{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-5625","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 5625","heading":"","body":"(a) Any person generally competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a revocable transfer on death deed.\n(b) A revocable transfer on death deed is not invalid because it is signed by an interested witness.\n(c) If a beneficiary of a revocable transfer on death deed is also a subscribing witness, there is a presumption that the witness procured the revocable transfer on death deed by duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence. This presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of proof. This presumption does not apply where the witness is named as beneficiary solely in a fiduciary capacity.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS [5000. - 5705.]","PART 4. REVOCABLE TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED [5600. - 5698.]","CHAPTER 2. Execution and Revocation [5620. - 5644.]","ARTICLE 1. Execution [5620. - 5628.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"4a286a2a5bca77bda6aadaf068781a615613b2ecb0269c96bb8e368d20192323","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-5624","next":"us-ca/prob-5626"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}