Free Kansas Vehicle Transfer on Death

Free Kansas vehicle transfer on death form. Name a beneficiary to inherit your vehicle without probate. No notarization required. PDF download.

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Owner Information

Enter your information as the registered owner. If the vehicle is jointly owned, you can add the second owner below.

How is the vehicle titled?*

Choose "Jointly owned" if two people are on the title. Joint owners are referenced as "joint tenant with right of survivorship owners"; the TOD transfer occurs on the death of the last survivor of those owners.

I am the sole ownerJointly owned with one other person

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Most state titling forms ask for the owner’s driver license or ID number.

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Kansas files vehicle titles at a county office rather than a central DMV.

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In Kansas the beneficiary is added with Title and Registration Manual Application (Form TR-212a), a box on the title application. The title then shows it this way: The owner / tenant-in-common owners / joint-tenant-with-right-of-survivorship owners are listed on the certificate of title "followed in substance by the words 'transfer on death to (name of beneficiary or beneficiaries)'"; the abbreviation "TOD" may be used instead.

No. Notarization is not required; the owner signs the form. No notarization of the TOD designation is required. If a lienholder is listed on the title, a notarized lienholder consent (Form TR-128) or notarized lien release is required to transfer at death.

In Kansas the designation is filed at your county title office; the Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles (issues the certificate of title); applications are made at the local county treasurer's motor vehicle office issues the title. The current title is surrendered and reissued in beneficiary form. The Kansas certificate-of-title fee is $10 (K.S.A. 8-135(c)(4)); the KDOR titling FAQ states the same: "The title fee in Kansas is $10." No separate transfer-on-death designation fee is stated in the statute or on the form; other fees and taxes itemized in the TR-212a fee summary may also apply.

Yes. Kansas lets joint owners name a beneficiary together. Joint owners are referenced as "joint tenant with right of survivorship owners"; the TOD transfer occurs on the death of the last survivor of those owners. Owners holding as tenants in common may also designate.

Kansas sets what happens when a beneficiary dies before the owner. The TOD beneficiary has no interest until the owner's death (K.S.A. 59-3510), and ownership vests in the designated beneficiary at death (K.S.A. 59-3511). The article (K.S.A. 59-3508 through 59-3512) does not expressly state what happens if no designated beneficiary survives the owner. The designation covers the vehicle alone; a revocable trust set up with SimplyTrust carries the rest of the estate.

Kansas Vehicle Transfer on Death

Kansas allows a vehicle transfer-on-death designation: the owner names a beneficiary who receives the vehicle at death, bypassing probate for that vehicle. The designation has no effect during the owner's life; the owner remains the sole owner and can revoke it at will.

In Kansas, the designation is made through the Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles (issues the certificate of title); applications are made at the local county treasurer's motor vehicle office using Title and Registration Manual Application (Form TR-212a). No notary is involved. A new certificate of title is issued showing the beneficiary.

In Kansas, the designation is available for one title class: motor vehicle (as defined by k.s.a. 8-126). K.S.A. 59-3508 limits the transfer-on-death form to a 'motor vehicle, as defined by K.S.A. 8-126' — 'every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, electric-assisted bicycle or a motorized wheelchair, that is self-propelled.' Titled property that is not self-propelled, such as a trailer or semitrailer, falls outside that definition.

The designation reaches one vehicle at a time. A family with assets beyond a vehicle covers everything in one place with a revocable living trust, which adds incapacity planning; the trust vs. will comparison shows the trade-offs.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated August 25, 2026

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K.S.A. 59-3508 et seq. (see also K.S.A. 8-135(c)(10))

Data sourced from Kansas statutes and official state code. How we research.

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