A transfer on death deed
(1) except as otherwise provided in (2) and (3) of this section, must contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed;
(2) must state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death;
(3) may not use a beneficiary designation that only identifies beneficiaries as members of a class; a transfer on death deed that uses a beneficiary designation that only identifies beneficiaries as members of a class is void; and
(4) must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the recorder in the recording district where the property is located.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions
Chapter 48. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act
Sec. 13.48.010. Transfer on death deed authorized.
Sec. 13.48.020. Transfer on death deed revocable.
Sec. 13.48.030. Transfer on death deed nontestamentary.
Sec. 13.48.040. Capacity of transferor.
Sec. 13.48.045. When certain deeds void; challenges to deed.
Sec. 13.48.060. Notice, delivery, acceptance, consideration not required.
Sec. 13.48.070. Revocation by instrument authorized; revocation by act not permitted.
Sec. 13.48.080. Effect of transfer on death deed during transferor's life.
Sec. 13.48.090. Effect of transfer on death deed at transferor's death.
Sec. 13.48.110. Liability for creditor claims and statutory allowances.
Sec. 13.48.120. Optional form of transfer on death deed.
Sec. 13.48.130. Optional form of revocation.
Sec. 13.48.140. Nonexclusivity.
Sec. 13.48.150. Uniformity of application and construction.
Sec. 13.48.160. Relationship to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.