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Transfer on death deeds, legal in Texas since 2015, have been heralded as the latest, ... The original Texas statute included a form for the deed. The revised 2019 statute dropped it.
The Law Office of Whitney L. Thompson is a Houston-based firm focused on estate planning and probate matters. Led by Whitney ...
The TOD deed sprang into being in 2015, when Texas enacted Chapter 114 of the Texas Estates Code. That makes it a relatively new statute. The original statute contained a sample form, but when too ...
A: The nonprofit Texas Legal Services Center provides a number of free forms for the public to use, and one of them is the new Transfer on Death Deed intended to simplify transfer of real estate ...
A: The Texas Transfer on Death Deed that is being repealed as of Sept. 1 is merely a suggested form. You are not required to use the exact language from the statute.
A do-it-yourself form, newly created by the Legislature, will allow property owners to transfer land and buildings to their heirs without going through probate court — saving legal fees that ...
A short-form deed of trust document used in Austin County, Texas, covers the requirements for most lenders. The form begins with a definition of terms and spaces for the borrower, lender, and ...
What the Code and Statute Actually Says. Philadelphia Code Section 19-1405(8) exempts a deed “for no or nominal actual consideration to a trustee of an ordinary trust where the transfer of the ...
SARUPJEETH R (T9713/1995) LOST OR DESTROYED DEED OF TRANSFER Form for publication in terms of Regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 Notice is hereby given in terms of Regulation 68 ...
Texas property owners now have a new tool to avoid probate. Effective September 1, 2015, Texas Estate Code Section 114.151 allows for Transfer on Death Deeds. Lawmakers believe this provision will ...
Note: Your new Transfer on Death Deed will only affect the portion of the property that you own. If there are any co-owners who signed their own Transfer on Death Deeds, those beneficiaries will ...