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Probate Code - PROB

DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS [5000 - 5705]

  ( Division 5 enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79. )
  

PART 4. REVOCABLE TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED [5600 - 5698]

  ( Part 4 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 17. )
  

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [5600 - 5618]

  ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 17. )
  

ARTICLE 2. Definitions [5606 - 5618]
  ( Article 2 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 17. )

  
5614.  

(a) “Revocable transfer on death deed” means an instrument created pursuant to this part that does all of the following:

(1) Makes a donative transfer of real property to a named beneficiary.

(2) Operates on the transferor’s death.

(3) Remains revocable until the transferor’s death.

(b) A revocable transfer on death deed may also be known as a “revocable TOD deed.”

(c) A revocable transfer on death deed may be used to transfer real property even if ownership of the property is not typically evidenced or transferred by use of a deed.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 62, Sec. 2. (AB 288) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, pursuant to Section 5600.)