IHTM27076 - Locality of assets (situs): bearer securities


A security that is represented by a document of title, the property in which passes by delivery, is locally situated, for Inheritance Tax purposes, in the place where that document is found at the material time.

Att Gen v Bouwens [1838] 4 M & W 171, Winans v Att Gen [1910] AC 27. This does not apply to certain qualifying international securities ( IHTM27141)