Section 5682.
Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 5682.
in effectIf all of the following conditions are satisfied, a person dealing with a beneficiary of a revocable transfer on death deed of real property shall have the same rights and protections as the person would have if the beneficiary had been named as a distributee of the property in an order for distribution of the transferor’s estate that had become final:
(a)
The person acted in good faith and for a valuable consideration.
(b)
An affidavit of death was recorded for the property under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 210) of Part 4 of Division 2.
(c)
(1)
An
affidavit was recorded for the property, which contains a statement in substantially the following form: “I, [name of beneficiary], served the notice required by Probate Code Section 5681.”
(2)
If a revocable transfer on death deed names more than one beneficiary, only one beneficiary is required to comply with this subdivision.
References
referencesCal. Probate Code - PROB § 210.
referencesCal. Probate Code - PROB § 5681.
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