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An act relating to transfer-on-death deeds, the official text

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1                       STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                  2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

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3 SENATE BILL 1643                  By: Rader
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6                               AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to transfer-on-death deeds; amending

7   58 O.S. 2021, Section 1253, which relates to

8   transfer-on-death deed form; requiring certain notice

8   on certain form; and providing an effective date.

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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12  SECTION 1.          AMENDATORY  58 O.S. 2021, Section 1253, is

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13 amended to read as follows:
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14  Section 1253. An interest in real estate is titled in transfer-

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15 on-death form by executing, acknowledging and recording in the
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16 office of the county clerk in the county where the real estate is
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17 located, prior to the death of the owner, a deed in substantially
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18 the following form:
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19 ___________________ (name of owner) being of competent mind and
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20 having the legal capacity to execute this document, as owner
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21 transfers on death to ____________________ (name of beneficiary) as
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22 grantee beneficiary, the following described interest in real
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23 estate: (here insert description of the interest in real estate).
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24 THIS TRANSFER-ON-DEATH DEED IS REVOCABLE. IT DOES NOT TRANSFER ANY
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1 OWNERSHIP UNTIL THE DEATH OF THE OWNER. IT REVOKES ALL PRIOR
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2 BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS BY THIS OWNER FOR THIS INTEREST IN REAL
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3 ESTATE. THE GRANTOR HAS THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW OR RESCIND THIS DEED
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4 AT ANY TIME. ANY BENEFICIARY NAMED IN THIS DEED IS HEREBY ADVISED
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5 THAT THIS DEED MAY BE WITHDRAWN OR RESCINDED WHETHER OR NOT MONEY OR
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6 ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION WAS PAID OR GIVEN. A BENEFICIARY MUST
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7 RECORD THIS AFFIDAVIT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WITH THE COUNTY CLERK
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8 WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN NINE MONTHS OF THE DEATH OF THE
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9 GRANTOR OR THE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY WILL REVERT TO THE GRANTOR'S
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10 ESTATE.
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11 THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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12 COUNTY OF ___________
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13  Before me, on this day personally appeared __________,

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14 ___________, and ___________, the owner of the land described in
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15 this deed, and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are
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16 subscribed below in their respective capacities, and the owner of
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17 the land declared to me and to the witnesses in my presence that the
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18 deed is a revocable transfer-on-death of the real estate described
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19 therein, and the witnesses declared in the presence of the owner of
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20 the real estate and in my presence that the owner of the land
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21 declared to them that the deed is a revocable transfer-on-death of
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22 the real estate described therein and that the owner of the land
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23 wanted each of them to sign it as a witness, and that each witness
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1 did sign the same as witness in the presence of the owner of the
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2 land and in my presence.
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3                           _______________________

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4                           (name of owner)

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5                           _______________________

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6                           (witness)

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7                           _______________________

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8                           (witness)

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9 Subscribed and acknowledged before me by ______________, the owner
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10 of the land, and _____________ and _______________, witnesses, this
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11 ___ day of __________ (month), _____ (year).
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12                          ____________________________

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13                          (signature of notary public)

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14 (Seal)
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15                          My commission expires ___________ (date).

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16 Instead of the words "transfer-on-death" the abbreviation "TOD" may
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18  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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