Texas Estates Code
§ 115.003 — JOINT OWNERSHIP
ES § 115.003Title 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY · Part C. PASSAGE OF TITLE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DECEDENTS' PROPERTY IN GENERAL · Ch. 115. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
Statute text
View on source(a)If a motor vehicle that is the subject of a beneficiary designation is owned by joint owners with right of survivorship, the beneficiary designation must be made by all of the joint owners.
(b)A beneficiary designation made by joint owners with right of survivorship:
(1)may be revoked or changed as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code, only if it is revoked or changed by all of the joint owners; and
(2)may be revoked or changed by the last surviving joint owner as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (S.B. 869), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.