SB 34 — AN ACT relating to the transfer of property upon death.

Summary

AN ACT relating to the transfer of property upon death.

Bill Text

Action History

1. Senate Floor Amendment 2

2. S. Rawlings

3. Retain original provisions; remove the provision relating to the commencement of an action to contest the capacity of the transferor; specify that failure to file a transfer on death deed prior to the death of the transferor renders the deed void; specify that any subsequent deed transferring an interest in the property revokes the transfer on death deed; remove permitted authorization of a power of attorney to revoke a transfer on death deed; remove apportionment provision among properties if the probate estate is insufficient to satisfy a claim; remove the requirement that the beneficiary provide proof of death of the transferor to the county clerk; remove the requirement that the county clerk make a transfer on death deed form and revocation form available in the office of the county clerk; establish that the beneficiary designation form for the transfer on death of a motor vehicle shall name only 1 beneficiary; require the beneficiary of a motor vehicle transfer on death to provide the county clerk with a copy of the death certificate of the owner of the vehicle when requesting a new title of ownership in the beneficiary's name.

4. County Clerks - Motor vehicles, transfer on death, death certificate requirement, establishment County Clerks - Motor vehicles, transfer on death, number of beneficiaries, restriction, establishment County Clerks - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, presentation of death certificate, removal County Clerks - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, provision of forms, removal Deaths - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, death certificate requirement, removal Deeds And Conveyances - Estate, unsatisfied claim, real property, apportionment provision, remove Deeds And Conveyances - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, contest proceeding, remove Deeds And Conveyances - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, presentation of death certificate, removal Deeds And Conveyances - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, revocation authority, power of attorney, remove Deeds And Conveyances - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, untimely filing, void, provision Motor Vehicles - Transfer on death, number of beneficiaries, restriction, establishment Property - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, death certificate requirement, removal Real Estate - Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, presentation of death certificate, removal

Sponsors

• S. Rawlings, S. Funke Frommeyer, G. Neal, A. Reed, L. Tichenor · Primary

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