75-6-409.  Requirements.
     A transfer on death deed shall:

(1)  contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 75-6-409

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Property: means an interest in real property located in this state that is transferable on the death of the owner. See Utah Code 75-6-402
  • Transferor: means an individual, in their individual capacity, who makes a transfer on death deed. See Utah Code 75-6-402
(2)  state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor‘s death; and

(3)  be recorded before the transferor’s death in the public records in the county recorder’s office of the county where the property is located.

Enacted by Chapter 26, 2018 General Session