{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-114.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 114.055","heading":"REQUIREMENTS.","body":"To be effective, a transfer on death deed must:\n(1) except as otherwise provided in Subdivision (2), contain the essential elements and formalities of a recordable deed;\n(2) state that the transfer of an interest in real property to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and\n(3) be recorded before the transferor's death in the deed records in the county clerk's office of the county where the real property is located.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 841 (S.B. 462), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 114. TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED","SUBCHAPTER B. AUTHORIZATION, EXECUTION, AND REVOCATION OF TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.114.htm#114.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"df3a0030283c6b1188d26f5f4875e1aa0fd0f42e574a40fa5931843f4bffedb3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-114.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-114.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}