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Transfer-on-death deeds in Alaska

What Alaska’s own law and official pages say about transfer-on-death deeds: what the state calls the instrument, what it must say, how it is signed and recorded, and what happens at the owner’s death. Nothing on this page decides whether a deed suits a particular home or family, or how one should be written. That belongs to an attorney in Alaska.

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  • Each state’s own law

Every quotation checked October 24, 2026

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The act: what the deed does, recording it before death, and naming beneficiaries only as a class

An individual may transfer property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer on death deed.

must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the recorder in the recording district where the property is located.

a transfer on death deed that uses a beneficiary designation that only identifies beneficiaries as members of a class is void

Alaska · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · AS 13.48.010; AS 13.48.050(3)–(4)

The statute’s optional form, and the act’s name

The following form may be used to create a transfer on death deed. The provisions of this chapter govern the effect of this or any other instrument used to create a transfer on death deed.

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act.

Alaska · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · AS 13.48.120; AS 13.48.195

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An individual may transfer property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer on death deed.

must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the recorder in the recording district where the property is located.

a transfer on death deed that uses a beneficiary designation that only identifies beneficiaries as members of a class is void

Alaska · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · AS 13.48.010; AS 13.48.050(3)–(4)

An individual may transfer property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer on death deed.

must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the recorder in the recording district where the property is located.

a transfer on death deed that uses a beneficiary designation that only identifies beneficiaries as members of a class is void

Alaska · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · AS 13.48.010; AS 13.48.050(3)–(4)

The following form may be used to create a transfer on death deed. The provisions of this chapter govern the effect of this or any other instrument used to create a transfer on death deed.

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act.

Alaska · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · AS 13.48.120; AS 13.48.195

An individual may transfer property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer on death deed.

must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the recorder in the recording district where the property is located.

a transfer on death deed that uses a beneficiary designation that only identifies beneficiaries as members of a class is void

Alaska · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · AS 13.48.010; AS 13.48.050(3)–(4)

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