Connecticut HB 5266: AN ACT ADOPTING THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5266
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1693

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

Introduced by:
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AN ACT ADOPTING THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON
DEATH ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) The provisions of sections 1
1 to 19, inclusive, of this act may be cited as the Uniform Real Property 2
Transfer on Death Act. 3
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) As used in sections 1 to 19, 4
inclusive, of this act: 5
(1) "Beneficiary" means a person that receives property under a 6
transfer on death deed; 7
(2) "Designated beneficiary" means a person designated to receive 8
property in a transfer on death deed; 9
(3) "Joint owner" means an individual who owns property 10
concurrently with one or more other individuals with a right of 11
survivorship. "Joint owner" includes a joint tenant, but does not include 12
a tenant in common; 13

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(4) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, 14
trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, 15
public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, 16
or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity; 17
(5) "Property" means an interest in real property located in this state 18
which is transferable on the death of the owner; 19
(6) "Transfer on death deed" means a deed authorized under sections 20
1 to 19, inclusive, of this act; and 21
(7) "Transferor" means an individual who makes a transfer on death 22
deed. 23
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) The provisions of sections 1 24
to 19, inclusive, of this act apply to a transfer on death deed made before, 25
on, or after October 1, 2026, by a transferor dying on or after October 1, 26
2026. 27
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) The provisions of sections 1 28
to 19, inclusive, of this act do not affect any method of transferring 29
property otherwise permitted under the law of this state. 30
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) An individual may transfer 31
property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death 32
by a transfer on death deed. 33
Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) A transfer on death deed is 34
revocable even if the deed or another instrument contains a contrary 35
provision. 36
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) A transfer on death deed is 37
nontestamentary. 38
Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) The capacity required to make 39
or revoke a transfer on death deed is the same as the capacity required 40
to make a will. 41

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Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) A transfer on death deed shall: 42
(1) Contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly 43
recordable inter vivos deed, except that the transfer on death deed shall 44
state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the 45
transferor's death; and (2) be recorded before the transferor's death in 46
the public records in the office of the town clerk of the town where the 47
property is located. 48
Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) A transfer on death deed 49
shall be effective without: (1) Notice or delivery to, or acceptance by, the 50
designated beneficiary during the transferor's life; or (2) consideration. 51
Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) Subject to the provisions 52
of subsection (b) of this section, an instrument is effective to revoke a 53
recorded transfer on death deed, or any part of it, only if the instrument 54
is: 55
(1) One of the following: (A) A transfer on death deed that revokes 56
the deed or part of the deed expressly or by inconsistency; (B) an 57
instrument of revocation that expressly revokes the deed or part of the 58
deed; or (C) an inter vivos deed that expressly revokes the transfer on 59
death deed or part of the deed; and 60
(2) Acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the 61
deed being revoked and recorded before the transferor's death in the 62
public records in the office of the town clerk of the town where the deed 63
is recorded. 64
(b) If a transfer on death deed is made by more than one transferor: 65
(1) Revocation by a transferor does not affect the deed as to the interest 66
of another transferor; and (2) a deed of joint owners is revoked only if it 67
is revoked by all of the living joint owners. 68
(c) After a transfer on death deed is recorded, it may not be revoked 69
by a revocatory act on the deed. 70

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(d) The provisions of this section do not limit the effect of an inter 71
vivos transfer of the property. 72
Sec. 12. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) During a transferor's life, a 73
transfer on death deed does not: 74
(1) Affect an interest or right of the transferor or any other owner, 75
including the r