Requirements

A transfer on death deed must: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2), contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed as required by the standards of title; (2) State that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and (3) Be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the property is located. Source: SL 2014, ch 133 , § 8.