45-6-411: Revocation by instrument authorized; revocation by act not permitted.

A. Subject to Subsection B of this section, an instrument is effective to revoke a recorded transfer on death deed, or any part of it, only if the instrument:

(1) is acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the deed being revoked;

(2) is recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the county clerk for the county in which the deed is recorded; and

(3) is:

(a) a transfer on death deed that revokes the deed or part of the deed expressly or by inconsistency;

(b) an instrument of revocation that expressly revokes the deed or part of the deed; or

(c) an inter vivos deed that expressly revokes the transfer on death deed or part of the deed.

B. If a transfer on death deed is made by more than one transferor:

(1) revocation by a transferor does not affect the deed as to the interest of another transferor; and

(2) a deed of joint owners is revoked only if it is revoked by all of the living joint owners.

C. After a transfer on death deed is recorded, it may not be revoked by a revocatory act on the deed.

D. This section does not limit the effect of an inter vivos transfer of the property.