Sec. 115.002. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED. (a) An owner of a motor vehicle may transfer the owner's interest in the motor vehicle to a sole beneficiary effective on the owner's death by designating a beneficiary as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.
(b) A beneficiary designation is:
(1) subject to Section 115.003(b), revocable and may be changed at any time without the consent of the designated beneficiary as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code;
(2) a nontestamentary instrument; and
(3) effective without:
(A) notice or delivery to or acceptance by the designated beneficiary during the owner's life; or
(B) consideration.
(c) A will may not revoke or supersede a beneficiary designation, regardless of when the will is made.
(d) A designated beneficiary may disclaim the designated beneficiary's interest in the motor vehicle as provided by Chapter 240, Property Code.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (S.B. 869), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle C - Passage of Title and Distribution of Decedents' Property in General
Chapter 115 - Beneficiary Designation for Motor Vehicles
Section 115.002. Beneficiary Designation Authorized
Section 115.003. Joint Ownership
Section 115.004. Effect of Beneficiary Designation During Owner's Life
Section 115.005. Effect of Beneficiary Designation at Owner's or Last Surviving Owner's Death
Section 115.006. Creditor Claims; Allowances in Lieu of Exempt Property and Family Allowances