§ 755 ILCS 27/1 Short title
§ 755 ILCS 27/5 Definitions
§ 755 ILCS 27/10 Applicability
§ 755 ILCS 27/15 Non-exclusivity
§ 755 ILCS 27/20 Transfer on death instrument authorized
§ 755 ILCS 27/21 Trust as beneficiary
§ 755 ILCS 27/25 Transfer on death instrument revocable
§ 755 ILCS 27/30 Transfer on death instrument nontestamentary
§ 755 ILCS 27/35 Capacity of owner and agent’s authority
§ 755 ILCS 27/40 Requirements
§ 755 ILCS 27/45 Signing, attestation, and acknowledgment
§ 755 ILCS 27/50 Notice, delivery, acceptance, or consideration not required
§ 755 ILCS 27/55 Revocation by recorded instrument authorized; revocation by act or …
§ 755 ILCS 27/60 Effect of transfer on death instrument during owner’s …
§ 755 ILCS 27/65 Effect of transfer on death instrument at owner’s …
§ 755 ILCS 27/66 Renunciation by spouse
§ 755 ILCS 27/70 Joint owners
§ 755 ILCS 27/75 Notice of death affidavit
§ 755 ILCS 27/80 Disclaimer
§ 755 ILCS 27/85 Rights of claimants
§ 755 ILCS 27/90 Limitations and bona fide transfers
§ 755 ILCS 27/95 Preparation of a transfer on death instrument or its revocation
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 755 ILCS 27 - Real Property Transfer on Death Instrument Act

  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Per stirpes: The legal means by which the children of a decedent, upon the death of an ancestor at a level above that of the decedent, receive by right of representation the share of the ancestor
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Surviving spouse: means "widow" or "widower" as the case may be. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.32
  • sworn: shall be construed to include the word "affirmed. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.12
  • Tenancy by the entirety: A type of joint tenancy between husband and wife that is recognized in some States. Neither party can sever the joint tenancy relationship; when a spouse dies, the survivor acquires full title to the property.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28