Drapes Personal
Drying rooms
Structure Real
Heating System Personal
Dust catchers Personal
Fence, security Real
Fire walls, masonry Real
Floors, computer room Real
Foundations for machinery and equipment Personal
Gaming riverboats Real
Gas lines for equipment or processing Personal
Grain bins, storage Real
Grain drying equipment Personal
Grain drying equipment (such as: augers, aerators) Personal
Grain elevators (commercial, industrial), storage, silos, tanks, cupolas, working house, head-house, milling space Real
Grain elevator machinery and equipment (commercial, industrial) such as legs (inside or outside), conveyors, spouting, hopper scales, man lifts, aeration systems, grain cleaners, grain dryers, mechanical grain dumping equipment, loading and unloading systems, truck scales, all processing machinery and equipment Personal
Grain storage tents (blow-up) Personal
Gravel plant - machinery and equipment Personal
Greenhouses
Building Real
Building, plastic cover, in place on assessment date Personal
Benches and heating system Personal
Heating system
Building heating for comfort of occupants Real
Special purpose to maintain controlled temperature Personal
Hoist, hoist pits Personal
Hoop buildings
Year-round use (a building improvement) Real
Short-term use (seasonal or not a building improvement) Personal
Hydraulic lines Personal
Irrigation equipment Personal
Kilns
Lumber, drying kiln structure Real
Concrete block, drying kiln structure Real
Circular down draft, beehive Real
Heating or drying system Personal
Landscaping, priced with land Real
Laundry, steam-generating equipment Personal
Lighting
Yard Personal
Special purpose, inside Personal
Service station (except building) Personal
Mixers and mixing houses Personal
Nonautomotive equipment attached to excise vehicles Personal
Ore bridge foundation Personal
Ovens, processing Personal
Piping, process piping above or below ground Personal
Pits for equipment or processing Personal
Pools, swimming, in-ground or above-ground Real
Power generators Personal
Power lines and auxiliary equipment Personal
Pumps and motors Personal
Pump house (including substructure) Real
Racks and shelving (portable or removable) Personal
Railroad siding (except belonging to railroad) Real
Ready-mix concrete batch plant and equipment Personal
Refrigeration equipment Personal
Refrigerated display cabinets Personal
Sanitary system Real
Satellite dishes
Commercial use Personal
Residential use Personal
Scale houses Real
Scales
Truck or railroad scales, including pit Personal
Dormant scales Personal
Septic system (priced with land) Real
Sheds or buildings
Permanent, affixed or portable confinement buildings Real
Agricultural open portable pull-type Personal
Detached storage structures Real
Portable utility sheds Real
Signs, including supports and foundation Personal
Silos
Containing a manufacturing process Personal
Farm storage silos Real
Silo equipment Personal
Storage Real
Spray pond
Masonry reservoir Real
Piping and equipment Personal
Sprinkler system Real
Stacks
Supported individually and servicing heating boilers Real
Servicing personal property units or a process Personal
Steam electric generating facility
Equipment Personal or Distributable Property
Building Real
Stone crushing plant, equipment Personal
Storage facilities, permanent of masonry or wood Real
Storage vaults and doors, including bank vaults and doors Real
Substation
Building Real
Equipment Personal
Tanks
Short term, portable Personal
Storage only (except as indicated below) above or below ground Real
Used as a part of a manufacturing process Personal
Underground gasoline tanks at service stations Personal
Towers, cellular, TV or radio broadcasting Personal
Transformers Personal
Tunnels Real
Tunnels, waste heat, or processing Personal
Unit heaters, nonportable Real
Unit heaters, portable Personal
Unloader runway Personal
Ventilating
Ventilating system for manufacturing equipment Personal
Ventilating system for comfort of employees Real
Walls, portable partitions Personal
Water lines, for processing above or below ground Personal
Water pumping station, building and structure Real
Water pumps and motors Personal
Water treating and softening plant
Building and structure Real
Water treating and softening equipment Personal
Wells used for potable water, priced with land Real
Wells, pumps, motors, and equipment Personal
Wiring - power wiring Personal

50 IAC 4.2-4-10

Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 4.2-4-10; filed Dec 7, 1988, 9:35 a.m.: 12 IR 845, eff Mar 1, 1989; reinstated by IC 6-1.1-3 -22, eff Jul 1, 2003; filed Feb 26, 2010, 2:43 p.m.: 20100324-IR-050090576FRA
Filed 11/2/2020, 9:34 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190636FRA