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Texas Estate Planning Resources
In-depth guides covering Texas probate laws, trust requirements, and estate planning strategies.
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In-depth guides covering Texas probate laws, trust requirements, and estate planning strategies.
Free transfer on death deed for property in Dallam County. Requires notarization. Record at the local county clerk.
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Enter your information as the property owner (transferor). If the property is jointly owned, you’ll add the second owner below.
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A transfer on death deed in Texas transfers real property directly to a named beneficiary upon the owner's death, without probate.Tex. Estates Code 114.001 to 114.106Verified Jun 11, 2026 The deed is revocable during your lifetime. Use the TOD deed checker to see if this is the right fit.
Texas requires the owner's signature and notary acknowledgment.Tex. Estates Code 114.001 to 114.106Verified Jun 11, 2026 No witnesses are required. See all Texas signing requirements.
Yes. A Texas transfer on death deed must be recorded with the County Clerk before death to be effective.Tex. Estates Code 114.001 to 114.106Verified Jun 11, 2026 An unrecorded deed has no legal effect. Must be recorded before the transferor's death in the deed records in the county clerk's office of the county where the property is located. A deed not recorded before death is not effective. Tex. Estates Code 114.055(3).
Yes. Texas allows multiple beneficiaries on a transfer on death deed. Unless specified otherwise, they take title as tenants in common.
Yes. A transfer on death deed in Texas is revocable during the owner's lifetime (Tex. Estates Code 114.057). Texas recognizes: Recording, before the transferor's death, a subsequent TOD deed that expressly or by inconsistency revokes the prior deed (Tex. Estates Code 114.057(a)(1)(A)); Recording, before the transferor's death, an instrument of revocation acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the deed being revoked (Tex. Estates Code 114.057(a)(1)(B), (a)(2)-(3)); Inter vivos conveyance of the property: the TOD deed is void as to a subsequently conveyed interest if the conveying instrument (or a memorandum of it) is recorded in the same county before the transferor's death (Tex. Estates Code 114.102, as amended by H.B. 2782 (2019); see also 114.057(f)); Marriage dissolution: final judgment dissolving marriage between transferor and designated beneficiary revokes deed as to that beneficiary, if notice of judgment is recorded before death (Tex. Estates Code 114.057(c)).
No. A transfer on death deed only transfers the specific real property named in it. Bank accounts, investments, and other property pass through whatever else you have in place — a will (probate) or a trust. A revocable living trust covers everything in one document, including the property this deed transfers. Set up a trust if you want a single instrument for the whole estate.
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