{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.48.070","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.48.070","heading":"Revocation by instrument authorized; revocation by act not permitted.","body":"(a) Subject to (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\n(1) is one of the following:\n(A) a transfer on death deed that revokes the deed or part of the deed expressly or by inconsistency;\n(B) an instrument of revocation that expressly revokes the deed or part of the deed;\n(C) an inter vivos deed that expressly revokes the transfer on death deed or part of the deed; or\n(D) to the extent of the interest transferred by the inter vivos deed, an inter vivos deed that transfers an interest in property that is the subject of a transfer on death deed; and\n(2) is acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the deed being revoked and recorded before the transferor's death in the recording district where the deed is recorded.\n(b) If a transfer on death deed is made by more than one transferor,\n(1) revocation by a transferor does not affect the deed as to the interest of another transferor; and\n(2) a deed of joint owners is revoked only if it is revoked by all of the living joint owners.\n(c) After a transfer on death deed is recorded, it may not be revoked by a revocatory act on the deed.\n(d) This section does not limit the effect of an inter vivos transfer of the property.\n(e) If a recorded power of attorney or the transfer on death deed expressly grants a designated agent of the transferor the power to revoke a transfer on death deed, the designated agent may revoke the transfer on death deed as provided in this section.","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#13.48.070","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"b843fd9262e45c49841327b88c456691252063344e32a76511356095be054d5b","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.48.060","next":"us-ak/as-13.48.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}