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DIVISION 5. NONPROBATE TRANSFERS 5000-5705›PART 4. REVOCABLE TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED 5600-5698›CHAPTER 3. Effect 5650-5678›ARTICLE 3. Creditors 5670-5678

§ 5670

California Probate Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

Notwithstanding any other statute governing priorities among creditors, a creditor of the transferor whose right is evidenced at the time of the transferor’s death by an encumbrance or lien of record on property transferred by a revocable transfer on death deed has priority against the property over a creditor of the beneficiary, regardless of whether the beneficiary’s obligation was created before or after the transferor’s death and regardless of whether the obligation is secured or unsecured, voluntary or involuntary, recorded or unrecorded.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 293, Sec. 17. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, pursuant to Section 5600.)

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