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DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS 5000-5705›PART 4. REVOCABLE TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED 5600-5696›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 5600-5616›ARTICLE 2. Definitions 5606-5616

§ 5614

California Probate Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) “Revocable transfer on death deed” means an instrument created pursuant to this part that does all of the following:

(1) Makes a donative transfer of real property to a named beneficiary.

(2) Operates on the transferor’s death.

(3) Remains revocable until the transferor’s death.

(b) A revocable transfer on death deed may also be known as a “revocable TOD deed.”

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 17. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 5600.)

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