(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a transfer on death deed shall contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed.
(b) A transfer on death deed shall state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor’s death.
(c) A transfer on death deed shall be recorded before the transferor’s death in the Office of Recorder of Deeds.
(Mar. 19, 2013, D.C. Law 19-230, § 2(b), 59 DCR 13606.)
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 19 - Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
Chapter 6 - Nonprobate Transfers on Death; Uniform Law
Subchapter IV - Uniform Real Property Transfers On Death
§ 19–604.05. Transfer on death deed authorized
§ 19–604.06. Transfer on death deed revocable
§ 19–604.07. Transfer on death deed nontestamentary
§ 19–604.08. Capacity of transferor
§ 19–604.10. Notice, delivery, acceptance, consideration not required
§ 19–604.11. Revocation by instrument authorized; revocation by act not permitted
§ 19–604.12. Effect of transfer on death deed during transferor’s life
§ 19–604.13. Effect of transfer on death deed at transferor’s death
§ 19–604.15. Liability for creditor claims and statutory allowances
§ 19–604.16. Optional form of transfer on death deed
§ 19–604.17. Optional form of revocation
§ 19–604.18. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 19–604.19. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act