                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OPTIONAL FORM OF TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED (§ 64.2-635)

The following form may be used to create a transfer on death deed. The other
sections of this article govern the effect of this or any other instrument used
to create a transfer on death deed:
		THIS DEED MUST BE RECORDED BEFORE THE DEATH OF THE OWNER(S), OR IT WILL NOT BE
EFFECTIVE.
		THIS DEED IS EXEMPT FROM RECORDATION TAXES UNDER § 58.1-811(J) OF THE CODE OF
VIRGINIA OF 1950, AS AMENDED.
		REVOCABLE TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED
		THIS REVOCABLE TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED, dated as of the __________ day of
_______________, is made by TRANSFEROR or TRANSFERORS (the Grantor(s)), whose
address is ________________________________________.
		This Revocable Transfer on Death Deed is made pursuant to the provisions of
the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, Virginia Code § 64.2-621 et
seq. In accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Real Property Transfer on
Death Act, at my death, I transfer and convey my interest in the below described
property to my designated beneficiaries as follows:
		PRIMARY BENEFICIARY
		I designate ____________________ as the designated beneficiary of the property
if ____________________ survives me.
		ALTERNATE BENEFICIARY &#8212; Optional
		If my primary designated beneficiary does not survive me, I designate
____________________ as my alternate designated beneficiary if my alternate
designated beneficiary survives me.
		PROPERTY:
		The legal description of the real property that shall be transferred at my
death pursuant to this Revocable Transfer on Death Deed is as follows:
		INSERT LEGAL DESCRIPTION
		RIGHT TO REVOKE AND METHOD TO REVOKE DEED:
		Before my death, I have the right to revoke this deed.
		Under the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, 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 transfer on death deed or part
of the transfer on death deed expressly;
			b. A transfer on death deed that names a designated beneficiary that is
inconsistent with the designated beneficiary in a prior transfer on death deed;
			c. An instrument of revocation that expressly revokes the transfer on death
deed or part of the transfer on death deed; or
			d. An inter vivos deed that conveys real property to another so the
transferor is no longer the owner at the time of the transferor&#8217;s death.

2. Is acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the transfer on
death deed being revoked and recorded before the transferor&#8217;s death in the
land records of the clerk&#8217;s office of the circuit court where the deed is
recorded.
			After this transfer on death deed is recorded, it can be revoked only by an
effective revocatory instrument recorded prior to the death of the transferor
and may not be revoked by a revocatory act taken against or on the original or a
copy of the recorded transfer on death deed.
			The execution and recordation of this transfer on death deed does not limit
the effect of an inter vivos transfer of the property.
			At my death, a beneficiary takes the property subject to all conveyances,
encumbrances, assignments, contracts, mortgages, liens, and other interests to
which the property is subject at my death.
			Witness the following signature and seals:
			________________________________________ (SEAL)TRANSFEROR
			COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
			CITY/COUNTY OF ____________________, to wit:
			The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me in the City/County of
____________________, Virginia this __________ day of _______________, by
TRANSFEROR.
			________________________________________Notary Public
			My commission expires: ____________________
			Registration number: ____________________

HISTORY: 2013, c. 390; 2025, c. 85.