{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-604.11","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-604.11","heading":"Revocation by instrument authorized; revocation by act not permitted.","body":"(a)\nSubject 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:\n(1)\nIs one of the following:\n(A)\nA transfer on death deed that revokes the deed or part of the deed expressly or by inconsistency;\n(B)\nAn instrument of revocation that expressly revokes the deed or part of the deed; or\n(C)\nAn inter vivos deed that expressly revokes the transfer on death deed or part of the deed; and\n(2)\nIs acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the deed being revoked and recorded before the transferor’s death in the public records in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds.\n\n(b)\nIf a transfer on death deed is made by more than one transferor:\n(1)\nRevocation by a transferor does not affect the deed as to the interest of another transferor; and\n(2)\nA deed of joint owners is revoked only if it is revoked by all of the living joint owners.\n\n(c)\nAfter a transfer on death deed is recorded, it may not be revoked by a revocatory act on the deed.\n\n(d)\nThis section does not limit the effect of an inter vivos transfer of the property.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 6. Nonprobate Transfers on Death; Uniform Law.","Subchapter IV. Uniform Real Property Transfers On Death."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-604.11","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4580a87eb8f98391b59baaa8c8a1787dd24d368e94bfc872197caee07d2f761b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-604.10","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-604.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}