Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 59-3509

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.

A motor vehicle is registered in transfer-on-death form by designating on the certificate of title, the name of the owner, the names of tenant in common owner or the names of the joint tenant with right of survivorship owners, followed in substance by the words “transfer on death to (name of beneficiary or beneficiaries).” Instead of the words “transfer on death to” the abbreviation “TOD” may be used.