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Transfer-on-death deeds in Oregon

What Oregon’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 Oregon.

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What a transfer on death deed does, whether it is a will, and whether it can be revoked

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

A transfer on death deed is nontestamentary.

A transfer on death deed is revocable even if the deed or another instrument contains a contrary provision.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 93.953(1), 93.955, 93.957

Recording the deed before the owner’s death, and naming each beneficiary rather than a class

(d) Must be recorded before the transferor’s death in the deed records in the office of the county clerk for the county in which the property is located.

(c) Must identify the designated beneficiary by name; and

(2) A beneficiary designation that identifies beneficiaries only as members of a class is void.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 93.961(1)(c), (d), (2)

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

A transfer on death deed is nontestamentary.

A transfer on death deed is revocable even if the deed or another instrument contains a contrary provision.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 93.953(1), 93.955, 93.957

(d) Must be recorded before the transferor’s death in the deed records in the office of the county clerk for the county in which the property is located.

(c) Must identify the designated beneficiary by name; and

(2) A beneficiary designation that identifies beneficiaries only as members of a class is void.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 93.961(1)(c), (d), (2)

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

A transfer on death deed is nontestamentary.

A transfer on death deed is revocable even if the deed or another instrument contains a contrary provision.

(1) The capacity required to make or revoke a transfer on death deed is the same as the capacity required to make a will.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 93.959(1)

(d) Must be recorded before the transferor’s death in the deed records in the office of the county clerk for the county in which the property is located.

(c) Must identify the designated beneficiary by name; and

(2) A beneficiary designation that identifies beneficiaries only as members of a class is void.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 93.961(1)(c), (d), (2)

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

A transfer on death deed is nontestamentary.

A transfer on death deed is revocable even if the deed or another instrument contains a contrary provision.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 93.953(1), 93.955, 93.957

(1) The capacity required to make or revoke a transfer on death deed is the same as the capacity required to make a will.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 93.959(1)

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