Answer:
Yes and No. If the owner of the IRA was in payout, the beneficiary has to take the last RMD and then take payments over his or her life expectancy but still have the entire balance cleaned out in 10 years after the owner’s death. If owner not in payout when died, then anytime in the 10-year period the account can be cleaned out.
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