California Vehicle Code

§ 5910.5

VEH § 5910.5Div. 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)On death of the owner of a vehicle owned in beneficiary form, the vehicle belongs to the surviving beneficiary, if any. If there is no surviving beneficiary, the vehicle belongs to the estate of the deceased owner or of the last coowner to die.

(b)A certificate of ownership in beneficiary form may be revoked or the beneficiary changed at any time before the death of the owner by either of the following methods:

(1)By sale of the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate of ownership to another person.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 59. Operative January 1, 1993, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 1055.