{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.48.050","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.48.050","heading":"Requirements.","body":"A transfer on death deed\n(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;\n(2) must state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death;\n(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\n(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.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 48. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.48.050","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"a77190ac0bee738c739ac7b8ff902e2d7ea449245187a319ca04a7f83b0a15d2","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.48.045","next":"us-ak/as-13.48.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}