{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-12-15","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 36-12-15","heading":"Prior transfer on death liberally construed.","body":"(a) Any transfer on death deed properly recorded in an office of the clerk of a county commission before the effective date of this article containing language that shows a clear intent to designate a transfer on death beneficiary shall be liberally construed to do so.\n(b) Any survivorship clause in a deed properly recorded before the effective date of this article in an office of the clerk of a county commission that attempts to create a right of survivorship tenancy, which survivorship tenancy otherwise fails, but otherwise is an effective deed, and shows a clear intent to designate a beneficiary to receive the property upon death of one or more cotenants by survivorship shall be liberally construed to be an effective transfer on death deed governed by this article.","path":["CHAPTER 36. ESTATES AND PROPERTY.","ARTICLE 12. UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/36-12-15/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:03Z","sha256":"46ff6353867811c52bb028be50dae393176532445c129e255b475c007c839e44","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-12-14","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-36-12-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}