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Transfer-on-death deeds in Kansas

What Kansas’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 Kansas.

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What a transfer-on-death deed does, and the beneficiary’s part during the owner’s life

(a) An interest in real estate may be titled in transfer-on-death, TOD, form by recording a deed signed by the record owner of such interest, designating a grantee beneficiary or beneficiaries of the interest. Such deed shall transfer ownership of such interest upon the death of the owner. A transfer-on-death deed need not be supported by consideration.

(b) The signature, consent or agreement of or notice to a grantee beneficiary of a transfer-on-death deed shall not be required for any purpose during the lifetime of the record owner.

Kansas · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · K.S.A. 59-3501(a)–(b)

Recording the deed before the owner’s death, where, and the statute’s form

An interest in real estate is titled in transfer-on-death form by executing, acknowledging and recording in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the real estate is located, prior to the death of the owner, a deed in substantially the following form:

Kansas · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · K.S.A. 59-3502

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(a) An interest in real estate may be titled in transfer-on-death, TOD, form by recording a deed signed by the record owner of such interest, designating a grantee beneficiary or beneficiaries of the interest. Such deed shall transfer ownership of such interest upon the death of the owner. A transfer-on-death deed need not be supported by consideration.

(b) The signature, consent or agreement of or notice to a grantee beneficiary of a transfer-on-death deed shall not be required for any purpose during the lifetime of the record owner.

Kansas · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · K.S.A. 59-3501(a)–(b)

An interest in real estate is titled in transfer-on-death form by executing, acknowledging and recording in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the real estate is located, prior to the death of the owner, a deed in substantially the following form:

Kansas · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · K.S.A. 59-3502

(a) An interest in real estate may be titled in transfer-on-death, TOD, form by recording a deed signed by the record owner of such interest, designating a grantee beneficiary or beneficiaries of the interest. Such deed shall transfer ownership of such interest upon the death of the owner. A transfer-on-death deed need not be supported by consideration.

(b) The signature, consent or agreement of or notice to a grantee beneficiary of a transfer-on-death deed shall not be required for any purpose during the lifetime of the record owner.

Kansas · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · K.S.A. 59-3501(a)–(b)

A deed in transfer-on-death form shall not be considered a testamentary disposition

Kansas · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · K.S.A. 59-3507

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