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Tex. Estates Code § 114.055

REQUIREMENTS

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Tex. Estates Code § 114.055, REQUIREMENTS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/624147
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To be effective, a transfer on death deed must: (1) except as otherwise provided in Subdivision (2), contain the essential elements and formalities of a recordable deed; (2) state that the transfer of an interest in real property to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and (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.