Title 72, Title 72

Any beneficiary deed that was executed and recorded prior to October 1, 2019, and which complied with the law in effect when it was recorded, shall be deemed to be a transfer on death deed for the purposes of this part.

If any provision of this code or the application of this code to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity may not affect other provisions or applications of the code which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the pro…

This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Powers of Appointment Act".

As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) "Appointee" means a person to which a powerholder makes an appointment of appointive property. (2) "Appointive property" means the property or property interest subject to a power of appointment. (3) "Blanket-exercise …

Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent: (1) the creation, revocation, or amendment of the power is governed by the law of the donor's domicile at the relevant time; and (2) the exercise, release, or disclaimer of the power or…

The common law and principles of equity supplement this act, except to the extent modified by this act or a law of this state other than this act.

(1) A power of appointment is created only if: (a) the instrument creating the power: (i) is valid under applicable law; and (ii) except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), transfers the appointive property; and (b) the terms of the instrument creating the power manifest the…

A powerholder may not transfer a power of appointment. If a powerholder dies without exercising or releasing a power, the power lapses.

Subject to 72-7-204 and unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the power is: (1) presently exercisable; (2) exclusionary; and (3) except as otherwise provided in 72-7-204, general.

Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, the power is nongeneral if: (1) the power is exercisable only at the powerholder's death; and (2) the permissible appointees of the power are a defined and limited class that does not i…

(1) In this section, "adverse party" means a person with a substantial beneficial interest in property that would be affected adversely by a powerholder's exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment in favor of the powerholder, the powerholder's estate, a creditor of the po…

A donor may revoke or amend a power of appointment only to the extent that: (1) the instrument creating the power is revocable by the donor; or (2) the donor reserves a power of revocation or amendment in the instrument creating the power of appointment.

(1) A power of appointment is exercised only: (a) if the instrument exercising the power is valid under applicable law; (b) if the terms of the instrument exercising the power: (i) manifest the powerholder's intent to exercise the power; and (ii) subject to 72-7-304, satisfy the …

(1) In this section: (a) "Residuary clause" does not include a residuary clause containing a blanket-exercise clause or a specific-exercise clause. (b) "Will" includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that revises another will. (2) A residuary clause in a powerholder's wil…

Unless the terms of the instrument exercising a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent: (1) except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a blanket-exercise clause extends to a power acquired by the powerholder after executing the instrument containing the clause; and …

A powerholder's substantial compliance with a formal requirement of appointment imposed by the donor, including a requirement that the instrument exercising the power of appointment make reference or specific reference to the power, is sufficient if: (1) the powerholder knows of …

(1) A powerholder of a general power of appointment that permits appointment to the powerholder or the powerholder's estate may make any appointment, including an appointment in trust or creating a new power of appointment, that the powerholder could make in disposing of the powe…

(1) Subject to the antilapse provisions of 72-2-613, an appointment to a deceased appointee is ineffective. (2) Unless the terms of the instrument creating a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, a powerholder of a nongeneral power may exercise the power in favor of or…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in 72-7-306, an exercise of a power of appointment in favor of an impermissible appointee is ineffective. (2) An exercise of a power of appointment in favor of a permissible appointee is ineffective to the extent the appointment is a fraud on the …

If a powerholder exercises a power of appointment in a disposition that also disposes of property the powerholder owns, the owned property and the appointive property must be allocated in the permissible manner that best carries out the powerholder's intent.

To the extent a powerholder of a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust, makes an ineffective appointment: (1) the gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the ineffectively appointed property; or (2) if ther…

To the extent a powerholder releases or fails to exercise a general power of appointment, other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust: (1) the gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or (2) if there is no gift-in-def…

To the extent a powerholder releases, ineffectively exercises, or fails to exercise a nongeneral power of appointment: (1) the gift-in-default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or (2) if there is no gift-in-default clause or to the extent the clause is …

Unless the terms of the instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment manifest a contrary intent, if the powerholder makes a valid partial appointment to a taker in default of appointment, the taker in default of appointment may share fully in unappointed property.

If a powerholder makes an appointment to a taker in default of appointment and the appointee would have taken the property under a gift-in-default clause had the property not been appointed, the power of appointment is deemed not to have been exercised and the appointee takes und…

A powerholder may revoke or amend an exercise of a power of appointment only to the extent that: (1) the powerholder reserves a power of revocation or amendment in the instrument exercising the power of appointment and, if the power is nongeneral, the terms of the instrument crea…

As provided by 72-2-825 and 72-2-826: (1) a powerholder may disclaim all or part of a power of appointment; and (2) a permissible appointee, appointee, or taker in default of appointment may disclaim all or part of an interest in appointive property.

A powerholder may release a power of appointment in whole or in part, except to the extent the terms of the instrument creating the power prevent the release.

A powerholder of a releasable power of appointment may release the power in whole or in part: (1) by substantial compliance with a method provided in the terms of the instrument creating the power; or (2) if the terms of the instrument creating the power do not provide a method o…

A powerholder may revoke or amend a release of a power of appointment only to the extent that: (1) the instrument of release is revocable by the powerholder; or (2) the powerholder reserves a power of revocation or amendment in the instrument of release.

A powerholder of a presently exercisable power of appointment may contract: (1) not to exercise the power; or (2) to exercise the power if the contract when made does not confer a benefit on an impermissible appointee.

A powerholder of a power of appointment that is not presently exercisable may contract to exercise or not to exercise the power only if the powerholder: (1) is also the donor of the power; and (2) has reserved the power in a revocable trust.

The remedy for a powerholder's breach of a contract to appoint or not to appoint appointive property is limited to damages payable out of the appointive property or, if appropriate, specific performance of the contract.

(1) In this section, "power of appointment created by the powerholder" includes a power of appointment created in a transfer by another person to the extent the powerholder contributed value to the transfer. (2) Appointive property subject to a general power of appointment create…

(1) Property subject to a general or nongeneral power of appointment created by a person other than the powerholder, including a presently exercisable general or nongeneral power of appointment, is exempt from a claim by a creditor of the powerholder or the powerholder's estate. …

(1) For purposes of this section and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a power to withdraw property from a trust is treated, during the time the power may be exercised, as a presently exercisable general power of appointment to the extent of the property subject to …

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), appointive property subject to a nongeneral power of appointment is exempt from a claim of a creditor of the powerholder or the powerholder's estate. (2) Appointive property subject to a nongeneral power of appointment …

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices desc…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, on and after October 1, 2015: (a) this act applies to a power of appointment created before, on, or after October 1, 2015; (b) this act applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced on or after October 1…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act".

This part applies to the disposition at death of the following property acquired by a married person: (1) (a) all personal property, wherever situated, that was acquired as or became and remained community property under the laws of another jurisdiction; and (b) all or the propor…

In determining whether this part applies to specific property, the following rebuttable presumptions apply: (1) property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that marriage while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could then be acquired as community property …

Upon death of a married person, one-half of the property to which this part applies is the property of the surviving spouse and is not subject to testamentary disposition by the decedent or distribution under the Uniform Probate Code. One-half of that property is the property of …

If the title to any property to which this part applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the district court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative or the heirs or devisees of the …

If the title to any property to which this part applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee, as those terms are defined in 72-1-103, of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the …