Current through Chapter 26 of the Legislative Session (excluding Chapter 21)
Section 13.48.070 - Revocation by instrument authorized; revocation by act not permitted(a) Subject to (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 (1) is one of the following:(A) a transfer on death deed that revokes the deed or part of the deed expressly or by inconsistency;(B) an instrument of revocation that expressly revokes the deed or part of the deed;(C) an inter vivos deed that expressly revokes the transfer on death deed or part of the deed; or(D) to the extent of the interest transferred by the inter vivos deed, an inter vivos deed that transfers an interest in property that is the subject of a transfer on death deed; and(2) is acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the deed being revoked and recorded before the transferor's death in the recording district where the deed is recorded.(b) If a transfer on death deed is made by more than one transferor, (1) revocation by a transferor does not affect the deed as to the interest of another transferor; and(2) a deed of joint owners is revoked only if it is revoked by all of the living joint owners.(c) After a transfer on death deed is recorded, it may not be revoked by a revocatory act on the deed.(d) This section does not limit the effect of an inter vivos transfer of the property.(e) If a recorded power of attorney or the transfer on death deed expressly grants a designated agent of the transferor the power to revoke a transfer on death deed, the designated agent may revoke the transfer on death deed as provided in this section.Added by SLA 2014, ch. 10,sec. 2, eff. 7/21/2014.