Texas Estates Code

§ 114.054 — CAPACITY OF TRANSFEROR; USE OF POWER OF ATTORNEY

ES § 114.054Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL · Ch. 114. TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED · Art. B. AUTHORIZATION, EXECUTION, AND REVOCATION OF TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED

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(a)The capacity required to make or revoke a transfer on death deed is the same as the capacity required to make a contract.

(b)A transfer on death deed may not be created through use of a power of attorney.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 841 (S.B. 462), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.