§ 56-257. Permitted uses of individual development accounts.

Individual development accounts may be used for any of the following qualified purposes:

1.  Qualified acquisition costs with respect to a qualified principal residence for a qualified home buyer, or the costs of major repairs or improvements to a qualified principal residence, if paid directly to the persons to whom the amounts are due;

2.  Amounts paid directly to a business capitalization account which is established in a federally insured financial institution and is restricted to use solely for qualified business capitalization expenses consistent with a qualified plan;

3.  Postsecondary educational expenses paid directly to an eligible educational institution;

4.  Amounts paid directly to an individual retirement account or education IRA established pursuant to federal law in the name of the IDA account holder or an immediate family member thereof; and

5.  Qualified acquisition costs with respect to purchase of an automobile, or costs of repair of an automobile, if paid directly to a licensed automobile dealer or repair shop.

Added by Laws 1998, c. 429, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.