Oklahoma · 58 O.S. §§1251–1258Oklahoma transfer on death deeds: recording, revocation and the beneficiary's nine-month affidavit

An Oklahoma owner titles real estate in transfer-on-death form by recording a deed, signed by the record owner, that names one or more grantee beneficiaries; ownership passes at the owner's death, and no consideration or beneficiary signature, consent or notice is needed during life (58 O.S. §1252(A)–(B)). The designation is revoked or changed only by executing, acknowledging and recording a revocation or a later TOD deed – a will can't revoke it (§1254). After the death, each beneficiary who accepts signs an affidavit verifying the death, stating whether the owner and beneficiary were married and giving the legal description, attaches the death certificate and records it with the county clerk within nine months of the death – otherwise the interest reverts to the estate (for deaths on or after November 1, 2011) (§1252(D)–(E)). Beneficiaries take subject to the owner's recorded mortgages, liens, contracts and leases; a beneficiary who dies first loses the gift unless the deed names joint tenants with survivorship (§1255).